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to represent the U.S."
"The entire Team and I are
very excited to finally announce
Sean Dylan Kelly will be joining
us next season making American
Racing an All-American Team!"
Racing Director John Hopkins
said. "I strongly believe he has
the talent, determination and
motivation to make the step
up and be competitive within
his first season in the Moto2
World Championship. I also
believe he'll have a champion-
ship contending teammate within
Cameron Beaubier who will help
play a crucial role in speeding up
Sean's development throughout
his first season.
"On top of this vital piece
to the competitive puzzle, the
whole team and I are 100 per-
cent committed in helping Sean
make a successful transition
and will give him all the tools he
needs to go out and show the
world his true talent and poten-
tial."
"First of all I want to thank
Eitan, John Hopkins and the
American Racing Team for
believing in me and giving me
the incredible opportunity," said
Kelly. "Making it to the World
Championship is a dream come
true for my family and I, and I'm
really excited to get back into the
MotoGP paddock as a Moto2 to
rider. It makes me proud that this
will make us a complete Ameri-
can Team, teaming up alongside
Beaubier. I'm ready for this next
step in my career and I'm thank-
ful for all of the people that made
this possible!"
"This is the completion of
three years of hard work," said
Team Hammer's Chris Ulrich.
"Sean has matured as a racer
and earned this. We feel like
he's had a good education while
riding for Team Hammer and
we are proud to launch another
rider into the Grand Prix pad-
dock. We'll be rooting for him as
he continues his career on the
world stage."
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Kelly has some
Moto2 experience
already, having
substituted for Iker
Lecuona in 2019.
