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HERO BUYS 49.2 PERCENT OF BUELL
HAHN GOES
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o celebrate his Monster Energy AMA 250 Supercross
title, GEICO Honda's Wil Hahn
threw out the first pitch at the Angels vs. Cardinals game at Angel
Stadium in Anaheim, California,
last week.
"What an awesome opportunity," said Hahn. "This was a
great way to cap off my first-ever
250SX Class Monster Energy
Supercross Championship."
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
I
ndia's Hero Motorcorp has purchased a 49.2-percent stake
in Erik Buell Racing at a cost
of $25 million, according to the
Milwaukee Journal. According
to the report, $15 million of the
purchase price is an immediate
investment with the remaining
$10 million to come over the
next nine months.
The two companies started
working together last year when
Hero sponsored Erik Buell's two
EBRs in the AMA Superbike
Championship while Buell sent
some of his engineers to India to
help Hero with development of
some of its new models.
Buell will remain chairman and
majority owner and Hero will be
the only other stakeholder.
"We really wanted to ramp up
the business, so we were looking
for outside equity investment,"
Buell told the Journal. "And at
the same time that we've been
doing technical work for Hero,
they have been sponsoring our
race team."
Hero, the largest
motorcycle manufacturer
in India, has purchased
49.2 percent of EBR.
