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Suzuki and Vance & Hines
have reunited for the 2022
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
Championship.
Vance & Hines, Suzuki Motor USA,
Mission Foods Announce Partnership
V
ance & Hines recently an-
nounced a partnership that
brings three legendary brands
together in a quest for the NHRA
Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM)
Championship. Welcome the
Vance & Hines/Mission Foods/
Suzuki Factory Pro Stock Motor-
cycle Team.
Suzuki plans to add to its
NHRA PSM legacy in 2022 when
it dubs Vance & Hines as its "pre-
mier drag race team." The two
companies have a storied rela-
tionship dating back to 1978 with
the launch of the GS 1000. That
year, Vance & Hines began oper-
ating Suzuki's factory drag racing
team, with racing programs un-
der several sanctioning bodies.
In the years that followed, they
earned numerous victories and
championships with company
co-founders Terry Vance as rider
and Byron Hines as tuner.
The Vance & Hines/Suzuki
partnership is a multi-year pro-
gram which it says will allow rac-
ing fans to see the performance
of a 6.3-second, 200+ mph
Hayabusa model in the world's
premier form of motorcycle drag
racing. Additionally, fans will
be able to experience a Suzuki
presence at many of the national
NHRA PSM events and V&H/
Suzuki team members will meet
with fans in the paddock area at
every race.
Mission Foods continues its
sponsorship of the team in 2022.
"Suzuki has a tradition of
competing at the highest levels
in motorcycle racing," said Kerry
Graeber, Suzuki Motor USA,
LLC Vice President, Motorcycle/
ATV Sales and Marketing. "Given
our history and success in drag
racing it's fitting that we take a
high-profile role in NHRA PSM.
We're thrilled to be reuniting with
Vance & Hines in NHRA to show
the extraordinary capabilities of
the Hayabusa."
"We're happy to expand our
partnership with Vance & Hines
for NHRA racing and are over-
joyed to have Suzuki on board,"
said Juan Gonzalez, Mission
Foods Chief Executive Officer.
"Vance & Hines was born on
a racetrack and has a passion
for high performance," said Mike
Kennedy, President of Vance &
Hines. "That's why partnering
with organizations with equally
strong cultures of winning is per-
fect for us. We are overjoyed to
have Mission Foods return to our
program, and to begin a long and
successful strategic partnership
with Suzuki."
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