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Bike riders for 2014," said Keith
McCarty, Yamaha's motorsport
racing division manager. "Garrett has been a huge asset to our
team, and his race results keep
getting better and better. We're
expecting big things from him
this season. JD is a very accomplished racer, and we're thrilled
to welcome him to our team. He
has already been racing a Yamaha R6 for the past few years, and
with excellent results, so we're
looking forward to his continued
P29
success with Yamaha."
Beach will ride a Yamaha
YZ450F in the Singles portion of
the AMA Grand National Championship, but he's still working on
putting together his Twins program.
BUTTRICK GETS BETA DEAL
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ff-road racer Cory Buttrick has inked a deal with
American Beta to race a Beta
two-stroke in the AMA/Rekluse
National Enduro Series in 2014.
The 22-year-old Ohioan will
ride a factory Beta 300 RR and
will team with Justin Sode at the
season opener in South Carolina
on March 2. Buttrick will also take
part in a few selected rounds of
the GNCC series aboard a Beta
450 RR four-stroke.
"I'm very honored to have
this opportunity to represent
Beta and give them the recognition they deserve in the United
States," said former KTM factory
rider Buttrick. "This is the first
time I have been 100 percent
healthy since the end of 2010, so
I have my goals set on a championship."
Buttrick's race bikes will be built
at the American Beta headquarters with the suspension being
tuned by Stillwell Performance.
"We are super pumped to have
Cory on our team," said Beta's
Tim Pilg. "I have watched him for
a few years and saw the potential
for sure. He is hungry to win and
that is what we need in the Enduro series. I feel with Cory on
our 300 and Justin on the 250,
we have a great chance of turning some heads out there. We
have a very complete team, with
Cody Webb and Max Gerston on
the West coast, Ron Purvines
Brit Danny Kent
will lead Husqvarna's effort in the
Moto3 World
Championship in
2014.
and his team in the desert, and
Justin and Cory in the East, it will
help show our future customers
that Beta is here to stay."
HUSKY Motorcycles will field a team in
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the 2014 Moto3 World Championship with
Brit Danny Kent set to be the squad's official
rider. Young Finn Niklas Ajo will join Kent on
the two-rider team.
The team will run under the banner of Red
Bull Husqvarna Factory Racing and will be
run by team manager Aki Ayo. Although the
release that introduced the team doesn't mention it, the team will use re-branded KTMs in
the series. KTM owns Husqvarna after acquircontinued on page 30
