IN
THE
WIND
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TRIUMPH TWIN
FOR TEXTER!
F
lat tracker Shayna Texter – the first female to
win an AMA Pro Singles main event – will move
up to the AMA Grand National Championship and
she'll do so on the Latus Motors Racing's Castrol
Triumph.
Texter tested the Triumph at the end of last sea-
son and it helped prompt her decision to turn Ex-
pert.
"I always said that I would turn Expert when the
right time came with the right bike," said Texter.
"Testing the Triumph at the end of last season gave
me great insight into how well the bike performs.
That and the opportunity to work with someone like
Joe Kopp made this an easy decision."
In 2013, Texter won two AMA Pro Singles main
event victories (Sacramento and Indianapolis),
swept the two Basic twins main events at Spring-
field, and finished fourth in the Pro Singles Cham-
pionship. In 2012, she won three AMA Pro Singles
main events (Sacramento, Knoxville and Tucson)
en route to finishing fifth in the championship. In
2011, Texter won the Pro Singles main event at
Knoxville Raceway to become the first female to
win an AMA Pro Singles main event.
Former AMA Grand National Champion Joe
Kopp will serve as the team manager and will also
come out of retirement to join Texter and compete
in the Lima Half Mile, the Virginia Mega Mile and
the season-ending Pomona Half Mile.
"My main focus will be helping with Shayna's ef-
fort," said Kopp, who is 13th on the all-time AMA flat
track wins list. "But I am looking forward to getting
back in a race and having some fun dicing it up. It's
time to start training because I really want to run
up front."
Shayna Texter will race a Latus Motors Triumph in
the 2014 AMA Grand National Championship.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
LARRY
LAWRENCE
20 YEARS OF REPSOL
C
ampus Repsol in Madrid,
Spain hosted the 20th anni-
versary celebration of the collabo-
ration between Repsol and Honda
in Grand Prix racing. During those
20 years, the two have won 10
World Championships, 124 races
and 338 podiums in 500cc and
MotoGP.
It is the longest running partner-
ship between sponsor and manu-
facturer in the history of the World
Championship with the two begin-
ning their relationship in February
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa pose with a quiver
of championship winning Repsol Hondas.
