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Championship and had six top-
five finishes in AMA Pro Daytona
SportBike, finishing fifth on the
season. Beach notched four AMA
Pro Daytona SportBike podium
finishes in 2014 on his way to fin-
ishing fourth in the championship.
Winner of three AMA Pro Day-
tona Sportbike races last year,
Dane Westby moves up to the
MotoAmerica Super-
stock 1000 series for
2015 with Yamalube
continuing as the team's
title sponsor.
In addition to the Ya-
malube teams, it was
previously announced
the expansion of the
RoadRace Factory team with the
big news being the move of last
year's Daytona SportBike champ
Jake Gagne to the MotoAmerica
Superstock 1000 class.
Yamaha Road Racing Con-
tingency Program, now part of
Yamaha's bLU cRU family, will
offer nearly $650,000 in total
available winnings. The Program
will support riders in the new
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BY
BRIAN
NELSON
MotoAmerica series, as well as
those privateers who compete in
regional and local races aboard
the 2015 Yamaha YZF-R3.
"We're excited about the up-
coming road racing season and
pleased to, once again, offer con-
tingency support to Yamaha road
racers," said Mike Guerra, Rac-
ing Department Manager for Ya-
maha. "All bLU cRU contingency
money will be paid directly to the
riders' bLU cRU Debit Cards. In
addition, each bLU cRU rider will
receive a $45 credit on http://
www.bLUcRUswag.com, as well
as a 10 percent rebate on GYTR
and Graves Motorsports parts
and accessories."
For complete details visit the
Road Racing Contingency page
of the Yamaha Motor Corpora-
tion, U.S.A., Website: at http://
goo.gl/ZlQX3k.
(Left) Josh Hayes looks
to defend his Superbike
title in the new Mo-
toAmerica series. (Above)
Yamalube's Dane Westby
moves up to the Super-
stock 1000 class for 2015.
