VOL. 52 ISSUE 10 MARCH 10, 2015 P31
TEAM SUZUKI
ECSTAR
UNVEILED
S
uzuki announced its official
MotoGP squad for 2015—
Team Suzuki Ecstar. Campaign-
ing the team's efforts in the
premier class of the World Cham-
pionship are Aleix Espargaro and
rookie Maverick Vinales.
Mainly sold in and exported
from Japan, Ecstar is the brand
name of Suzuki's genuine
high-performance engine oil.
Celebrating its 30
th
anniversary,
Ecstar was added to the team
name in Suzuki's efforts to
increase the global recognition
of the Ecstar brand. It was also
meant to help establish it as the
global umbrella brand of Suzuki
genuine oil/ chemical products.
The brand is set to be offered
to overseas distributors starting
from Europe, where the bulk of
the MotoGP Championship is
raced.
BROKEN COLLARBONE FOR
ANDREW DELONG
T
he opening round of the
Grand National Cross Coun-
try Series didn't end well for
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna's
Andrew DeLong. The factory
racer suffered a crash that land-
ed him in the emergency room
with a broken collarbone at the
Palatka, Florida event. DeLong
is scheduled to have surgery to
repair the broken bone, but will
likely miss the following round of
the GNCC series on March 15 in
Georgia.
At this point it is not known if
the defending National Enduro
Champion will be able to com-
pete in the upcoming round
of the series—the North Texas
National Enduro—on March 22.
DeLong topped the previous
round of the National Enduro
Championship, but may not be
able to defend his title in 2015
if he is forced to sit out round
three in Texas.
Jean Turner
Maverick Vinales (25) and Aleix
Espargaro (41) to campaign
the efforts for the newly named
factory MotoGP Suzuki squad—
Team Suzuki Ecstar.
Defending
National Enduro
Champion Andrew
DeLong suffered a
broken collarbone
at the opening
round of the
GNCC series.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
SHAN
MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURTESY
OF
SUZUKI