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BELL SIDELINED AGAIN
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1FIFTY Energy Drink Yamaha's Zach Bell will
be forced to watch from the side of the track
for a while as he recuperates from a broken col-
larbone.
Bell suffered the injury when he crashed dur-
ing the LCQ at the Oakland Supercross, January
30. Bell has been struggling in the 250SX West
class so far and was 24th in points going into the
Oakland race. Bell will undergo surgery to have
the collarbone plated. It is not yet known when
the Georgian might return. CN
Zach Bell
suffered yet
another injury.
He probably
won't return for
supercross.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KIT
PALMER
YAMAHA ANNOUNCES OFF-ROAD TEAM
Y
amaha officially announced
its off-road racing team for
2016, which includes returning
riders Grant Baylor and Daniel
Milner. New to the squad is
Pennsylvania's Nick Davis.
The N-Fab/AmPro/Yamaha
bLU cRU Off-Road Motorcycle
Racing Team will focus on the
Kenda National Enduro, GNCC
and the Kenda Full Gas Sprint
Enduro Championships. They
got off to a great start with
Baylor wining the National En-
duro opener in South Carolina,
February 7. Baylor, aboard a
YZ450FX, will continue to focus
on the enduro title as well as
compete in the GNCC series.
Milner will race a YZ450FX
in both GNCC XC1 and Full
Gas Sprint Enduro competition
while Davis will race a YZ250FX
in both GNCC XC2 and AMA
National Enduro for 2016.
"The 2016 season marks a
truly exciting milestone in our
partnership with the N-Fab/
AmPro/Yamaha team," said
Yamaha's spokesperson Donnie
Luce. "It's the first time that the
entire team will be mounted on
off-road-specific models. The
new YZ250FX and YZ450FX
models were designed spe-
cifically for off-road racing, and
we've assembled a talented
group of young riders to show-
case these new models in the
most prestigious and challeng-
ing off-road racing series in the
U.S." CN
(Left to right) Daniel Milner, Nick Davis and Grant Baylor will
make up Yamaha's 2016 off-road team.
