IN
THE
WIND
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RENZLAND JOINS
TRADERS RACING
KAWASAKI
L
uke Renzland will join returning rider
Nick Gaines on the Traders Racing
Kawasaki Team. The two will compete
in both the 2017 Monster Energy Super-
cross Championship (in the 250SX East
Regional division) and the Lucas Oil Pro
Motocross Championship.
Both Renzland and Gaines were slowed by inju-
ries last year and are anxious to put 2016 behind
them and get the 2017 season started. Renzland
spent the last two years on the CycleTrader.com/
Rock River Yamaha Team. Gaines is returning for
his third year.
"I am really excited to get the opportunity to
work with the Traders Racing team for the 2017
season,"Renzland said. "My body has healed and
I have been working very hard this off-season to
be 100 percent ready for the upcoming year. With
the staff that they have in place, it feels like it will
be easy for me to build a strong bond with this
team, and from what I can tell from my first couple
of days on the bike, I believe the stage has been
set for me to have a breakout season. This team
has a great energy, and they are determined to
help me achieve my goals." CN
VILLOPOTO TUNES
UP FOR AUSTRALIA
I
n a few days, Ryan Villopoto will take a break
from retirement and compete in the 2016 AUS-X
Open at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney Olym-
pic Park in Sydney, Australia, November 12-13.
Last year, Chad Reed and Cooper Webb split
wins, and they will be returning for the 2016 edi-
tion of the one-off race. But this time, they will
have Villopoto to contend with. They will also be
competing in the "USA vs. AUS" feature race,
where each country, complete with five riders,
goes head-to-head in an elimination-style format.
Team USA will be made up of Villopoto, Webb,
Justin Brayton, Gavin Faith and Justin Hoeft, and
Team Australia will be made up of Reed, Daniel
Reardon, Dean Ferris, Hayden Mellross and Jack-
son Richardson.
Villopoto has been tuning up for the race at the
Kawasaki test track in Corona, California. As you
can see by the on-board video, Villopoto still goes
awfully fast. CN
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
HOPPENWORLD.COM
Luke Renzland
will be making the
switch to the Trader
Racing Kawasaki
for 2017.
