AMPRO Team and Yamaha are ready for the 2011 Off-Road Season

2011-03-01 20:30
Seven time AMA National Enduro Champion and AMA Hall of Fame member Randy Hawkins and his AMPRO Team of Paul Whibley and Thad Duvall are ready to take on the 2011 Off-Road season.

2011-AmPro-Whibley_053Both Paul and Thad will focus on the highly coveted GNCC XC1 class with each rider piloting 2011 YZ450Fs in their effort to take home the title. A former XC1 Champion, Paul Whibley looks to start off the 2011 season the way his 2010 season ended, with him standing on the top step of the podium. Paul will also compete in the OMA Series where he has won the title the last two years. Following in Randy Hawkins footsteps, former GNCC XC2 Champion Thad Duvall will try his hand at the AMA National Enduro Championships this year.

Team Owner Randy Hawkins is looking forward to the new season, “I couldn’t be more excited about the 2011 season. Our guys ended the 2010 season on a high note and we’re looking forward to carrying that momentum into this year. Plus we’ve had the last 4 months to fine tune our YZ450Fs so we’re definitely ready to go”.

AMPRO would like to thank Yamaha, MSR, FMF, Kenda, Yamalube, GYTR, ProTaper, Wiseco, Fastway, MotionPro, EBC, Rekluse, IMS, Factory Connection, Shoei, Scott, HBD Moto Graphics, Pro Wheel, Twin Air, TM Designs, Gaerne, CV Products, EK Chain, Zip Ty, G2, Asterisk, Matrix, Athena, Cycle Gear, Leatt Brace, All Bearing Racing, Leo Vince, Vortex and Eleven 10 Mods for all their support for the 2011 season.

After the amazing success of last year, Obermeyer Yamaha and AMPRO are teaming up to field another Off-Road team for the 2011 Season. After winning the 250A GNCC title in 2008 and the Open A GNCC Title in 2009 and 2010 Jordan Ashburn is looking to make huge impact with his pro debut in the XC2 class in 2011 aboard a 2011 YZ250F. Jordan will definitely be the rookie to watch this year. Joining Jordan on the team will be Jordon Milbauer. An accomplished Off-Road rider Jordon focused her attention on the OMA series in 2010 taking home the Women’s Championship along with TCCRA Championship and the Texas Shootout Championship. Now Jordon and her WR250F are ready to join the GNCC fray.

2011-AmPro-Milbauer_013Obermeyer Yamaha’s Keith Obermeyer is ready to go, “The alliance between Yamaha Motor Corp, Randy Hawkins’ AMPRO Racing, and Obermeyer Yamaha has been one of success and super high energy. This year is full of excitement as well. We have the amateur sensation Jordan Ashburn running the XC2 Class, which is going to be a competitive class, and Jordan is ready to go for 2011. Another new and exciting racer added to the Obermeyer AMPRO stable is Jordon Milbauer in the Women’s class who is new to GNCC Racing, but her record is quite impressive for an 18 year old. Obermeyer Yamaha would like to thank Rekluse, MSR, Kenda, HBD Moto Graphics, GYTR, Yamalube, Yamaha, Technical Touch KYB, Cycra, Fly Racing, Factory Connection and Gaerne. The Yamaha’s are ready for the battle to begin in Florida this week.”

Source: Yamaha Motor Corporation

Click here to visit our forums to discuss this story