RICHMOND, CA – March 11, 2011 – (Motor Sports Newswire) – With more than 42 sponsored professional riders competing in Daytona Beach Florida during the course of Daytona speedweek events LeoVince is again the dominant exhaust brand competing this week. LeoVince has seen the podium in Daytona the last five years with winning performances in AMA Pro Grand National Flattrack, the Daytona 200 and AMA Pro Superbike races. After leading most laps of the final of the AMA Pro Grand National Flattrack last evening Jersey Jake Johnson settled in for a hard earned third place finish ensuring that LeoVince continues its Daytona podium march for another year.
With Speedweek in full swing LeoVince USA is announcing their U.S. and Global sponsorships for 2011. LeoVince’s U.S. Race Manager Ted Campbell states: “With more than 58 officially sponsored Teams globally and hundreds of additionally sponsored riders LeoVince is well positioned for another year of racing excellence worldwide. We are very happy to renew our sponsorship with Attack Performance and Cycle World, Kawasaki Superbike and Sportbike riders Eric Bostrom and JD Beach and excited to add young AMA Supersport sensation James “Rocket” Respoli”.
Fabio Mozzone, LeoVince’s Global Sponsorship and Communications Manager adds: This year Tech 3 in MotoGP will be our top team in road racing with riders Colin Edwards and rookie Cal Crutchlow. Their M1 will be equipped with a special LeoVince R&D developed silencer. In World Superbike we will sponsor Factory Kawasaki with the new ZX-10R. This relationship showcases the high level of technical development of our new Factory R exhaust systems have. In World Supersport we will sponsor both Kawasaki and Honda and our focus is solely on winning the championship as second place for this series is not acceptable this season. In BSB and Road Race we supply the official Suzuki teams in every racing class”. He adds: “To complete the picture; in the World Endurance Series we will support the SRS Kawasaki team in the Superbike class”. To finish he states: “Our sponsoring program also includes the off-road competitions where we will supply many factory teams engaged in the World Series like Kawasaki in MX, Honda in MX, Enduro and Supermoto and Husqvarna in Enduro.”
For more information on LeoVince USA sponsorships contact Racing@LeoVinceUSA.com. For more information on LeoVince products contact sales@LeoVinceUSA.com or call 510-232-4040.
2011 LeoVince USA Sponsored Race Teams
AMA-DMG PRO RACING
Cycle World/Attack Performance/Kawasaki
Kawasaki ZX10-R and Kawasaki ZX6-R
Superbike- Eric Bostrom
Sportbike- J.D. Beach
Ant Racing/National Guard/Monster Energy
Suzuki GSXR-600
Sportbike- James Rispoli
Peak Perfomance Racing
Kawasaki ZX-6R
Sportbike-Patrick Dinardo
GP Bike Parts/Ohger Racing
Yamaha R6
Sportbike- Travis Ohge
HT Racing/MPH Racing
Yamaha R6
Sportbike- Melissa Paris
Slednecks/Josh Galster Racing
Yamaha R6
Sportbike- Josh Galster
Top Shelf Racing
Ducati EVO 848
Sportbike- Matt Sadowski
Sportbike – David Sadowski
WERA/AFM/WMMRA
Zendejas Racing/KWS Motorsports
BMW 1000 R
Superbike- Luie Zendejas
Peak Honda Racing
Honda CBR 600 RR
Sportbike- Nicholas Lefurgey and Oliver Gooden
Apex Road Racing/KWS Motorsports
Suzuki GSXR-1000
Superbike- Tim Hunt
Z2 Racing/Zoom Zoom
Yamaha R6
Sportbike- Jason Lauritzen, Jenn Lauritzen, Greg McCullough, and David Benjamin
Barf Racing
Yamaha R6 and Suzuki GSXR-600
Sportbike- Berto Woodridge and Chris Siglin
Skagit Powersports/Kawasaki
Kawasaki Ninja 250
250 “LeoVince Corsa Twins” class
Adam Faussett and Bill Cameron
AMA SUPERCROSS AND MOTOCROSS
BTOSports.com/Palometto Suzuki
Suzuki RMZ-450 Carbon Fiber only
Michael Byrne and Jason Thomas
Eleven10 Mods/Renegade Fuels
Honda CRF 250 Carbon Fiber only
Darren Durham, Brandon Mays, and Alex Martin
ARMA Energy SNX/Nitro Circus/Suzuki City
Suzuki RMZ 250Carbon Fiber only
Malcolm Stewart and Sean Lipovanoich
The Dirtlab.com/Motovie.com/Honda
Honda CRF 450
Ryan Clark
OFFROAD TEAMS
Stillwell Performance/KTM
KTM 450 and 250 endurocross
Nathan Woods and Kevin Rookstool
Air Radiant Group/GASGAS/Kirpatrick Racing
GASGAS 250 – 2 stroke silencers
Cole Kirkpartrick
Air Radiant Group/KTM/Levian Racing
KTM 350
Steve Levian
Feeding Performance/Husqvarna Factory Team
Husqvarna TCX- 250 and TCX- 449
Phillipe Chaine, Guy Giroux, Karine Geoffrion, and Ryan Graffunder
AM-PRO Yamaha/GYT-R/Yamaha
Yamaha 250 and Yamaha 450
Paul Whibley, Thad Duvall, and Jordan Mashburn
LEOVINCE GLOBAL RACING SPONSORSHIPS – 2011
MOTO GP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Tech 3
Colin Edwards (USA) – Cal Crutchlow (UK)
Yamaha YZR M1
MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Tech 3
Bradley Smith (UK) – Mike Di Meglio (France)
Bike: Tech 3 Mistral 611
Pons Racing (Spain)
Axel Pons (Spain) – Aleix Espargaró (Spain)
Bike: Kalex
SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Kawasaki World Superbike Racing Team (Paul Bird Motorsport)
Chris Vermeulen (Australia) – Tom Sykes (UK) – Joan Lascorz (Spain)
Bike: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Team Pedercini
Roberto Rolfo (Italy) – Mark Aitchison (Australia)
Bike: Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
UK CHAMPIONSHIP
Team TAS
Joshua Brookes (Australia)
Bike: Suzuki GSX-R 1000
SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Provec Motocard.com
Broc Parkes (Australia) – Luis Salom (Spain)
Bike: Kawasaki ZX-6 R
Team Parkalgar Honda
Miguel Praia (Portugal) – Sam Lowes (UK)
Bike: Honda CBR 600 RR
Team Bogdanka PTR Honda
James Ellison (UK) – Pavel Szkopek (Poland)
Bike: Honda CBR 600 RR
Team Lorenzini
Vittorio Iannuzzo (Italy) – Massimo Roccoli (Italy)
Bike: Kawasaki ZX-6 R
UK SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP
Team TAS
Alaistar Seely (Ireland)
Suzuki GSX-R 600
SUPERSTOCK 1000 WORLD CUP
Team Lorenzini
Sheridan Morais (South Africa ) – Lorenzo Savadori (Italy)
Kawasaki ZX-10 R
Team Pedercini
Leandro Mercado (Argentina) – Marco Bussolotti (Italy) – Bryan Staring (Australia)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Team MRS
Jeremy Guarnoni (France)
Yamaha YZF 1000 R1
Team SS Lazio Motorsport
Andrea Boscoscuro (Italy)
Ducati 1098 R
Team Bogdanka PTR Honda
Marcin Walkowiak (Poland)
Honda CBR 1000 RR
UK CHAMPIONSHIP
Team TAS
Guy Martin (UK)
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
STOCK 600 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team MRS
Romain Lanusse (France) – Christophe Ponsson (France)
Yamaha YZF 600 R6
REGIONAL
Superbike – Superstock – Supersport
Team TAS – TT – North West 200 – Ulster GP
Guy Martin (UK) – one to be announced
Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – Suzuki GSX-R 600
ENDURANCE SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Team GSR
Julien Da Costa (France) – Gregory Leblanc (France) – Olivier Four (France)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
ENDURANCE SUPERSTOCK 1000 CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Biker’s Days
Grégory Fastre (France) – Denis Bouan (France) – Raymond Schouten (Holland)
Yamaha YZF 1000 R1
FRENCH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Team GSR
Julien Da Costa (France) – Gregory Leblanc (France)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
FRENCH SUPERSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Biker’s Days
Mathieu Gines (France) – Denis Bouan (France) – Olivier Four (France)
Yamaha YZF 600 R6
FRENCH PROMOSPORT 600 CHAMPIONSHIP
Team GSR
Erwan Quellet (France)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
FRENCH PROMOSPORT 1000 CHAMPIONSHIP
Team GSR
Claude Lucas (France)
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
ONE-BRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Honda Trophy 2011
(Italy)
Bike: Honda CB 600 Hornet – Honda CBR 600 RR – Honda CBR 600 F – Honda NSF 100 Junior & Extreme
European Junior Cup 2011
(during the European WSBK races)
Bike: Kawasaki Ninja 250 R
MOTOCROSS WORLD & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team Kawasaki Racing – MX1
National Championships: *France – ** UK – *** Spain
Sébastien Pourcel (France)** – Jonathan Barragan (Spain)*** – Xavier Boog (France)*
Kawasaki KXF 450
Team LS Honda – MX1
National Championship: Belgium
Ken De Dycker (Belgium) – Shaun Simpson (UK)
Honda CRF 450 R
Team CLS
-ONLY CARBON FIBER PARTS
Ben Townley (New Zealand) – Tommy Searle (UK) – Max Anstie (UK)
Kawasaki KXF 450 – KXF 250
UK CHAMPIONSHIP
Team TAS
Pilot: Gordon Crockard (UK) – Mel Pocock (UK)
Bike: Suzuki RM-Z 450 – RM-250
ENDURO WORLD & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team CH Racing – EJ – E 1 – E2 – E3
National Championships: *Italy – **France
Redondi (Italy)* EJ – Salminen (Finland) E1 – Seistola (Sweden)* E1 – Meo (France)** E2 – Albergoni (Italy)* E2 – Guillaume (France)* E3
Bikes: Husqvarna TE 250 – TE 310 – WR300
Team Jolly Racing E1 – E3
National Championship: Italy* – Portugal** – Sweden*** – France****
D’Ambrosio (Italy)* EJ – Joly (France)**** EJ – Calle (Sweden)*** EJ – Thain (France)**** E1 – Goncalvo (Portugal)** E2 – Ahola (Sweden)* E3
Facchin (Italy) E3 – Blythe (USA) EJ – Lindholm (Sweden) EJ
Bikes: Honda CRE F250R – CRE F450R – Honda CRE F480R
Team Boano Racing Sport – EJ – E2
National Championship: Italy
Philippaerts (Italy) EJ – Mangini (Italy) E2
Beta 450 RR – 525 RR
Team MGP
National Championship: France
Germain (France) E1
Yamaha WR 250 F
SUPERMOTO WORLD & NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team HM Giletti Assomotor – S1
Ivan Lazzarini (Italy) – Max
Verderosa (Italy)Bike: Honda CFR 450 R
