James Stewart to race for Yamaha
Posted on October 6, 2008
Filed Under AMA Supercross, Racing, supercross |
After a period of uncertainty it has been confirmed that James Stewart will leave his 15 year relationship with Kawasaki and the Monster Energy team and join Yamaha backed San Manuel, L & M racing. Stewart will be joining the team with Kyle Chisholm, another longtime Kawasaki rider.
Both riders will campaign 2009 YZ450Fs in next year’s AMA Supercross series as well as other events including the 2009 X-Games and the Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open. It hasn’t been officially announced yet whether or not the team will be campaigning the 2009 AMA Outdoor season.
“I’m really excited,” Stewart said. “It’s time for a change. When I got the opportunity to come on board with San Manual and Yamaha I had to take it. I know the bikes are really good and I’m excited to ride them on Saturday. We plan on doing the X-Games this year. We’re going to do some events in which we can build publicity. It’ll be fun, something different.”
“I rode it a bit this week,” said Chisholm. “I got a jump start on James and the bike is unreal. I’m a bit nervous switching up bikes. I’ve been with Kawasaki since I was like nine or ten. The bike is easy to ride so it’s going to be a good year.”
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