From a press release issued by Bruce Lind Racing:

Bruce Lind Racing announces that it is ending its two year relationship, tuning and mentoring, with Ed Sorbo, Sean Wray and Steve Scott.

While Bruce has enjoyed working with these three riders in support of their ever-improving performance in the AMA 250 GP series, the effort has left him unsatisfied.

After an injury-induced two-year retirement from riding, Bruce will return to on-track competition and begin his 38th year of racing at the penultimate AMA 250 GP event at Virginia International Raceway over Labor Day weekend.

Bruce’s last race at VIR was in a 5-hour endurance event held by AAMRR in 1971!

The plan is to participate in both of the final 250 GP events of the AMA series. Bruce rode his first AMA 250 GP event at Daytona in 1972.

“I just couldn’t see the AMA end the class without me being a part of it. During the return flight from the Mid-Ohio event, I decided that I had to find a bike to rent and gain approval from my long-suffering, but understanding wife. When I approached her with the idea, she said that she had been expecting it for more than a month! I’ve already done a track day and came up to speed after a session or so. My goal is to qualify and enjoy participating in the final two events before the AMA closes the book on the 250 GP class after 40 years.”

Special thanks to:
–My wife Edith for agreeing to let me do this.
–Andy Edwards for renting me his racebike.
–Kory Gill for loaning me his racebike for the track day.
–Ed Sorbo for finding a way to stuff all my equipment into an already full transporter.
–All my long time sponsors, RC-Koshien Yamaha in Nishinomiya Japan; Nankai of Kobe and Takamatsu; Bridgestone Tires; I-90 Motorsports in Issaquah, Washington; SpeedTune by AIM Racing Products; EBC Brakes; Silkolene Lubricants and Chemicals; Barnett Clutches; Wasco Frame Service; Jun ichi Yanagahara of Magical Racing, Osaka, Japan.