Suzuki Support Riders Double Up on AMA Supersport Podium at Road America BREA, Calif., (June 7, 2006) American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) congratulates Team M4 EMGO Suzuki’s Geoff May and Michael Barnes for bringing home two podium finishes in the recent AMA Supersport race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Sunday, June 4, 2006. May, 25, has been riding for Team M4 EMGO Suzuki since 2005. With this impressive finish at Road America, he moved into second-place overall in AMA Supersport points. This is his second Supersport podium of the season. “I feel great,” said May, who rode his M4 EMGO Suzuki GSX-R600 to second place. “I’ve been feeling like this is how it’s going to be all along. The team and I, we’ve been working real hard all weekend. And then I just put my head down. I really wanted it bad this weekend. I really wanted to be on the podium.” Teammate Barnes, 36, joined the satellite Suzuki road race team when he stepped in to ride for injured Vincent Haskovec last year. Barnes is currently seventh overall in AMA Supersport and this is his second Supersport podium of the season. “Geoff kind of surprised me towards the end,” said third-place finisher Barnes. “My Pirelli tires worked great from beginning to end. I just wish I’d gone with a little bit firmer setup. But overall I can’t complain. Geoff and I up here on the box is great for the team. My M4 EMGO Suzuki did a great job this weekend.” May, Barnes and the rest of the Suzuki support teams will next compete in AMA road racing at the brand-new Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, June 16 – 18.

According to a post on the official website of the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, SuperBike Racing Inc.’s Andrew Wright has been found “guilty by a federal jury in Valdosta, Georgia of multiple felony charges related to the importation and sale of grey market high-end motorcycles under false pretenses.”

The official government website also notes that “Wright was convicted on all nine counts (smuggling, false statements, mail fraud, and wire fraud) of an indictment filed in June 2005…The investigation was conducted jointly with the EPA-OIG and DHS-ICE, with assistance from NHTSA, DHS Customs and Border Patrol, and the EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality.”

According to the website, Wright has not yet been sentenced in the case.

For more information, go to the government website here:

http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=1778

According to a report on the KVUE TV News website, CMRA racer Larry Myers has been arrested on three felony counts of selling stolen cars and motorcycles. The report can be seen here: ~http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/060606kvuechopshop-cb.5cf0d18e.html~ Myers, age 23, is seventh in CMRA Expert points for the 2006 season and races a Kawasaki ZX-6R. In a post on the “CMRA Main mBoard” section of the CMRA website(~http://www.cmraracing.com/mboard.htm~) titled “Larry Myers,” Myers said that he is innocent and predicted that he will be exonerated.

The Ducati Marlboro Team visits Spain for the second time this year to contest the Catalan Grand Prix, the seventh round of what’s turning out to be the best World Championship since MotoGP kicked off in 2002. This is a big weekend for both the team’s riders because Loris Capirossi currently leads the World Championship chase and Gibernau is nicely up to speed for his home GP. At the previous race in Italy Gibernau qualified on pole with Capirossi second and the pair were also the fastest two riders in the race, Capirossi quickest, Gibernau a close second quickest. The duo’s impressive pace is further proof of the continuing evolution of Ducati’s Desmosedici MotoGP bike, which now combines superb rider-friendly performance with massive horsepower. LORIS CAPIROSSI, Ducati Marlboro Team rider, 1st overall Loris Capirossi leads the 2006 World Championship after finishing a brilliant second in the Italian GP. Although equal on points with Nicky Hayden, the Ducati Marlboro Team rider leads the series because his best result of the year (victory at the season-opening Spanish GP) is better than Hayden’s best (two runner-up finishes). Capirossi has every reason to feel confident about Catalunya because it was here three years ago that he made history by winning Ducati’s first premier-class GP victory. “We are all looking forward to this race because we are in great shape, really competitive at pretty much every track. The year started so well and it is continuing to go well, thanks to all the work done by Ducati and Bridgestone. Catalunya is another fast track with a big straight but while our bike is fast, these days we focus on rideability, which is more important than top speed. I love Catalunya and I love racing in Spain because the fans are great. The circuit is very technical and you can have a lot of fun sliding the bike through turns three and four.” SETE GIBERNAU, Ducati Marlboro Team rider, 9th overall Sete Gibernau looks forward to his home race with real enthusiasm after a storming ride in Italy. Like his team-mate, Gibernau also has good form at Catalunya, having started the 2004 and 2005 events from pole. Although he has yet to win at the track, he has finished on the podium on four occasions. “Catalunya can be strange because the grip changes a lot according to conditions. The new surface was better last year, though F1 racing always leaves a lot of rubber which may still affect grip. But I enjoy it, I always have done, it’s a complete racetrack with a little bit of everything. And, of course, for me the atmosphere is quite big! The important thing is to get the bike to give good traction through turns three and four. If you can do that you have good traction around the whole track. I had a good race in Italy, up front again and really enjoying myself because I’m starting to understand how to get the best out of the Ducati. With this team I feel better than ever and happier than ever.” LIVIO SUPPO, Ducati MotoGP project manager “It’s great to go to Catalunya leading the World Championship and with the team in top form, Loris leading the title chase and Sete proving that he can fight to win races with his Desmosedici. I think we should be able to maintain the high level of the last few races, even though we had a tough time at Catalunya last year. Bridgestone have done unbelievable work since then, their tyres working well during the IRTA tests at Catalunya in March and also at Qatar, a hot, low-grip circuit. This gives us real confidence.” THE CIRCUIT Catalunya is another challenging racetrack, characterised by long, constant-radius corners that place the emphasis on a flowing riding style, as well as excellent chassis and tyre performance. The circuit was resurfaced last year. Catalunya is in the centre of Spain’s motorcycle racing heartland and joined the GP fixture list in 1992, hosting the Grand Prix of Europe. Wayne Rainey (Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha) won the first-ever 500 GP at the track in May ’92. In ’96 the event was renamed the Catalan Grand Prix. Lap record: Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), 1m 43.195s, 164.903kmh/102.466mph (2005) Pole position 2005: Sete Gibernau (Honda), 1m 42.337s DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM RIDER DATA LOGS LORIS CAPIROSSI Age: 33 (born April 4, 1973) Lives: Monaco Bike: Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici GP6 GP starts: 237 (67xMotoGP, 59×500, 84×250, 27×125) GP victories: 26 (4xMotoGP, 2×500, 12×250, 8×125) First GP victory: Britain, 1990 (125) First GP: Japan, 1990 (125) Pole positions: 40 (7xMotoGP, 5×500, 23×250, 5×125) First pole: Australia, 1991 (125) World Championships: 3 (125: 1990, 1991, 250: 1998) Catalunya 2005 results: Grid: 6th. Race: 12th SETE GIBERNAU Age: 33 (born December 15, 1972) Lives: Switzerland Bike: Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici GP6 GP starts: 166 (71xMotoGP, 76×500, 19×250) GP victories: 9 (8xMotoGP, 1×500) First GP victory: Valencia, 2001 (500) First GP: Spain, 1993 (250) Pole positions: 13 (12xMotoGP, 1×500) First pole: South Africa, 2000 (500) Catalunya 2005 results: Grid: pole. Race: 2nd

The wild-card riders who will race in the Catalunya Grand Prix, scheduled on the circuit of Catalunya on June 18 next, are the following: 125cc class classe 125cc #76 Ivan Maestro (SPA-Honda) Lambea TMM Racing Nominated by RFME #78 Hugo Van den Berg (NED-Aprilia) Varenhof Racing Team Nominated by FIM #80 Esteve Rabat SPA-Honda) Honda BQR Nominated by RFME #92 Pol Espargaro SPA-Derbi) Team RACC Derbi Nominated by RFME Maximum number and nomination of wild-cards riders: 125cc: 3 nominated by the FMNR (Organising Federation); 2 nominated by the FIM. 250cc: 3 nominated by the FMNR (Organising Federation); 1 nominated by MSMA (Motorcycle Sport Manufacturers’ Association); 2 nominated by the FIM. MotoGP : 1 nominated by MSMA, 1 nominated by the FIM/Dorna. – A compulsory briefing will be held for all the riders who will be participating for the first time in the current Championship, at 17h00 on the day preceding the day scheduled for the first practice session.

YOUNG FINISHES IN TOP TEN ON HIS TRIUMPH 675 IN BRITISH SUPERSPORT RACE AT MALLORY PARK Youngy gets Triumph in the top 10!: Leicestershire based racer/team owner Paul Young and his PYR Triumph Daytona 675 have landed in the top 10 in their home round of Mallory Park! Qualifying: “Qualifying went pretty well. I was 11th quickest in both individual sessions, and ended up 13th overall. With three chicanes and a hairpin every 58 seconds, traffic was always going to play a major part in qualifying. My final run on a qualifying tyre felt great. I did my fastest time through the first sector, but I got stuffed by the slowest guy on track in the last chicane! It was a shame because I was confident of a second row start.” The Race: “I elected to ride the slower of my two bikes because the number one bike had been jumping out of gear in Friday practice. I was happy to do that because the chassis was working great on the second bike. During the race I got up to eighth before that bike also started jumping out of gear! When it started missing gears I was thinking more about finishing the race and not mucking things up! Out of Shaw’s Hairpin I’d click second, then it would pop into neutral. I had to coast through the chicane then try and find a gear to continue on my way. This lost me a lot of ground. Jay Vincent caught me up after I’d passed him early in the race but I made myself as wide as I could to make sure I achieved the aim of a top 10 finish. It was nice to be dicing with and passing quality riders like Stuart Easton, Jay Vincent and Simon Andrews. The way I look at it, I’m now up racing with people I should be. These are racers with distributor support, good kit and excellent racing credentials! That said, more sponsors are needed to get more out of my Triumph to get it right up at the front. The best bit for a ‘local’ racer like me is that I did actually hear screams from crowd saying ‘Go Youngy’ on the warm-up lap, so thanks to everyone who screamed for me!” Exposure: At the latest Mallory Park round, Youngy and the Triumph got some much-needed TV coverage on SKY TV thanks to his high-running position. Coming events: The British Supersport Championship resumes on June 18th when the BSB circus arrives at Snetterton. Competing in the Superstock class there last year, Young finished the race in 5th place. “To be honest, I don’t like it much. Snetterton isn’t going to be good for us, as we’re still a fair bit down at the top-end. Snetterton is simply two drag strips connected by a couple of corners, so it’s going to be difficult. In the next couple of weeks we’re going to be doing some dyno work to find some top-end power.” British Supersport Championship & Supersport Cup Mallory Park Race Result 1 – Cal CRUTCHLOW – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 25:15.596 2 – Leon CAMIER – Honda -Northpoint Ekerold Honda – 25:20.047 3 – Tom SYKES – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 25:24.694 4 – Dennis HOBBS – Honda – Padgetts Batley Ltd – 25:34.926 5 – Pere RIBA – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 25:38.878 6 – Simon ANDREWS – Yamaha – Piranha Racing – 25:39.112 7 – Stuart EASTON – Ducati – Lloyds British Ducati – 25:44.545 8 – Kieran MURPHY – Kawasaki-MSS Discovery Racing – 25:44.868 9 – Tommy BRIDEWELL – Suzuki – Vivaldi Racing – 25:45.659 10 – Paul YOUNG – Triumph – Paul Young Racing – 25:49.380 11 – Jay VINCENT – Honda – Padgetts Batley Ltd – 25:49.616 12 – Ian LOWRY – Suzuki – TAS Suzuki – 25:54.655 13 – Richard WREN – Yamaha – Richard Wren Racing – 25:57.164 14 – Sam OWENS – Honda – Premier Motorsport – 26:02.218 15 – Gary JOHNSON – Honda – Trucklinks Racing – 26:34.631

Odenton, MD. The 4th round of the USGPRU’s West Coast Region headed to the high desert of Rosamond to host the “young gun” showdown at the windy Streets of Willow this past weekend. Due to a lack of electronic scoring, Saturday’s qualifying consisted of a 5 lap heat race. Jon Schendel aboard his CN Racing Honda crossed the line first with youngsters Tommy Aquino and Tyler Reiswig hot on his heels. Another youngster, Kyle Ferris, and veteran racer Ben Solis rounded out the top 5. Cameron Beaubier overcame an earlier high side to qualify 6th with Bryce Prince, Kid’s: Don’t Smoke!/Roadracingworld.com’s rider Elena Myers, Scott Gilbert and Tyler Oden respectively qualifying in 7th, 8th,12th and 13th to round out the remainder of the young guns. In the 250 heat race, it was Ryan Ferris aboard his Infinity Racing RS250 taking pole with Reiswig and Schendel rounding out the top 3. Tommy Aquino was the top young gun qualifying in 4th with Myers, Oden, Kyle Ferris, and Beaubier qualifying in 7th, 9th, 12th and 18th positions. Sunday heated up early with the temperature getting to 100 degrees and the famous Willow Springs wind blowing steady. Tommy Aquino took the hole shot in the 125 race and never looked back running a perfect race and taking the checkered after 14 blistering laps. Aquino was able to run away from the field thanks in part to a 7 bike battle for 2nd. Ben Solis was at the front of the train followed by Schendel, Beaubier, Reiswig, Ferris, Prince, and Myers. Schendel was able to mount a challenge in lap 4 and the two riders swapped positions until Solis crashed in lap 6 allowing Schendel to take 2nd and pull a small gap from the 5 youngsters nipping at his heels. The final podium spot came down to the wire as all 5 young guns battle for position. Kyle Ferris mounted a charged from 5th on lap 6 to over take Reiswig on lap 7, who fought a loose footpeg all race, and Beaubier on lap 9. Beaubier poised himself for a last turn pass but Ferris was able to get a great drive coming down the straight to hold off Beubier by half a wheel! The 250 race had Reiswig taking the hole shot and lead Ryan Ferris and Vince Rolleri for the first 4 laps until Ferris crashed in the bowl bringing out a red flag. On the 8 lap restart, Reiswig again took the hole shot but crashed in turn 3 allowing Rolleri to take the lead. Reiswig would limp home to complete the race in 12th. Rolleri looked very comfortable to take his first win of the season when a mechanical on lap 3 forced him out and the 250 race became another epic 125 battle between Kyle Ferris, Jon Schendel, Tommy Aquino and Cameron Beaubier. Ferris successfully parried all attacks for the lead position to take the win that he later dedicated to his brother Ryan. Aquino made a last lap pass on Schendel and relegated the seasoned veteran to 3rd. The 250 race also claimed Kid’s: Don’t Smoke!/Roadracingworld.com’s rider Elena Myers on lap 2, and Willow Springs regular Mark Watts on lap 8. The USGPRU would like to thank Al Lyons, Sherry, Wayne and all the crew from CMRRA for a successful weekend. We would also like to thank Desi from Red Bull for the posh hospitality tent complete with Xbox and cool Red Bull drinks. For more information about the USGPRU please visit www.usgpru.net The next West Coast round is at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on September 2nd. 125GP Results 1. Tommy Aquino Honda RS125 2. Jon Schendel Honda RS125 3. Kyle Ferris Honda RS125 4. Cameron Beaubier Honda RS125 5. Tyler Reiswig Honda RS125 6. Bryce Prince Honda RS125 7. Elena Myers Honda RS125 8. Alex Welsh Honda RS125 9. Jay Pilster Honda RS125 10. Adam Oden Honda RS125 11. Erik Dadej Honda RS125 12. Debra Kuick Honda RS125 13. Phill Krenn Honda RS125 14. Kevin Murrary Yamaha TZ125 15. Tim Hartmann Honda RS125 16. Scott Bourke Honda RS125 17. Kirk Potter Honda RS125 18. Marcus Henderson Honda RS125 Ben Solis-DNF Honda RS125 Scott Gilbert-DNF Honda RS125 Trina Turner-DNS Honda RS125 250GP Results 1. Kyle Ferris Honda RS125 2. Tommy Aquino Honda RS125 3. Jon Schendel Honda RS125 4. Cameron Beaubier Honda RS125 5. Jay Pilster Honda RS125 6. Tyler Oden Honda RS125 7. Derek Dutt Yamaha TZ250 8. Randy Miller Yamaha TZ250 9. Mike Lytle Yamaha TZ250 10. Phill Krenn Honda RS125 11. Joji Tokumoto Yamaha TZ250 12. Tyler Reiswig Honda RS250 13. Daniel Qualtire Yamaha TZ250 14. Mark Watts Yamaha TZ250 Vince Rolleri-DNF Yamaha TZ250 Elena Myers-DNF Honda RS125 Ryan Ferris-DNF Honda RS250 Alex Welsh-DNS Honda RS250 The 2006 USGPRU National Series sponsors include Roadracingworld.com, Rising Sun Cycles, Revit Leathers, Bridgestone Motorsport, CCS, AGVSport, EBC Brakes, Hjelm Motorsports, Ian Emberton Engineering, Motion Pro Cables and Tools, Dunlop, Power Stands, Redline Cycle Imports, Regina Chain, Repsol YPF, and VP Fuel.

JESTER INTERACTIVE TT SUPERBIKE 1. John McGuinness (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:48.52.06 2. Ian Lougher (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:49.31.20 3. Ian Hutchinson (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:49.54.61 4. Martin Finnegan (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:50.59.02 5. Cameron Donald (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:51.26.54 6. Jason Griffiths (Yam YZF-R1) 1:51.59.67 7. Carl Rennie (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:52.03.19 8. Paul Hunt (Yam YZF-R1) 1:52.19.41 9. Davy Morgan (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:52.45.90 10. Raymond Porter (Yam YZF-R1) 1:52.47.28 26. Jeremy Toye (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:57.21.31 56. Wade Boyd (Kaw ZX-10R) 2:05.48.38 Race Statistics: Fastest Lap: 17:41.71 seconds at 127.933 mph Total No. of Completed Laps – 376 Total Mileage – 14186.48 SCOTTISH LIFE INTERNATIONAL TT SUPERSTOCK 1. Bruce Anstey (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:12.56.34 2. Ian Hutchinson (Kaw ZX-10R) 1:13.04.64 3. Jason Griffiths (Yam YZF-R1) 1:13.28.19 4. Guy Martin (Yam YZF-R1) 1:13.39.09 5. John McGuinness (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:14.09.48 6. Ian Lougher (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:14.42.43 7. Martin Finnegan (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:15.04.30 8. Mark Parrett (Yam YZF-R1) 1:15.28.65 9. Gary Carswell (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:1530.51 10. Rob Frost (Hon CBR1000RR) 1:15.41.70 26. Mark Miller (Suz GSX-R750) 1:18.17.06 39. Jeremy Toye (Suz GSX-R1000) 1:19.52.43 54. Wade Boyd (Kaw ZX-9) 1:31.45.97 Race Statistics: Fastest Lap: 17:56.26 seconds at 126.204 mph Total No. of Completed Laps – 225 Total Mileage 8489.25