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Elena Gets Her Chance,...

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This is awesome news for the sport of Motorcycle roadracing!!!!

Elena Myers Will Lap the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R at Indy GP
Share retweetPosted Friday, August 19th, 2011 @ 9:33 am, by Jensen Beeler
Home » Racing » Elena Myers Will Lap the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R at Indy GP

AMA Pro Supersport racer Elena Myers will have a chance to flog one of the Rizla Suzuki GSV-R bikes at the Indianapolis GP this year. Getting an opportunity to acquaint herself with the MotoGP machinery, Myers will do a few laps at 12:45 PM on Thursday before the Indy GP, in a PR event put together by American Suzuki. After a similar publicity event fell-through last year, the ride will be Myers's first on a GP bike, and hopefully a glimpse into the future, as the young California native has made it clear that the premier class is where she wants to take her career.

"Words cannot describe how excited I am to ride the Suzuki GSV-R at Indy during the MotoGP weekend this year," said Myers. "We had talked about it last year, but things didn't work out, so here's a big thanks to everyone involved for making this possible. When I sat on the bike last year, it felt like it was made to fit me. So actually being able to spin a few laps on it will be quite the treat. I'm really looking forward to the weekend."

For the Rizla Suzuki team, the event means a little bit more press for its MotoGP effort, which has been gaining steam all season long. Suzuki's plans for MotoGP next season are still a bit dubious, with Paul Denning and his squad likely to continue running their 800cc machine, despite the rest of the grid's move to 1,000-ish bikes.

"We are delighted to be able to give Elena this opportunity to get some understanding of how Suzuki's MotoGP bike feels and operates," said Paul Denning. "She is a very talented racer - not 'for a girl' - she's just fast full-stop! MotoGP is the pinnacle of every racer's ambition, and there aren't so many people who have ridden the very latest 2011 GSV-R - Bautista, Hopkins, Aoki and now Elena! I would guess she's also the only female racer to have ever ridden an 800cc MotoGP machine? Either way, we really hope she enjoys the experience."

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#8 ·
On the subject of female racers:
14-Year-Old Canadian Stacey Nesbitt First Woman to Win a National Road Racing Title

Organizers are claiming Nesbitt is the first woman to win a national road racing series competing against men in the Honda CBR125R Challenge class. We're still verifying that, but keep in mind she's also only 14 and one of the youngest in the series.

She's also Canadian so there's a bit of Canuck pride from this corner.

- MO news monkey
 
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#11 ·
Moke- I've returned to college, working for a buddy in an ebay warehouse, working for my insurance agency and developing a buy here/pay here motorcycle shop with my cousin. I have been a little over-loaded and my time has been consumed. Being a single dad (like Ken) is an exhausting job when you have all that on your plate.
 
#13 ·
Geez Kirk...I feel slammed with just one job and one kid. I can't imagine adding all that stuff on top of it.

"Buy here pay here" bike shop...I know a well-run BHPH car shop can be a gold mine. There's a dummy at work who buys a "new" car about every other month at one of those. He gives them 1/2 his pay! I keep waiting for him to show up with one he bought last year with a new paint job.