TEAMMOTO 2009 Race Team

Yes we are back for the third year now as an organized professional team. TeamMoto continues to stand strong among many other great teams. Our dedication to the sport and team structure has once again prevailed over many challenges on and off the race coarse.

The 08 race season proved to be a learning experience for our team and almost toppled the progression at a professional level. The desire among the members to be the strongest team in competition pulled us back on track and even found us bringing on more top riders.

For 09 Eric Francis once again commits his dedication and strength to the team as Pro ranked rider. He was a huge asset to TeamMoto in 08 and we can only imagine the great things to come from Eric in this season. Throughout 08 we worked hard on perfecting the performance and handling of Eric’s 15F/SC race craft, work that has proven results along side his talent. As fast as we could build it, Eric learned to ride it. At TeamMoto we are dedicated to the progression of Eric as a professional rider within the ranks of the industry leaders. So we set forth a program to help advance him to a potential candidate for factory rider.

Ed Francis also returns as Crew Chief for TeamMoto. What can I say, this guy doesn’t sleep or eat when there is work to be done. Without a doubt Ed is the strongest teammate in the pits. His ability to repair fiberglass is simply amazing and his dedication to the mechanical aspect of these Kawasaki’s is impressive to say the least. We break it, Ed fixes it.

Our crazy friend Andrew Melville “Aussie” returns again for his third year with TeamMoto as a Veteran rider. His awesome sportsmanship and ambassador attitude is a must have for the team. Andrew has become a true friend to every member and holds the strongest respect from all of us on TeamMoto. He posses amazing people skills that often overshadows some of the team’s short comings. His hard work, loyalty and true love for competing makes Andrew one of our favorite teammates. Andrew’s 250X continues to be the platform for the Project 250X testing.

This next guy, well he is truly the one who starts most of the crap and can be found smack talking on the start line weather its his race or not. Once again Skip Holmes returns to race, build, stress and push the TeamMoto further and harder then any other team out there. Success for our riders and team as a whole is Skip’s goal for 09. Skip was also proudly appointed into a position on the APBA Watercraft Technical Committee for 2009.

Returning for 09 is Matt McLauchlan. Matt lives in Virginia but finds the time to race with us. Often with a new baby its hard to make every race but as a team we understand family responsibility so we openly except Matt when ever he can make it to a race. Matt much like Andrew is laid back and a true peace keeper among the team. It just wouldn’t be the same without him.

Ah now for the woman holding it together. Danielle has been the true brains behind this whole operation. She acts as the team photographer but truthfully she uses the camera to keep an eye on every aspect of this team. Her input and constant managing is without a doubt the strongest part of managing the future of TeamMoto. Her dedication to the administrative aspect has paved a easy road to our team goals. She has covered our progress and made the TeamMoto adventure available for all to enjoy with her site DGExposure.comShe continues to cover our team with communication and behind the scene advertising with the industry authors and photographers to ensure that TeamMoto maintains the highest level of exposure and integrity.

Now for the exciting new stuff. This year we are honored to announce that we are growing in a big way. Not only did we pick-up a big sponsor Fly Racing but we also joined forces with some amazing riders. Fly offered a deal we couldn’t refuse and help structuring our team along side some amazing people. Fly approached our team asking us to join Fly along with the possibility of making a Fly / TeamMoto alliance of some of their top riders. After a brief 5 minute thinking we jumped at the opportunity to add Dennis Mack and Steve Jerczak to our team roster. A short meeting was made and an offer was excepted by them and we are extremely proud to announce them as part of TeamMoto for 09. This alliance and team growth is truly going to make all involved stronger as a support system.

Other great news is our involvement with Ryan Hardwick of Mountain Motorsports who will be running a TeamMoto stock class Ultra 260. We approached Ryan with an offer that would put him aboard one of our team boats in the Pro Stock class. We are extremely pleased that Ryan has excepted our offer to ride with TeamMoto for 09 on our brand new 2009 Ultra 260. I must add that Mountain Motorsports is also another one of our 2009 sponsors and their help has been crucial in keeping TeamMoto running with parts and support.

There is a one more guy I’d like to put up here. His name is Lee Manvell. His support and knowledge last year in 08 was priceless. Lee is the owner and fabricator of the Mod Shop who helps us with our custom made lite weight race hulls. This man can make dreams comes true when it comes to a race hull for you. His talent and wealth of knowledge helped our team so much last year and we are pleased to announce that Lee has offered to help again for the 09 season. As our team grows so does the need for Lee’s services in building true race hulls and motors. Thank you Lee from the Mod Shop and see you at the races…..

As owner and manager of TeamMoto, Danielle and I would like to thank the following companies for there hard work and support to this part of the industry we love so much. Thank you for your continued support and shared vision of TeamMoto and its crew. We really couldn’t do it without the outstanding dedication from you guys.