Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki partners with Smith Optics for the 2011 Canadian Motocross Season
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011 09:34
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Kamloops, British Columbia(February 23, 2011) Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki, the official team of Canadian Kawasaki Motors' Canadian motocross efforts and winners of the 2009 CMRC MX2 Championship are pleased to announce their partnership with Smith Optics for the 2011 Canadian MX season.

One of the premiere brands in the sport, Smith will be keeping the team outfitted with their high quality and stylish goggles, sunglasses and grips. Representing the Smith brand on the track and at the races will be the returning 2009 MX2 champion, Teddy Maier, who will be jumping up to the premiere MX1 class for 2011. Joining him on the 450 will be former AMA National winner, Matt Goerke while popular Canadian and two-time MX2 National winner, Kyle Beaton will be spearheading the team's MX2 effort. The team will also be adding a second MX2 rider to be named shortly.

Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki team owner, Jason Hughes, had this to say about the new partnership, “ I am so excited to work with such a prestigious and well known company like Smith for the 2011 season! Our team has grown by leaps each year since we formed it in 2008 and this year with the launch of our MX1 effort we can't ask for a better company than Smith to be proving our goggles, eyewear and grips. Vision is key in motocross so we knew we wanted the best company in the business protecting our riders eyes.”

Look for Smith Optics on the team as they kick off the nine round Monster Energy CMRC Canadian Motocross Nationals on June 5th at Kamloops, British Columbia's Whispering Pines Raceway. For more info on the Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki team check out the team facebook page for behind the scenes news and photos:http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Team-Monster-Energy-Leading-Edge-Kawasaki/125003157570156

Check out Smith Optics on the web at www.smithoptics.ca

 
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 February 2011 09:35
 
Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki Takes Three out of Four Wins at Arenacross Opener
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Tuesday, 09 November 2010 00:00
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Kamloops, British Columbia(Nov 9, 2010) The Canadian indoor season kicked off this past weekend with the first two rounds of the Nex-Trax Canadian Arenacross series taking place at Chilliwack, British Columbia's Heritage Park. The Leading Edge team came into the weekend fielding the strongest team in the field with defending champion, Kyle Beaton, plus last year's number two, four and sixth placed riders in Brock Hoyer, Kris Foster and Spencer Knowles.

The biggest news in Canadian moto this off season was Beaton's signing with the Leading Edge team and the multi-time arenacross champion wasted no time in proving that the team made a good hire as he dominated the weekend's racing in his team debut, finishing third in the AX2 main event on Friday and then going on a tear, winning the rest of the main events with perfect 1-1-1 scores. He also took the Head to Head win on Friday night and with his teammate, Hoyer, taking the Head to Head win over Foster on Saturday night it was an almost perfect weekend for the team. Spencer Knowles joined his long time mentor, Beaton, on the podium during Saturday's AX2 race with a third place finish.

Said Beaton after his successful weekend, “Man, the team has been so great! I had a bit of a trying year so to be able to join up with the Kawasaki guys and have so much success right off the bat is a huge confidence boost. The bike is so fast, I can't wait for next weekend. Jason, Pat, Frenchie and everyone else at Leading Edge have been awesome and I'm stoked to be a part of the team.”

There's no rest either, as the team is back in action this weekend for rounds three and four of the series as it again returns to Chilliwack before taking a month break and resuming on December 17th at Grande Prairie, Alberta's Crystal Centre. With the deepest field in Canadian arenacross history the team will be looking to keep the momentum rolling

For more information on the Nex-Trax Canadian Arenacross series, visit www.arenacross.ca

The Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki team would like to thank the following sponsors for making their 2010 racing effort possible:

Monster Energy, Leading Edge Motorsports, Parts Canada, Thor, Canadian Kawasaki Motors, LeadingEdgeDeals.com, Gold Business Machines, Pro Circuit, C4MX, Faction MX, Podium Grafix, Pirelli, Ipone lubricants, Ogio, Mechanix Wear, Zeta, T.M. Designworks, Furious clothing, Boyesen, Hinson, Alpinestars, Matrix Concepts, Sunstar, D.I.D, Kyocera, DRC, Acerbis, Magnum MX, JE Pistons

 
Last Updated on Monday, 15 November 2010 21:52