CAS HONDA PRESS RELEASE

ROBBIE REYNARD COMING TO GRAND PRIX OF BELGIUM

In a great move for Grand Prix Motocross one of the most technically clean riders in American Supercross/Motocross and the rider who is presently sitting in ninth place in the AMA 250cc Motocross championship Robbie Reynard will race the Belgian 250cc Motocross Grand Prix for the CAS Honda team. The news of Reynards appearance in Genk, Belgium is great for 250cc Grand Prix Motocross. While American’s Jeff Dement, and Trampas Parker are a good addition to the 125cc GP scene Reynard is a possibly 250cc GP winner. Having competed this year in the AMA 250cc Motocross championships the 24-year-old American has produced several top ten placings and his present ninth place in the 250cc championship points standings shows he is once again riding with 100% commitment. Reynard is just a few points off 7th place in what many consider the toughest Motocross series in the World. For the CAS team this is a way of trying to turn what has been a dissapointing year into something special. Team manager Harry Ainsworth is very excited about the new addition to the team.

“We have been busy trying to organize this for some time,” Ainsworth said. “I know he’s got talent and we will bring him to Belgium for this one race, then he will come to our work shops in England have that is about it. We have not organized anything with Robbie for 2003; it’s just a one off thing that Neil Prince and I organized. I have to say Neil is the guy who has put in all the hours trying to get this organized, even pointing out that Reynards results have been excellent this year and possible we should contact him. We need some new blood in the Grand Prix’s and hopefully this is a good move for the future.”

Reynard will arrive in England on August 1, were he will hook up with his former US mechanic Rob Walters; he will then travel down to Genk in Belgium, where he will contest his first ever Grand Prix for the CAS team.

Robbie Reynard has long been a rider to watch in America, often producing brilliance. He was quickly under the spotlight after being presented the rookie of the year award in 1993 for his 13th place finish in the AMA 125cc Motocross championship. A year later racing for the Kawasaki factory team he claimed 9th place in the 250cc Motocross title and he was on the way to being a complete success in the toughest series in the World. Things did not always go Reynards way though, a runner-up place in the World Supercross championship in 1997, and several injuries have seen his results suffer. His greatest moment probably coming when he finished in second place in the 1998 East Coast 125cc Supercross championship and 4th in the 125cc Outdoor series that same year. It was that 125cc series were he fought hard with Ricky Carmichael; even taking the last overall victory of the year at Delmont, PA from the rider who is now arguable the greatest Motocross rider America has ever produced. The former Suzuki and Kawasaki factory rider is also a winner of several moto’s in both 125cc Supercross and 125cc Motocross in America, something not many riders can boast. Reynard started the 2002 US Motocross season with 34-17 result in the opening round of the AMA 250cc Outdoor series, then followed that with 14-5 in round two, and with determination and showing his true talent the rider from Altus, Oklahoma then finished with a blistering 4-4 at round three of the 12 round series. In that particular event he lead home riders such as David Vuillemin, Tim Ferry and Stephane Roncada, and continues to show the World that he is still a talented competitor. Reynard followed those results with a 7-7 in round five (on that occasion he lead home Sebastien Tortelli in the second moto). For sure Reynard in that type of form can race with just about anyone in the World, his presence in Genk, Belgium on August 4 should not be missed.