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CDR confirmed to be running the factory Yamaha off-road in 2013

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Australia‰Ûªs leading motocross and supercross enterprise, Craig Dack Racing, will build on its championship-winning stable of teams for 2013 with the addition of Yamaha‰Ûªs factory off-road racing outfit.

CDR Yamaha will consist of five-time World Enduro Champion, Stefan Merriman, and Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE) reigning Outright winner, Daniel Milner.

Merriman, 39, from Nelson Bay (NSW) will be campaigning the all-new WR450F in Championship E2, while Milner, 21, from Lang Lang (Victoria) will race the lightning-fast YZ250F in Championship E1.

The team will be based at the CDR workshops in Geelong (Victoria) and will travel to events in a race transporter that's purpose built for the team.

CDR‰Ûªs Craig Dack said they couldn‰Ûªt be more thrilled to be adding the enduro riders to their championship-winning program.

‰ÛÏTowards the end of last year Ray Howard from Yamaha approached me on considering the off-road program,‰Û
Stefan Merriman will race the 2013 aboard a Yamaha WR450F - Credit: Yamaha Australia
Yamaha Motor Australia‰Ûªs Motorsport Manager, Ray Howard, said he expected big things from the outfit this year.

‰ÛÏA lot of work has already been done in a small space of time and pretty much from scratch to get the bikes, riders and team infrastructure together and ready to race,‰Û
Milner will pilot a YZ250F for 2013 - Credit: Yamaha Australia
YMA Director/General Manager, Steven Cotterell, said utilising the formidable resources of the CDR team for Yamaha's off-road outfit would step it up to the next level.

‰ÛÏWith five MX titles in a row, CDR knows all about how to maximise performance from Yamaha dirt bikes,‰Û

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