The finishing touches and final adjustments have been made to the race bikes, the trucks are loaded and they are all pointed at Newry as the Yamaha motocross teams take on round one of the Pirelli MX Nationals in Victoria this weekend.
Yamaha racing will have no less than four major teams at the MX Nationals this year under their new racing structure. The CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team will handle the MX1 duties armed with the industry leading Yamaha 2018 YZ450F, Serco Yamaha tackle the MX2 class on the championship proven YZ250F, WBR Bulk Nutrients Yamaha now take on the Under 19 division while Yamalube Yamaha Racing continue their development role in motocross, this year armed with two pilots in the MX2 category.
CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team ‰ÛÒ MX1
Just this week CDR Yamaha revealed their partnership with Monster Energy and pulled the curtains from the teams' new look for the 2018 season. The addition of Monster Energy to the CDR Yamaha program can only bolster what already is the benchmark for domestic motocross and with Dean Ferris and Dylan Long piloting the YZ450F for another season, the scene is set for another successful year for the powerhouse CDR team.
Ferris is the two time and current MX Nationals champion and looking to make it three in a row. He pre-season form is ominous to his rivals and he is determined as ever.
Long finished the 2017 season, both in motocross and supercross and now with a full and healthy pre-season under his belt, Long is looking to make the 2018 season his best yet.
‰ÛÏIt‰Ûªs exciting to have Monster Energy on board for the next two seasons and it‰Ûªs a relationship we hope to grow over many years,‰Û
