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     Scout66 |
Dave McGrath Replaces Colin Fraser At DMG? by staff, SuperbikePlanet.Com Friday, February 12, 2010 This just in: Motorcycle Racing Industry Veteran David McGrath Joins AMA Pro Racing _DAYTONA BEACH, FL (February 11, 2010) - AMA Pro Racing is proud to announce that longtime motorcycle racing veteran David McGrath has joined the Daytona Beach organization as Race Director and as a key member of its competition department. _ _McGrath has an extensive 25 year career in virtually every aspect of motorcycle roadracing and enjoyed a successful stint as a rider. McGrath then progressed into a management role as crew chief for many successful riders and racing programs, which then led to key positions with a number of top motorcycle organizations and manufacturers including Dunlop, Vance & Hines, Buell and American Honda. McGrath's responsibilities have included crew chief, head of research and development departments and overall race and support department management._ _"I have had the opportunity to work with some really talented people during my career" said McGrath, "and I've done just about every job in the four corners of the paddock. I am excited to be a part of making AMA Pro Racing as good as it can be and if we can get the motorcycling community all pushing in the same direction, I feel we can see this sport achieve the success it so richly deserves." _David Atlas, COO and Managing Member of AMA Pro Racing welcomed McGrath to the Company, "I am delighted to be adding David to our excellent staff. He will bring a wealth of experience to the sport and he fits in perfectly with the very capable group that we have assembled for this season starting at Daytona and beyond."_ _McGrath is married and is the father of triplets. He is now in the process of relocating to Florida and will be operating full time out of the Daytona Beach headquarters of AMA Pro Racing._ _McGrath doesn't hide his love of the sport, "You could say I have an obsession with this sport and it is a dream come true for me to be a part of a group of people who are as devoted to motorcycle racing as I am." SUPERBIKE PLANET.COM | ||
| Buell2001b |
the only way to make sportbike racing FUN is by placing a min limit of brand bikes that can race. lets say 4. that means that after the 4th team that has signed up lets say with a Suzuki, NO other team can race a suzuki, it would have to be a different brand. otherwise the AMA will continue to be as boring as ever with all suzikis , one Ducati and 2 yamahas on the grid. lets make it fun | ||
| Liquorwhere |
Well hopefully Court didn't spew any coffee on his computer when this was announced..... | ||
| Court |
>>>>Well hopefully Court didn't spew any coffee on his computer when this was announced..... Hahahaha . . no, I had heard about it. Cool that RRW got it posted on their site 15 minutes after the announcement. It's really thrilling. My wife spent a week working with Dave a couple weeks ago and she confirmed what I'd heard from folks in the industry over the years. . . he's not only one of the top tuners in the world of motorcycle racing , . . he's just an all around nice guy. Some of the things that he's done at Honda and Buell are legendary and my bet is that he'll excel in this job. I sure hate to see him go but I'm really happy for him and his family. I'll bet he won't miss -15oF days much.  |
