[tigerblade]

The kid who dumped oil all over VIR this year will be riding for a team with Valvoline on the side of his bike:

Peris To Valvoline EMGO Suzuki

From a press release issued by Valvoline EMGO Suzuki:

Valvoline EMGO Suzuki Signs Peris

Team Hammer, Inc., racing as Team Valvoline EMGO Suzuki, has signed a one-year contract (with options) with Chris Peris, 18.

Peris will compete in the 2004 AMA Supersport Series on a Valvoline EMGO Suzuki GSX-R600.

Peris lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada but has competed regularly in the United States since he was 15. In 2000 and 2001, Peris raced exclusively in the U.S., winning the 2001 WSMC 125cc Grand Prix Championship. In 2002 Peris continued to race with WSMC, competed in the Canadian 600cc Supersport National Series with a best finish of third, and qualified for and competed in a 125cc World Championship Grand Prix.

Peris ran most of the 2003 AMA Series in the Supersport and Superstock classes on a private 600cc machine, with a best finish of 13th in Supersport and best finish of 11th in Superstock, and ended his 2003 season racing with F-USA at Daytona in October.

Peris' results in the F-USA Sportbike race at Daytona were notable because he not only ran with the lead pack but also ran second at one point; he got shuffled back in the draft run to the line, finishing just ahead of Valvoline EMGO Suzuki's Steve Rapp. That race illustrated Peris' improvement over the course of the 2003 season, and pointed toward his future potential.

"I'm excited to finally be making a career out of my racing and actually getting paid to race," said Peris. "This definitely furthers my career and I'm real happy with that. I'm excited to ride with the team and to be on a Suzuki next season."

http://venus.13x.com/roadracingworld/index.html

[Repsol_69]

That is kinda funny..

It's pretty funny, but the kid actually is real fast. He races WSMC often, and always does real well.

Edit: Just noticed the date on this thing, lmao.

[Red Rider]

The kid placed fifth in the 200 yesterday. Not too shabby...

Originally Posted by Red Rider

The kid placed fifth in the 200 yesterday. Not too shabby...

Yeah, he was kicking A$$, along with Jason Perez!!! Love watching the local boys ride up top.

I was hoping Toye would be up there as well, but he didn't do too poorly considering he didn't have but 2-3 weeks to get his bike ready.

[tigerblade]

He did do really well. My original post was simply musing on the dumping oil/getting sponsored by Valvoline coincidence.