For Immediate Release February 8, 2012
Team Viral Oils, Troy Lee Designs, Powersports Honda, Gopher Dunes Racing Would Like to Welcome…..
Courtland Ontario- The off-season speculation surrounding defending MX2 Canadian Champion Tyler Medaglia can officially be put to rest. Derek Schuster of Gopher Dunes Racing (GDR) ,with the assistance of Powersports Honda, Viral Oils, and Troy Lee Designs is thrilled to announce the signing and partnership with none other than 2-time Canadian MX2 Canadian Champion Tyler Medaglia. Tyler will be aboard the 2012 Honda CRF450R when the gate drops at the opening round of the CMRC Monster Energy Canadian Nationals this year at the Wastelands in Nanaimo, BC. “It’s been a whirlwind of an off-season trying to put all the pieces in place to make this a reality…but here we are” said Schuster. “Tyler and I got together and decided to do something and its been amazing to see how many people have jumped on board to support our new team concept”. He added ” It goes without saying there is a lot of excitement around the GDR camp right now and let’s just say there are a lot of other cool things coming down the pipeline so stay tuned”.
Medaglia and his Honda CRF450R practice bikes are already down at the GPF training facility in Georgia prepping for the upcoming season. “What a crazy offseason!” said Medaglia “I’m really excited about this new opportunity with GDR and I’m confident we have the right pieces in place to go after the MX1 Championship title this year”. “Derek and I have been going at this hard for 4 months now and we’ve partnered with what I feel are the right players in the industry and we are going to debut an unbelievable race bike this spring at the Wastelands”. He added “I’ve got a great support staff at home with Heidi and son Talon, my family and everyone at GDR, I’m going to let them look after the small details now so I can go focus heavily on training and get myself mentally and physically ready to go racing..I can’t wait!” Fresh off another MX2 Championship season and an abundance of speculation surrounding his plans for 2012 hasn’t phased Tyler “Ya, lots of change for sure.” Medaglia added ” Jumping up to MX1, new team, new bike, new surroundings but it’s where I want to be and I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t have 100% confidence in the team and our ability to go out and win the MX1 title”.
Tyler will be surrounded with several other familiar faces as he and Greg Brule, owner of Powersports Honda have known each other for several years and Tyler has received support from Greg in the past. The bikes suspension and motors will be developed by Joe Skidd and Andrew McLean who Tyler has worked closely with in his two years at Blackfoot Racing. Former Blackfoot Racing technician Ken Thiessen will also be joing the team for 2012 as the teams lead technician. The crew will also include Matthew Bannon who will be team coordinator.
Team Viral Oils, Troy Lee Designs, Powersports Honda, Gopher Dunes Racing is excited to announce it’s partners in racing for 2012:
Powersports Honda, Viral Oil, Troy Lee Designs, Superior Suspension Settings, Dunlop, Leo Vince, Wiseco, Cycra, Pro Wheel, Ignition Products, Magnum Distributing, Macnab Transit, Lime Nine, Dyco Tool, Klotz fuel, D.I.D., DT-1, Mishimoto, Snap-On, Works Connection, Forma, EBC Brakes, Ogio, Label it, Ride Engineering, SDG USA, Moto Tassinari, Renthal, Matrix Concepts, Oakley, Leatt Brace, Motion Pro, 1.7 Cleaning Solutions, Mettec
Gopher Dunes Racing
519-842-1041 derek.schuster@gmail.com www.gopherdunes.com 4385 Hwy 59 RR#1 Courtland, ON. N0J1E0
