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Everyone was celebrating at the American Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Rome, GA manufacturing plant Wednesday as the 200,000th unit rolled off of the assembly line. And who better to bring it home than the World Powersports Association Champion Pro racer – Suzuki’s own Doug Gust.

The plant is Suzuki’s only U.S. facility that assembles ATVs and is currently pushing out Eigers, Vinsons and KingQuads. The engine is made in Japan and shipped over.

The Rome plant opened six years ago and currently employs over 350 team members and associates. The plant currently produces about 300 units in an eight hour shift and amazingly kicked out 100,000 units during the last 18 months.

The popularity of the full line of Suzuki quads has driven up production and 2006 was a banner year for the company. They were able to increase productivity 78% through combination of adding new equipment and people to the assembly line, and improving efficiency throughout the line.

The celebration was highlighted by a full complement of riders, mechanics and support personnel from the Suzuki Pro Factory team – Team Rockstar/MSR/Pro Taper/Suzuki/Yoshimura and the Suzuki Factory Support team – Team Lost Creek/Yoshimura/Suzuki.

The factory shut down for a long barbeque lunch to celebrate the occasion. Suzuki racers Doug Gust, Dustin Wimmer, Joe Haavisto and Jason Dunkelberger were available for autographs and bench racing sessions.

After lunch, everyone was given a special tour of the plant. “It was amazing to watch one of these quads get put together,” Pro Rider Dustin Wimmer said. As the 200,000th KingQuad 700 rolled off the line, Doug Gust jumped on and rode it down to final inspection. “It was such an honor to be asked to do this,” Gust said. “It’s something I will always remember. I met a lot of really nice, hard working people who produce an incredible product.”

Suzuki’s ATV Operations Manager Rod Lopusnak was thrilled with the excitement among the plant employees. “Everyone was eager to meet the racers. The line workers came up to the riders to ask them to autograph shirts, arms and a variety of other body parts. In fact, morale was so good that even with a long lunch break, it was the highest production day of the year.”

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Round three of the 2007 ITP/Yamaha QuadCross Championship Series, at Arizona Cycle Park in Buckeye, Arizona, presented a large and talented field of 26 Pro class racers with an extremely hard-packed, blue-groove track surface.

These super-slippery conditions served as an ideal demonstration of the capabilities of ITP’s new QuadCross MX tires.

Team Yamaha’s Dustin Nelson, the defending series champion, put in what he calls one of his best races ever, taking a dramatic come-from-behind victory aboard his QuadCross MX-shod YFZ450.

After cross-rutting off the starting gate and rounding the first turn in ninth place, Nelson sliced through the pack — often sticking to an inside line while his competitors were searching for traction wherever they could find it — and slid into the lead with two laps to go.

From there it was clear sailing to his first win of the young season, as well as the series points lead.

The performance of Nelson’s tires in this situation comes as no surprise, as the QuadCross MX was designed and developed specifically for the type of track conditions encountered that day at ACP.

The QuadCross MX features a specially formulated soft rubber compound that grabs traction on the slickest of surfaces, yet displays surprisingly long wear characteristics.

A completely new dimpled knob design complements this high-tech rubber compound to provide excellent bite during acceleration and braking, in addition to delivering well-balanced cornering performance.

The front QuadCross MX uses an all-new dual-ribbed dimpled knob pattern that steers precisely with a very light feel and reduced lateral roll. Light, fast and durable, the ITP QuadCross MX is currently available in front 20×6-10 and rear 18×10-8 sizing.

The ITP/Yamaha QuadCross Championship Series continues at Honolulu Hills Raceway in Taft, California, on May 6th, with seven more rounds to follow in 2007. All ATV racers are invited to participate, as there’s a class for nearly anyone. And the more times a rider enters, the greater his or her chance to win a GYT-R/ITP-equipped Yamaha YFZ450 in a drawing to take place at the series finale in December!

For more information, and to read about Dustin Nelson’s exploits in “The Nelson Report,” visit ITPQuadcross.com.

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