JESSE JANISCH WINS AMERICAN FLAT TRACK SINGLES MAIN EVENT IN PEORIA ABOARD HIS YZ®450F!Peoria TT master Jesse Janisch, abord his No. 132 Roof Systems-backed Yamaha YZ450F became the 10th different winner of the AFT Singles event this season with a masterful performance on Saturday to take the overall win by 1.479 seconds.

AARON PLESSINGER CLAIMS AMA® 250 CLASS LUCAS OIL® PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP!Monster Energy®/Yamalube®/Star Racing’s Aaron Plessinger raced his YZ250F to a first moto win at this weekend’s Lucas Oil® AMA® National at the Budds Creek Motocross in Mechanicsville, Maryland and clinched his first career 250 Class Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship with one round to spare. Aaron finished 11th in the second moto for a 3rd overall but the championship was his with the first moto win! In the 450 class, Monster Energy®/Yamaha Factory YZ450F Justin Barcia finished 5th overall with 6-5 finishes while teammate Cooper Webb was 7th with 8-7 finishes. The sixth race of the 125 All Star series also took place at Budds Creek with Ty Masterpool leading a YZ125 podium sweep! And finally, a special congratulations goes out to the Star Racing Team and Aaron Plessinger for winning their 2nd Championship this year with this weekend’s win and his earlier West Coast Supercross Championship.

WFR/GBC YAMAHA TEAM WIN HEARTLAND CHALLENGE ENDURANCE RACE ON THEIR YFZ450R™!The WFR/GBC/ Yamaha Team of Walker Fowler, Johnny Gallagher, and Mark Notman scored a dramatic come-from-behind victory in Saturday’s grueling 10 hour GBC Heartland Challenge Endurance race in Carlisle, Iowa aboard their YFZ450R. This was the teams’ 5th win in a row and they completed 32 laps.

COMPETITION COMMUNIQUEONE YAMAHA | VOL. 22

AUGUST 2018

Walker Fowler (File Photo)