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“This is a great opportunity for me
and I want to thank everyone at
Monster Energy Kawasaki for the
chance to race again this year,” said
Grant in the official press release.
After a lot of ups and downs lately,
we wish Josh the best of luck for the
remainder of the season and can’t
wait to see what he can do on that
Factory Kawi.
© JAKOB POLACSEK / RED BULL CP
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fter losing his ride at TwoTwo
Motorsports, where he was
riding a KX450F, Josh Grant
has been signed up to ride
the remainder of the 2015 Pro
Motocross season for Team Monster
Energy Kawasaki. Grant has recently
come back from a knee injury
sustained at Thunder Valley, and will
be replacing injured rider Will Hahn.
© NATE ADAMS
Josh Grant joins Monster Energy Kawasaki Nate Adams sells
his FMX park
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t’s the end of an era for Nate
Adams. The Californian mega
champ is selling his notorious
FMX park. Nate’s compound has
become a familiar sight over the
last five years or so, with countless
cool video parts and photos coming
out of the facility. Don’t panic
though, Nate is said to be building a
new FMX set-up soon!
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Although this is the end of Two Two, it’s not
the end of Chad Reed. In a statement on
Instagram Reed said, “TwoTwo Motorsports
was a dream team. I thought it was my future,
but I now know it was just a chapter. I’m not
ready to retire. I read a quote somewhere that
said ‘Don’t give up on something you can’t go
a day without thinking about’. I’m not giving up
on the goals of winning - just changing the way
I do it.”
© TWOTWO MOTORSPORT
fter five years, the privately run
TwoTwo Motorsports Team, started
up by Australian pro racer Chad
Reed, is no more. Reed put in a great
effort taking on the factory teams,
but recent injuries coupled with the
extreme pressures of both running a
team and riding for it, forced Reed to revaluate
his situation and turn his focus 100% back to
racing.
TwoTwo Motorsports calls it a day
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