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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2, 2010
Contact: Brandon Short
Next Level Sports Management
brandon@nextlevelsportsinc.com
(949) 365-5752 office
 
National Teams for
the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations Have Been
Announced
31 Countries Are Primed and Ready to Challenge Reigning
Champion Team USA
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (September 2, 2010) – As the month
of September officially begins, the countdown to the
2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations from Thunder
Valley Motocross Park is heating up. In just a few weeks,
the best motocross riders from across the globe will
converge on Lakewood, Colo., for the biggest, most exciting
professional motocross event in the world.
In a recent announcement, Youthstream revealed the lineups
for all 32 countries that will compete just outside
of Denver on the final weekend of September. The three-rider
teams are littered with the biggest names in the sport,
including riders from both the U.S.-based Lucas Oil
Motocross Championship and the European FIM World Motocross
Championship.
Team USA leads the way after capturing its fifth straight
win at the prestigious event last season in Italy. Rockstar/Makita
Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey returns as Team Captain for
the U.S. in the MX1 class, just one year after leading
the team to victory. Joining the newly crowned 450 Class
Champion of the Lucas Oil Motocross Championship are
a pair of his American motocross counterparts that will
each be making their respective debut at the Olympics
of Motocross.
Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short is a veteran
of the sport and coincidentally enough, a native of
the state of Colorado. Thunder Valley serves as the
eight-year pro’s home track and there isn’t
a better place in the world for Short to make his first
appearance as a competitor in the MX3 class. Rounding
out the impressive Team USA lineup is GEICO Powersports
Honda’s Trey Canard. The third-year rider had experienced
a breakout season in 2010 and has risen to become the
top 250cc rider in the U.S., making him the obvious
choice for the MX2 class.
Here are the remaining lineups for the 2010 Red Bull
FIM Motocross of Nations:
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Team France
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Team Brazil
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Team Iceland
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Christophe Pourcel MX1
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Marcello Lima MX1
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Gylfi Gudmundsson MX1
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Marvin Musquin MX2
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Cristopher Castro MX2
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Eythor Reynisson MX2
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Xavier Boog MX3
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Antonio Balbi MX3
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Hjalmar Jonsson MX3
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Team Belgium
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Team Ireland
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Team Lithuania
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Steve Ramon MX1
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Stuart Edmonds MX1
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Mindaugus Kazakevicius MX1
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Jeremy Van Horebeek MX2
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Martin Barr MX2
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Nerijus Rukstela MX2
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Clement Desalle MX3
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Gordon Crockard MX3
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Rimantas Pazemeckas MX3
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Team Germany
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Team Latvia
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Team Venezuela
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Max Nagl MX1
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Ivo Steinbergs MX1
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Giovanni Perrotta MX1
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Ken Roczen MX2
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Matiss Karro MX2
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Humberto Martin MX2
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Marcus Schiffer MX3
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Lauris Freibergs MX3
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Raimundo Trasolini MX3
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Team Great Britain
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Team Finland
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Team Philippines
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Shaun Simpson MX1
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Toni Eriksson MX1
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Jolet Jao MX1
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Dean Wilson MX2
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Harri Kullas MX2
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Ralph Alvarez MX2
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Tommy Searle MX3
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Jon Soderberg MX3
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Kenneth San Andres MX3
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Team Italy
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Team Sweden
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Team Ukraine
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Davide Guarneri MX1
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Tom Soderstrom MX1
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Oleksandr Pashchynskyi MX1
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Alessandro Lupino MX2
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Fredrik Noren MX2
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Mykola Pashchynskyi MX2
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Manuel Monni MX3
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Alex Eriksson MX3
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Roman Morozov MX3
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Team Australia
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Team Russia
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Team Japan
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Brett Metcalfe MX1
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Evgeny Bobrishev MX1
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Akira Narita MX1
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Dean Ferris MX2
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Alexander Tonkov MX2
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Takuya Mihara MX2
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Jay Marmont MX3
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Sergey Astaykin MX3
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Yoshitaka Astuta MX3
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Team Estonia
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Team Austria
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Team Costa Rica
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Tanel Leok MX1
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Matthias Walkner MX1
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Johan Mora MX1
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Pritt Ratsep MX2
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Pascal Rauchenecker MX2
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Alejandro Rojas MX2
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Gert Krestinov MX3
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Gunter Schmidinger MX3
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Roberto Castro MX3
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Team Switzerland
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Team Puerto Rico
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Team Ecuador
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Greg Wicht MX1
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Christian Ruiz MX1
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Felipe Espinosa MX1
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Valentin Guillod MX2
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Zach Osborne MX2
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Martin Davalos MX2
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Arnaud Tonus MX3
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Kyle Regal MX3
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Andres Benenaula MX3
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Team New Zealand
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Team Canada
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Team Guatemala
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Josh Coppins MX1
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Jeremy Medaglia MX1
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Rodolfo Fernandez MX1
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Brad Groombridge MX2
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Kaven Benoit MX2
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Esteban Castillo MX2
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Ben Townley MX3
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Kyle Keast MX3
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Tomas Angel Castillo MX3
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Team Spain
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Team Croatia
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Team Mexico
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Jonathan Barragan MX1
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Nenad Sipek MX1
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Martin Garcia MX1
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Jose Antonio Butron MX2
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Marko Tumbri MX2
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Alberto Herdia MX2
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Carlos Campano MX3
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Danijel Bozic MX3
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Giovanni Blanco Victor MX3
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Team Portugal
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Rui Goncalves MX1
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Hugo Basaula MX2
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Luis Correia MX3
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Tickets to the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations
are available now! VIP Packages start at $150 and General
Admission tickets are available for as low as $45, but
are going fast. With a new starting area and a never-before-seen
section being implemented for this event only, fans
can get an up close look at one of the most challenging
and technical layouts in Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations
history. The picturesque hillside with breathtaking
views of the Mile High City serves as the ideal spot
to watch the fastest riders on the planet lay it all
on the line for national pride and glory.
To take advantage of this rare opportunity to see the
fastest riders from around the globe compete head-to-head
for national honor, log onto www.tvmx.net
today to get a head start on the competition and reserve
a spot for the world’s biggest professional motocross
competition before its too late.
About Thunder Valley Motocross Park
Positioned along the beautiful foothills of the Rocky
Mountains, Thunder Valley Motocross Park is located
in Jefferson County, Colorado on the western edge of
the Denver suburb of Lakewood. The track is easily accessible
within 15 minutes of downtown Denver, 30 minutes from
Denver International Airport and just an hour from several
major mountain resorts. Since 2006, the facility has
hosted professional outdoor motocross nationals for
the AMA Pro Racing-sanctioned Lucas Oil Motocross Championship
and has become a premier destination for motocross events
worldwide.
With an exceptional staff and extraordinary location,
Thunder Valley serves as the ideal location to host
the world’s biggest motocross event. In 2010, the
Midwest’s foremost motocross venue will host the
Red Bull Motocross of Nations, welcoming the planet’s
most notable riders for an international competition
amongst national teams composed of the most elite riders
in the sport.
About Youthstream
Youthstream is the company
that manages the exclusive television, marketing and
promotional world wide rights of the FIM Motocross World
Championship, the FIM Motocross of Nations, the FIM
Women's Motocross World Championship, the FIM Veteran's
Motocross World Cup, the FIM Junior Motocross World
Championship, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship,
the FIM SuperMoto of Nations, the FIM Snowcross World
Championship, the UEM Motocross European Championship,
the UEM Motocross of European Nations and the UEM SuperMoto
European Championship.
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