AMA Pro Racing Hires Jeff Ward as Rider and Team Liaison

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Jeff Ward sits in his pit area and scopes out the practice action on track during the AMA Supermoto Road America round in June of 2005. The supermoto series ran in conjunction with the Super Cycle Weekend at the scenic Elkhart Lake, WI. track for the first time this year. 'Wardy' tallied two fourth place finishes for the weekend.
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Jeff Ward, the 2004 AMA Supermoto Champion, can be seen in his pit at Road America again in 2005 talking with his crewman and overlooking his Honda CRF450R supermoto machine. His sponsor Troy Lee's Honda CRF250R #25 can be seen in the shot as well. Ward ran the bigger Supermoto class while Troy Lee ran the Supermoto Lites class in the series.
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The Troy Lee Designs-sponsored #1 Honda CRF450R of '04 AMA Supermoto Champ Jeff Ward sits in the pits as it gets worked over and set up by a crew member for the weekend. 'Wardy' finished second in the championship for the 2005 season behind rider Jurgen Kunzell of Germany who rode for the Red Bull KTM team.
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In more great news coming out of the home offices of AMA/DMG Pro Racing is the hiring yesterday of former multi-time AMA Motocross and '04 AMA Supermoto Champion Jeff Ward to the position of rider and team liaison and advisor beginning with the upcoming Fontana round of AMA Pro Road Racing scheduled for next weekend.
'Wardy' is a former racer who's personality and knowledge of the sport, demographics and fans will surely pay big dividends as the DMG-run series tries to turn the ship around from the pitiful season of 2009. With the improvements that were seen and heard at Daytona this is another big sign from the series bosses that they want to make nice and they want to make road racing and flat track work here in the States like it should without all the dumbing down that was experienced last year. Having that inside line will no doubt serve Jeff AND the teams, riders, and fans well.
Good luck to Jeff in this new venture, and we applaud and tip the helmet to the AMA and DMG folks for trying to get things straightened out after what all had to suffer through from last year. This should be most excellent and the buzz it has already created is humming right along!
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Click here to read the official release as supplied to the always 'kick a..' Larry Lawrence over at his great site The Rider Files.com:
http://www.theriderfiles.com/?p=3578
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Here's a great snapshot of Jeff's career from the AMA Hall of Fame:
http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/hofbiopage.asp?id=291
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