Jason Pridmore To Ride For Celtic Racing at Laguna AMA Superbike Round This W/E

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Jason Pridmore celebrates after winning the AMA 750 Supersport final at Road America in '92, beating Scott Russell in the process (okay, so Scott started at the back of the grid, but still...)
Jason was riding his Class Schools sponsored Kawasaki ZX-7R in the 750 Supersport series that year and this was quite a monumental win considering Russell dominated the class in winning 3 titles from '90-'92, and winning EVERY race in the series the year prior.
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Great news to come across this week----yeah, I'm a little behind----in hearing that Jason Pridmore will be running the AMA Superbike class at Laguna for Celtic/Orient Racing on a Suzuki GSX-R1000 for the team. Celtic, having fielded riders Chaz Davies and Canadian Brett McCormick in the past, has been competing in the AMA Road Racing Series regularly now for the last 4-5 seasons in various classes.
Jason, who is a former AMA 750 Supersport and AMA Formula Extreme Champion, not too mention the '03 FIM World Endurance Champ, has been away from the AMA scene since the end of the '06 season, concentrating on running his Star Motorcycle School, his professional golf game, doing the two-up rides for Michael Jordan Motorsports this year, as well as a part-time announcer for the AMA SpeedTV team and it's coverage of the races (which he adds a great turn to as a former/current racer.)
It will be great to see Jason hit the track here in the States again! Always a great guy and a great champion, JP43 is one of the better 'elder' spokespersons for the sport. Let alone his very colorful personality. You can read more below!
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Here's the official news on Jason's return to the AMA Superbike Series at Laguna today thanks to David Swarts at RoadRacingWorld.com:

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=41299
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Here's a little more background on Jason from his Star Motorcycle School website:

http://www.starmotorcycle.com/jasonpridmore.html
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Here's Celtic Racing's website that will give you a little more background on them and their machines and riders in the past:

http://www.celticracing.com/
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We wish Jason the best of luck this weekend. It should be a good weekend for Jason in the AMA Superbike class as Celtic has been producing some great racing bikes over the course of the last 4-5 years and has proven themselves to be one of the top-tier privateer teams in the AMA paddock. Good luck to Jason and Celtic this weekend on and off the track!
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