AMA Flat Track BOMBSHELL: Bryan Smith Announces Departure From Werner Springsteen Monster Energy Kawasaki Team

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  Bryan Smith stands next to his Werner Springsteen Monster Energy Kawasaki during rider intros at the Springfield Mile round of the 2010 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Series in September of 2010.  Team owners Bill Werner and Jay Springsteen stand at the ready just minutes before the team took it's second breakout victory in the series, establishing the 650R-based Ninja twin and the team as the one to beat on the mile tracks.
• Smith officially announced earlier today that he would be leaving the team to field his own team throughout the remainder of the 2011 season, with just the two Daytona rounds in the bag so far.  Werner and team had announced back in December of 2010 that they had signed on veteran JR Schnabel to ride alongside Smith for the 2011 on the team's Kawasakis.  With this announcement today the question on everyone's mind at this point is WHO will fill the void now?  This could make for some very interesting rider swapping in the next few weeks, with the first Twins Series event scheduled at Springfield on the mile oval over the Memorial Day Weekend.

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With Bryan Smith's announcement earlier today that he would be leaving the Bill Werner/Jay Springsteen-helmed Monster Energy team in the AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Championship Series, this leaves a very significant seat open in the series with just over two months to go until the first Twins Series event at Springfield over the Memorial Day Weekend.  However, Werner and Springer are both long-time veterans in the sport and have the vision and the ability to be able to put great things together when it comes to AMA Flat Track racing.  Don't look for either to sit still for very long before making an announcement as to who will  now ride alongside National #33 JR Schnabel on the team's bikes.

We wish both Bryan Smith and the Werner Springsteen Monster Energy Kawasaki team the very best of luck in the their assault on The Rolling Thunder Show and the greatest racing show on wheels in the 2011 season!

You can read the official release here thanks to AMA Pro Flat Track:

http://amaproracing.com/ft/news/index.cfm?cid=42067

And thanks also go out to Road Racing World.com for their version of the release, along with some great shots of Flyin Bryan over the years:

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?lnk=rss&article=43857
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Here's Bill Werner's spin on the sudden departure of Bryan Smith from the Werner Springsteen Monster Energy Kawasaki AMA Flat Track team.  Thanks to Will and Yve at The Fast and Dirty.com for this story:

http://thefastanddirty.com/flat-track-racing/news/bryan-smith-monster-energy-kawasaki-no-spark/
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