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Congrats to Chris Ulrich and John Ulrich. Going to be great to have an even bigger Team Hammer, Inc. presence in the Paddock. 👍🏼😊

That's a punch in the gut for me.....I hope factory support comes back ....eventually

As I understand the press release, factory Suzuki is still in MotoAmerica, they’ll just be moving forward with a new team. Yoshimura is out and Team Hammer moves in. I guess you can look at it as if we lost a Team Yoshimura but a factory Suzuki team remains.

Sad to see Yosh not in the paddock. But we have seen this before. Vance and Hines. Muzzy. Commonwealth Honda/ Two Brothers. Fast by Ferracci. Spies is half right but the "factory" teams are just different not gone. The show goes on and I'll be there supporting and watching. Congrats to Team Hammer and Attack performance. 2020 will still be a great season. Maybe better seeing these teams are new to the top level and are out to prove to the factories they made the right choice.

Yeah... cuz Yoshimura is what’s wrong with Suzuki... riiiight.

Woof. You have to be “special” to think that there is a better operation in the US than Yoshimura........

Well....as an optimistic person, I will say that this is simply a normal churn of team/sponsorship. Suzuki is still throwing factory support to a team...maybe Yoshimura will have something to say about what went down. It may be that they have choosen to take the money that they would've spent on that support for one operation, and turn it in to contingencies and sponsors for several smaller outfits instead. We may be seeing a market adjustment that has the larger companies trying to get back to building the sport by helping more up and coming talent in the hopes of having more of their product out there Racing instead of having just 2 bikes....then again, maybe the "race on Sunday sell on Monday" deal isn't working anymore. Truthfully, when exhaust made the turn in to 900 to 1400 dollar range, it isn't the fun recreational thing to do anymore. Couple high prices with more regulations for noise and emissions, and the exhaust business has to be harder than ever. I don't know which is the real deal. Nevertheless, Suzuki is still in the paddock, and they have a tried and true program in Team Hammer, so I see it as a lateral for Suzuki, an upgrade for Hammer and we just have to wait and see what Yoshi has to say about it all. I would say that this wasn't a decision made between the last race and today....Herrin had a one season deal....and sizable companies don't exactly turn on a dime. So I feel like there is more at play here than some quick decision or some falling out or any other negative thing you can think of. Just hang tight and see what the next few weeks hold.

PSA to those of you who don't know... This is a factory supported team exactly like Yosh was. And M4 Ecstar is the same as Team Hammer.

Same thing happened in Canada . Back in the 90s and 2000s all factory teams and awesome racing and huge fields . Last national event I went to had a 13 bike superbike feature race . Sorry to say probably the beginning of the end

i miss the factory wars.....loved the ama in 90s an early 2000s

Geez! Did anyone actually read the article!! I’m sad to see Yosh go. But they couldn’t have picked a better team to run their program.

So spies was right, no factory bikes 2020. Maybe the racing will be better without them. 🏁

Umm...we still lost an entire team here folks. Yoshimura is gone. Not coming back. Until another team forms which equals the “old” M4 squad we are short an entire factory supported effort. The way I see it??? MotoAmerica just got a lot weaker.

I hope this isn’t the start of the series going under..

Thanks for the memories Yoshimura ❤️

I simply want to see Tony Elias' press mtg on this?!

Riders to be determined? So Tony and Josh don’t have rides? Is this correct?

This isn't actually a bad thing!

It's sad how most comments on here are by people who didn't actually read the column. Suzuki will still be a factory team.

I mean... It's still factory supported... 🤷🏻‍♂️

I think the series should be called... The Leftovers.

Better start signing some top talent season’s gonna be here fast

Oops guess Spies wasn’t speaking out his ass?!

Did anyone read this... yosh left team hammer is now the factory team

Double WOW.!!!! What's up with that...