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    Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    wow! how stupid can ya get?

    TEAM SUZUKI DUMPS ROGER DECOSTER: WHAT WILL DUNGEY DO? - After 15 years at Team Suzuki, Roger gets an unceremonious ousting from the team he built; Perhaps Team Honda could find a place for him...

    http://motocrossactionmag.com/Main/N...NGEY-7316.aspx

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    $$$ will do that haha, can't blame him for wanting a 3 year deal and walking

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    oh, i'm sure he isn't cheap, but his track record is basically SOLID... for like a lifetime.

    for Suzuki to just keep stringing him along 1yr at a time is pretty lame. they won't find anyone with skills like DeCoster. i bet Dungey bails as soon as he can...

    but Team Pumpkin as DeCosters (potential) next home? hmm, sounds wack

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    ya I think Suzuki just doesn't have the money to commit...I wonder if Dungey will stick around for multiple years.

    I hope Decoster goes to KTM and gets all wacky and they have a 2stroke team haha

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    woah! i'm behind the news...

    http://www.ktm.com/6607.0.html?nodeI...ash=4196327dac

    News: Motocross

    05.09.2010
    KTM signs Roger DeCoster to manage its US factory team
    KTM, the market leader in offroad motorcycles has signed Roger DeCoster, one of the true icons of the sport of motocross to take over the management of the company’s new factory team in the USA. Work now immediately begins to prepare the team for the 2011 racing season in all of the major US competitions.
    The signing of DeCoster represents a major step forward in vaulting the Austrian company into the global arena. KTM has already reached the top level of the sport in Europe and the World Championship GP series and will now also be a dominant force in US competition.

    KTM CEO Stefan Pierer said the signing represented a new and exciting era for the Austrian-based company: “The acquisition of Roger DeCoster to take over our factory team in the USA heralds a new era for KTM. We now enjoy a worldwide network and we are a real global player. Roger DeCoster is one of the great figures in the sport of motocross and we are delighted that he has agreed to manage our new team. KTM is now “Ready to Race” in the biggest and most competitive motocross competitions in the world.”

    Pit Beirer, who heads KTM Offroad Sports Department, said the signing of such a personality as Roger DeCoster completes the circle whereby KTM has great riders, has been enjoying unprecedented success with its latest motorcycles and now has team leaders in place that will make it a dominant force on both sides of the Atlantic.

    Pit Beirer: “We are honored that we can welcome a man of Roger DeCoster’s credentials and stature into the KTM family. With him as the head of our new KTM USA factory team we will be a major force in the USA and Europe and we want to attract the very best American riders into our team. Roger has had a superb racing career and a distinguished and successful career in team management.”

    Roger DeCoster was born in Belgium and is a long time resident of the USA. Known simply as “The Man” when he was racing, DeCoster was one of the sport’s most decorated riders. He was always admired for his smooth, controlled riding style and his late attacks on race leaders in a career where he won a record 36 500 cc GP victories. He was also a Gold Medalist in the 1964 International Six Day Trial, a four-time winner of the Trans-AMA series and won the 1964 Belgian Observed Trials National Championship. Since retiring from active racing, DeCoster has been a prominent managerial figure in the USA racing scene and has also managed Team USA at the Motocross of Nations.

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    i'm f'in floored!

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    haha ya it is pretty crazy,cool to see how they will develop in the US though.

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Quote Originally Posted by seth399 View Post
    haha ya it is pretty crazy,cool to see how they will develop in the US though.
    agreed. will be interesting to watch... wonder how he and Alessi will get along

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Quote Originally Posted by typeone View Post
    agreed. will be interesting to watch... wonder how he and Alessi will get along
    Alessi Will most likely not be on KTM Next Year.

    Ktm is gonna run Pourcell and Cairolli in Supercross.(350's)

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Quote Originally Posted by BLACK SQUIRREL View Post
    Alessi Will most likely not be on KTM Next Year.

    Ktm is gonna run Pourcell and Cairolli in Supercross.(350's)
    i didnt think so either but thought i read they did end up signing him for 2011. that whole family seem like a bunch of tools.

    Pourcel = so fast, so smooth. had a blast watching him at Unadilla last year. insane.

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Alessi is currently signed through 2011. MX only, doing Australian SX though

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Quote Originally Posted by BLACK SQUIRREL View Post
    thanks for the link!

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    Ummmm Alessi WAS with DeCoster on Suzuki and did pretty damn well until he got hurt. Alessi was the only person who could run with Stewart in the outdoors when Stewart had his perfect season. DeCoster knew exactly how to deal with Poppa Alessi -- told him to stay the fuck out of the way.

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    Re: Team Suzuki Dumps Roger DeCoster

    duh, of course... totally forgot he was yellow for a bit (i dont follow MX/SX too closely anymore).

    will be interesting to see how the team develops.

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