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Monday, 29 April 2013 12:14

GDR in partnership with Honda Canada and Troy Lee Designs is set to kick off 2013 season!

Courtland, Ontario - Heading into its fourth full season of competing in the CMRC Canadian Nationals, GDR is very excited to announce its support from Honda Canada in 2013! The crew at GDR could not be happier to be working with such a great company and feel that with direct support from a manufacturer will be a great benefit to the team. Derek Verheyen, National Sales Manager at Honda Canada says "Honda Canada is thrilled to be supporting the GDR Team. We are excited to see what the season will hold for us and looking forward to some great racing this year." The team is also excited to announce its two riders, Blake Savage of St. George, Utah, and Nathan Bles of Bayfield, Ontario. Both riders are familiar with the team as Blake came to Canada last summer to race the final round of the series and Nathan rode for the GDR team in 2011.

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GDR welcomes Konnor Long to the Amateur Team

Courtland, ON - Gopher Dunes Racing recently announced a new initiative for the 2013 race season which will see riders from across Canada join the GDR organization as amateur support riders. We are proud to announce the first rider to join our new GDR amateur program is 18 year old Konnor Long from Saint John, New Brunswick! Konnor is an up and coming intermediate rider who experienced great successes in 2012 with the highlights being a 6th place finish at Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National in C class and he followed that up with a 10th place in Intermediate at the Walton Trans-Can Canadian Amateur National. Konnor also finished off the year strong competing in Montreal Supercross as an amateur finishing 14th in the MX2 main event. With the additional support from GDR, and guidance of pro rider Tyler Medaglia, Konnor is determined to have a break out season in 2013 and has set a goal to win all of his Intermediate classes at the Walton Trans-Can as he prepares himself for the jump into the Pro ranks! Welcome aboard Konnor!

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GDR and Tyler Medaglia ready for battle in Calgary

Courtland, Ontario- Although the dust is still settling from Round 2 in Kamloops, Gopher Dunes Troy Lee Designs Powersports Canada and team rider #11 Tyler Medaglia are focused and ready to head to Cowtown for Round 3 at Wild Rose. "I've got my eyes squarely on challenging Goerke for the top spot I'm going to come out gunning for the win and any of the top guys whether it be Colton, Dusty or Bobby, although they may not say it but they are thinking the same thing " said Medaglia.

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