Jade Gudzeit racing for Yamaha in 2010?

by Marnus 7th January 2010, 12:59

It seems like Jade Gudzeit, BMW's best rider for 2009 on the G450X is signing up with Yamaha for 2010. What a loss. And I understand Gray Dick is still recovering from a back operation. I wonder what's going to happen with the local BMW Motorrad Enduro racing team?

Saw the following on e-dirt:

Beem Me Up Scotty wrote:
Jade Gutzeit has made a move to DCM Yamaha Team for 2010. He has the privilege and honor in taking his personal sponsors with him to the Yamaha DCM Chrome team. These sponsors include but not limited to Full Throttle, Fly and Oakley.

It is also known that Jade and BMW left on very good terms. DCM Chrome Yamaha team has offered Jade an opportunity to race some international races. I also know that Jade enjoyed racing the BMW in 2009.

Good Luck to Jade and Louwrens for 2010.

by Marnus 15th January 2010, 22:47

Shamelessly grabbed from edirt - credits to nacnac for posting:

BMW Motorrad Racing

National Off-Road and Enduro Race Team for the 2010 season.

BMW Motorrad is pleased to announce that they have retained Gray Dick
on the team and have signed up Wynand Delport as the second rider. The
team is well balanced with experience and youth and will expect
positive results for the year.

Gray
underwent a successful back operation in December and will be back on
is new G450X at the end of May. He will come back fitter and stronger
and is confident that he will be back at his best when he returns. BMW
are also very excited to have signed up the very talented Wynand
Delport, who at the age of 22 has a bright future ahead of him. He won
the 250cc National Off Road Championship in 2008 and finished 2^nd in 2009. Wynand is ready for the step up into the Open Class and is training very hard in preparation for the 1^st National in February.

The contracts were signed at BMW Headquarters today and the rest of the sponsors will be announced shortly.

Rider Profiles

Gray Dick

2001 – 2nd in National Open Class Off-Road Championship

2002 – 1st in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 1st in Overall Championship

2003 – 2nd in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 3rd in Overall Championship

2004 – 2nd in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 2nd in Overall Championship

2005 – 1st in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 3rd in Overall Championship

2006 – 1st in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 2nd in Overall Championship

2007 – 1st in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 1st in Overall Championship

2008 – 3rd in National Open Class Off-Road Championship and 4th in Overall Championship (Missed first two races of the season due to injury)

2009 – 9^th in Overall Championship

Wynand Delport

2006 – 3^rd in 125cc National Off-Road Championship and 2^nd in 125cc Regional Championship

2007 – 2^nd in 125cc National Off-Road Championship

2008 – 1^st in 250cc National Off-Road Championship

2009 – 2^nd in 250cc National Off-Road Championship and 1^st in 250cc Regional Championship

Comments

Rob Holder (General Manager – BMW Motorrad)

“We
are very pleased to have Gray and Wynand on our team for 2010 and look
forward to another successful season with the BMW G450X. Gray will come
back strong at the end of May and we believe that Wynand will be an
asset to our team. He is young and committed and has proven that he has
a great racing future ahead of him.”

Erwin Minnie (Team Manager / Press)

“I
am looking forward to a great season! BMW Motorrad has really shown
that they are serious about racing and have given Gray and Wynand
tremendous support for the year. With the added support from Bavarian
Motorcycles we will have a really good setup and a very visible
presence at the races.”

Gray Dick

“My
back operation was a success and as soon as the brace comes off at the
end of January I will begin training with a bio kineticisct and going
to gym. I will be back on the bike sometime during May. I am really
motivated and look forward to racing the 2010 G450X. I had a bit of bad
luck last year but I am confident that I will do well when I start
racing again. I am also very happy to have Wynand on the team, he is a
great guy and I will be helping him with preparation and setup. Erwin
and I will be at all the races to support him whilst I am recovering”

Wynand Delport

“I can’t wait for the season to start! I spent the last 4 years racing for the Shimwells
Yamaha Team and would like to thank Andre and Braham for all their
fantastic support! I have now been given a fantastic opportunity to
ride for the BMW Motorrad Team. It was time for me to move up from the
250cc class and I believe that I will do well on the G450X. I have done
some testing on the bike and I feel very confident and comfortable. It
is also great to have Gray as my teammate and I know that I will learn
a lot from him,”

The
team is also proud to announce that Roger Smith and Simon Pilfold from
Bavarian Motorcycles will be offering the team full race support at all
the National Off-Road and Enduro events. They will be sponsoring a
fully equipped race support van, mechanic, gazebos, race shirts,
graphics etc. They will also race prep the bikes. They will also be
assisting Gray and Wynand with trick parts for their bikes from
Speedbrain in Germany.

We
would like to take this opportunity to thank Rob Holder, Rob Barnes,
Cora Forssman and everyone else at BMW Motorrad for their commitment
and fantastic sponsorship.

We look forward to a great season and please feel free to pop into our pits for a chat – see you at the races.

Jade Gudzeit racing for Yamaha in 2010?

Jade Gudzeit racing for Yamaha in 2010?

Local BMW Motorrad Racing team for 2010