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SYSCO Race Team
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shannon Boothe
562-943-8988 Office
714-686-6337 Cell
562-943-2266 Fax
562-943-8988.1.1.1.1.1.1
FLOW RACING EXHAUST ANNOUNCES THE THEIR SUPPORT OF A NEW
TEAM IN THE WORLD OF OFF-ROAD RACING
CORONA, CA (February 12, 2007) Flow Exhaust announces their support of a new desert racing team to challenge the wild’s of Baja. Team SYSCO/Flow
Exhaust Racing will be competing in the SCORE International racing series for 2007. Competing in SCORE Class 21, SYSCO/Flow Racing will be carrying
on with the long tradition of the “Privateer” racing in Baja.
SYSCO/Flow Racing Exhaust is the brainchild of Team Captain and Rider of Record, Collin Corrigan. Corrigan, a native of La Mesa, Ca, has been
traveling the lengths of the Baja Peninsula since childhood and his love for motorcycles naturally lead him to racing. Having competed in District 38
and CODE races lead to an opportunity to race with another team in the SCORE series…and the rest as they say is “history”. Wanting to form his own
team, Collin contacted old friend and Baja veteran, Shannon Boothe. Together the two devised a plan and a new team to challenge the demanding Baja
Peninsula.
According to Shannon Boothe, Team Manager, “…part of our goal in forming a new team was not just to race, but to introduce Baja racing to a wider
demographic of participants and fans”. With this goal in mind two new riders were selected for the team. Danny Nelson and Todd Corbitt, both are
former BMX racers with World Class credentials. The selection of these two riders is phase one in a long range plan to not only introduce new riders
to our sport, but to expand our fan base and attract new sponsors to Off-Road racing.
According to Randy Blevins, Director of R& at Flow Racing Exhaust, “Corrigan
and Boothe’s vision of expanding our sport mirrors own business philosophy here at Flow. There will also be the big time factory sponsored riders and
a teams, but the true Spirit of Off-Road racing has always been the grassroots racers. Out goal here at Flow is to provide those racers with the best
performance exhaust available at an affordable price.
Steve Russell, Director of Sales & Marketing for Flow had this to add. We’re excited about our partnership with this new team. The experience and
organizational skills of Boothe and Corrigan combined with the introduction of world class athletes like Nelson and Corbitt offers us a unique
opportunity to not only showcase our product line , but an equally unique opportunity to support and promote the sport we all love so much”
The first event for the new team will be their participation in the SCORE, San Felipe 250 to be contested March 10th in San Felipe, Baja California,
MX. The team also plans to participate in the Baja 500 & Baja 1000 later in the year in addition to individual performances by team members in
District 38 and CODE races this year.
Team SYSCO would also like to announce the support of additional sponsors: No Fear, Dragon Optical, Maxxis Tires, Orange County Honda, Happy Ending
Massage Centers, The Motocross Files, …..
Rider Profiles:
Collin Corrigan
Age: 37
La Mesa, CA
Collin is Team Captain of SYSCO Racing and Rider of Record. He has competed in District 38 races in the USA and CODE and SCORE races in Mexico.
Collin’s Off-Road experience goes beyond motorcycles as a member ChasePit.com. race support team. He spent the last two years supporting the 2005 Baja
1000 winner and SCORE Trophy Truck Class Champion, Bob Sheppard. Collin’s duties will include rider training and evaluation, overseeing race bike
preparation and sponsor liaison as well as keeping an eye out for new and upcoming talent.
Todd “TC” Corbitt
Age:38
Irvine, CA
TC is a newcomer to the world of Off-Road racing, but not to the racing world. He started his BMX racing career in 1981 and continued until 1994 when
at the height of his career a catastrophic knee injury ended his racing days. During his racing career he had been the #1 ranked National Amateur, #3
ranked NBL Professional and had numerous National Event wins. After racing TC went on to become the Team Manager for the world-famous GT Bicycles BMX
Team. TC was Team Manager from 1996 until 2001 during which time he coached his team to four ABA National Team Titles, four NBL National Team Titles
and four World Team Titles. A very impressive resume of wins.
TC is currently the Product Manager for Felt Bicycles and is training for his Baja debut.
Danny “Thunder” Nelson
Age: 32
Simi Valley, CA
Danny started racing BMX at the age of eight. During his 21 year career he amassed an impressive record of wins and titles. He has too many National
wins as both an amateur and professional to count, but he is a former BMX Professional World Champion, ABA National Champion and NBL National
Champion. He was also a team member on eight World Team Title winners. Danny currently owns a business in Long Beach and is training for his Baja
debut.
Shannon Boothe
Age: Team Secret
La Mirada, CA
As the senior member of the team Shannon brings over 13 years of Baja racing experience to the team. Starting his racing career in 1994 as a member
of the EJR Racing Team, he has competed in Class 1, Pro Truck and Trophy Truck classes of SCORE International and BITD racing series. Shannon is also
a charter member of ChasePit.com racing support team and spent the last two years supporting the 2005 Baja 1000 winner and SCORE Trophy Truck Class
Champion, Bob Sheppard.
As Team Manager his primary responsibility will be the day to day operations of the team and Media liaison. In addition he will be responsible for
race day logistics, strategies as well as chase crews & pit support. Shannon will also be the swing rider for the team.
SYSCO Racing would like to thank the following sponsors for their support:
FLOW Racing Exhaust
No Fear
Dragon Alliance
Orange County Honda
Maxxis Tires
AC Racing
Triton Imaging & Design Studio
King Graphics
Motion Pro Tools
Richard Solorzano Photography
The Motocross Files
ChasePit.com
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