Suzuki Releases Special Commemorative GNCC Sticker at Ironman GNCC

_ American Suzuki Motor Corp.news release_

Brea, Calif. - Oct. 22, 2010 - American Suzuki Motor Corp. continues to celebrate 50 years of racing with its fifth commemorative sticker in the series that honors both its past and current championship successes. This weekend at the final GNCC race of the season, the Ironman in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Suzuki will reveal the GNCC special-edition commemorative sticker that will be available to Suzuki fans at the event.

The GNCC commemorative sticker features Rodney Smith with his number one plate on the championship-winning Suzuki RM250 from the 1998 GNCC Championship, as well as newly crowned Suzuki GNCC champion Josh Strang and his Suzuki fuel-injected RM-Z450. Rodney Smith is a true Suzuki champion who won five GNCC championships, four Enduro championships, and three Hare Scramble titles aboard a Suzuki. He has put himself in the record books of every cross-country race discipline in the country and continues to race successfully aboard an RMX450Z. Josh Strang is the newest Suzuki titleholder, taking his championship-winning RM-Z to his first GNCC title of his career. Looking back to the past and looking forward to the future, Suzuki is proud to celebrate its racing prowess and accomplishments with its series of commemorative stickers.

The GNCC commemorative sticker will be available at the Suzuki truck in the pits at the Ironman event this weekend. Stop by and collect your piece of Suzuki history!
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