2009 Kawasaki Team Pep Rally
- Updated: April 19, 2013
With two seasons of racing under its belt on the Kawasaki KFX®450R, the Monster Energy Kawasaki ATV Racing Team is looking to have its best season yet in 2009.
The Monster Energy Kawasaki ATV Racing team returns to the competitive AMA ATV National Motocross Series with a two-man team looking for the Kawasaki’s first-series win. Returning for his third year, Josh Creamer has been a key component to improving the Kawasaki race machine. Last year he earned four podium finishes, including one moto win aboard the KFX450R. He knows what it takes to win and is very eager to be on top of the podium.
Josh Creamer
New to the team in 2009 is Chad Wienen, the 2008 AMA Pro ATV Open winner and an AMA ATV race winner. Wienen healed from injury during the 2008 season and came back to dominate the last several races in the series, including the ATV Open win at Steel City Raceway. Wienen’s drive to constantly improve and see results fits perfect within the Kawasaki racing philosophy.
“Chad and Josh are great friends on and off the track and have always pushed each other to higher levels of performance,” said Team Green™ Manager Reid Nordin. “I can only see that increasing now that they are teammates. Chad possesses great finesse on the track and knows how to race from a strategic standpoint. Josh knows how to push the limits of the KFX450R and has a never-quit attitude. The two are shaping up to be a great fit for the 2009 season.”
Along with competing in the AMA ATV National Motocross Series, Kawasaki will be backing its commitment in other ATV series’, particularly in the WORCS and New England ATV Series’ (NEATV).
Chad Wienen
The DATS Racings team will be back for its third season in the WORCS ATV Series. The team already has one championship in the ProAm class and is looking to add to that in 2009. In the NEATV, Joe Haavisto brought Kawasaki two championships in 2008 in the Pro and Pro-Am classes and is looking to make it back to back championships in 2009.
In just a short amount of time, the Monster Energy Kawasaki ATV Racing Team is poised to be one of the top teams. The steady improvement from its inception shows the dedication every team member has to winning.
The team’s sponsors are the following; Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., Monster Energy, Fox Racing Shox, ITP Tires, Pro Circuit, Walsh Racecraft, Parts Unlimited, DWT, Maxima Oil, RK/Excel, DG, Renthal, Quad Tech, Moose Racing, N-Style, Shoei Helmets, Smith Optics, VP Racing Fuel, Hinson Racing, Axcalibur, Gaerne USA, NGK Spark Plugs, Inc., Boyesen, Braking, Fuel Customs, Streamline, GRP
ATV Scene.com was invited to Kawasaki’s 2009 Team Announcement Press Conference. Here’s what we learned about Team Green’s 2009 plans…
You know you’ve made the big leagues if you’ve earned the right to sit on one of these chairs.
Cameron Steele of X-Games fame was on hand as the event’s emcee. Cameron did a great job making the racers shine in front of the press. We heard from all the racers and learned more about each of them. Cameron seen here interviewing Tim Ferry.
Before the intro we spent some time talking with the Kawasaki ATV Team, including the team manager and long time Team Green supporter, Jim White. J-Dub, as we like to call him, sounded very positive about Kawie having a great upcoming year. He even boldly
As we looked around it was obvious that it would take a pretty penny to keep a program like this running. When asking team Kawasaki how they are doing it with the economy being as bad as it is, Jim White said that nothing had changed in the budget from la
Chad Wienen was extremely excited about joining the Monster Energy Kawasaki Team and happy to be part of a team with just as much drive and determination to win as the one he left.
Chad didn’t move into his new job alone. On the right is Ryan Cox, who built the engines that Chad used at his former job with the RockStar Yoshimura Suzuki Team.
Kawasaki may have done well in adding Ryan Cox to the team. He could play a big role in getting more power out of the KFX450R engines. Ryan has learned a lot over the years at Yoshimura and helped Suzuki win championships with Doug Gust and Dustin Wimmer.
Josh Creamer is the returning rider for Kawasaki. Josh was recently injured in the fall, but assured us that he has been working out diligently and riding as much as possible to help Kawasaki get on the box for next year. Josh said that they are still tes
With the array of talent, knowledge and experience Kawasaki has for 2009 it shouldn’t be a surprise to see a lot of green on the podiums at the 2009 ATVA ATV Motocross Nationals.
