BAINBRIDGE, GA - January 2004 / -- Ezra Lusk
announced he will team with veteran motocross trainer Gary Semics for
the 2004 indoor/outdoor season. Lusk said the two hit the track
December 1st at Lusk's Bainbridge, Georgia training facility to begin
preparations for what the 28-year-old rider said could be his final attempt
at winning a national championship.
"I've always told myself I wouldn't race after 30. By teaming with Gary,
I feel I'm giving myself the best possible chance of finally accomplishing
the goal I've had since I was a kid," said Lusk, who has won 14 races
over his pro career but never a national championship.
Semics, a former supercross champion with 14 years
experience as a pro racer, has personally trained many of the world's
winningest riders, including Jeremy McGrath, Brock Sellards, John Dowd,
and Kevin Windham. (www.mxraceschool.com)
"Gary and I worked together in 1997 and it was during that period when
I won my first indoor race and my first-ever 250 outdoor race, and it
turned out to be the most successful period of my career," said Lusk.
"That's why Gary's name kept coming up as I started putting together my
game plan for 2004."
Lusk said the 2004 season will also reunite him with Team Yamaha.
"Coincidentally, I was on a Yamaha and working with Gary when I was riding
my strongest. Riding with Yamaha and training with Gary is a very comfortable
combination for me," said Lusk.
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