NEW RM-Z450 DOMINATES DOWN UNDER
 Suzuki's
revolutionary new RM-Z450 motocross racer has continued its
winning start in Australia, notching up another victory in
Queensland last weekend.
On the same weekend, Team Shift Motul Suzuki's Daryl Hurley
won round one of the 2008 Rockstar Energy Drink Motocross
Nationals in Tasmania and took Jarrod Koppe to the 450cc Senior
Queensland Dirt Track Championship.
At Mick Doohan Raceway in Northgate, Koppe won out his opening
heat and finished second in the others to book a place in
the final.
With his new racer barely out of its packing crate and having
received only a modified muffler and air filter, Koppe then
claimed victory in the final to seal the Queensland title.
His brother Damien Koppe was third, making it a 1-3 finish
for the 2008 Suzuki RM-Z450.
Capping a strong night for Suzuki, Damien also won the 250cc
class aboard an RM-Z250, with Suzuki stable-mate Matthew Eade
third.
Aaron Jones - Suzuki Australia Racing Co-ordinator:
"The new Suzuki RM-Z450 has had a massive impact on
the Australian off-road racing scene in a short period of
time.
"It won on debut in Australia and New Zealand and last
weekend it took out the Queensland Dirt Track title - in addition
to winning its first round in the Australian Motocross Championship,
which is the toughest off-road championship in the Southern
Hemisphere.
"Our teams and riders have barely scratched the surface
of what the RM-Z450 is capable of, so for it to be recording
these results so early is sensational."
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