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May
2008 - Millennium/KWS
Suzuki Battles Through Injury to Get Another
Top Ten Finish
Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Suzuki of
Orangeburg’s Ben Thompson returned to action
this week at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt
Lake City, Utah. Thompson broke both of his
hands in a crash at California Speedway five
weeks earlier and had to have two titanium
plates and fourteen screws installed in his
right hand. Although healed, Thompson struggled
with strength, endurance, and dexterity through
out the weekend.
May 2008
- Lee
Acree Injured at Infineon
Acree
got
a
great
start
for
the
Superstock
race
and
spent
the
majority
of
the
race
battling
for
fourth
position
with
Blake
Young,
Chris
Paris,
and
Jason
Pridmore.
The
four
riders
where
only
separated
by
a
few
tenths
of
a
second
and
switch
positions
several
times.
On
lap
fourteen
Acree
got
a
great
drive
out
of
turn
four
and
was
closing
quickly
on
former
World
Endurance
Champion
Jason
Pridmore,
when
suddenly
Pridmore’s
engine
failed
and
he
slowed
rapidly.
With
only
a
few
bike
lengths
separating
the
two
riders
at
well
over
130mph
there
was
no
time
to
react
and
Acree
made
hard
contact
with
the
back
of
Pridmre’s
Suzuki.
>>Video
of Crash >>
April
2008
- Lee
Acree to Ride at Infineon
Millennium/KWS Suzuki
sponsored by Suzuki of Orangeburg’s rider
Ben Thompson is out of commission following
a violent crash at California Speedway last
week in which Thompson broke his right hand.
Thompson had surgery Monday with famed orthopedic
surgeon Dr. Arthur Ting. Due
to Thompson’s
injury, Millennium/KWS
Suzuki has
decided to
bring in
Lee Acree
to ride
in Thompson’s
place at
Infineon Raceway.
April 2008
- Fontana
2008
Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Suzuki of Orangeburg rider Ben Thompson was
injured in Superbike practice at California Speedway Friday morning. Thompson
is coming off his first top five AMA finish last week at Barber Motorsports Park
and was seventh quickest in Friday morning’s Superstock practice before his crash.
>>onthethrottle.tv
Video >>
April 2008
- Barber
2008
Millennium/KWS Suzuki sponsored by Suzuki of
Orangeburg had an excellent weekend at Barber
Motorsports Park. This was the teams first
outing on their new 2008 Suzuki GSX-R1000’s
and despite some initial set up issues the
team was able to pull everything together for
their first top five finish of the year.
>>onthethrottle.tv
Video >>
March 2008
- Daytona
2008
Millennium/KWS
Suzuki
sponsored
by
Suzuki
of
Orangeburg
finished
eleventh
in
the
AMA
Superstock
race
Thursday
at
Daytona
International
Speedway
with
rider
Ben
Thompson.
Thompson
also
finished
seventeenth
in
the
Superbike
race
on
Saturday.
Through
out
the
weekend
the
team
showed
great
speed
but
had
some
problems
during
the
races
that
affected
the
end
results.
>>onthethrottle.tv
Video >>
Feb 2008 - Season
Announcement
Millennium/KWS
Suzuki
sponsored
by
Suzuki
of
Orangeburg
is
proud
to
announce
its
participation
in
the
2008
AMA
Superbike
and
Superstock
series
with
rider
Ben
Thompson.
Millennium/KWS
Suzuki
will
compete
on
2008
Suzuki
GSX-R1000’s
with
support
from
Dunlop
tires.
Millennium
Technologies
will
be
returning
for
the
eighth
consecutive
year
as
the
title
sponsor.
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