SPY OPTIC - SUPERCROSS' TOP GOGGLES OF '08!
CARLSBAD, Calif., (May 14, 2008) – The numbers are pretty cut-and-dry: Spy Optic had more overall podium level supercross class racers running its goggles than any other brand on the Monster AMA Supercross Series tour this year – period.
In the premier AMA Supercross class, Spy Optic captured two of the three overall podium positions with Kevin Windham (Torco/Honda) and Andrew Short (Honda) in 2nd and 3rd overall, respectively. And add to that an AMA ESX Lites class championship from Trey Canard (Torco/Honda) and Spy can boast what no other goggle manufacturer can.
“This was an epic competition year for Spy,” said Spy Optic spokesman and co-founder Jeremy McGrath. “No other goggle company had more riders on the overall Supercross class podium – and a Lites class championship to go with it. Everyone at Spy should be pumped with what their riders accomplished in supercross and look forward to continued results at the Nationals.”
Overall during the 2008 supercross season Spy Optic racers amassed nine (9) main event wins and an incredible 26 podium finishes! And joining Spy’s Windham, Short and Canard in the overall podium count were Torco/Honda’s Josh Grant (three podiums) and Jake Weimer (one win, two podiums).
But probably putting the importance of Spy goggles to the athletes best was Torco/Honda’s team owner, Rick Zielfelder of Factory Connection, who said: “If a team wins both classes at the muddiest supercross in history (Daytona, ’08), can anybody question what Spy goggles means to this team?”
Watch for the Torco/Honda Lites class racers, along with Windham, Short, Nick Wey and whole host of other top flight motocross racer as they return to action in two weeks for the opener of the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championships at Glen Helen Raceway (San Bernardino, Calif.).
- Surfeyes.com