Adam Cianciarulo to compete in the AMA Pro Motocross season
Friday 10 May: The 16-year-old rider will make his professional debut on May 18th at Hangtown.
Monster Energy Kawasaki Team Green™ rider Adam
Cianciarulo will be on the gate for the entire 2013 AMA Pro Motocross
season with today’s announcement that the 16-year-old rider will make
his professional debut on May 18th at Hangtown. Cianciarulo will race for
one of the most decorated teams in AMA motocross history as he joins
the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki stable riding the No. 292
Kawasaki KX™250F.
"I can’t wait for the season to start,” said Cianciarulo. "This is
something I’ve been dreaming about since I saw my first ever supercross
race when I was 4 years old. To be able to race for Mitch Payton and the
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team is an honor. I am looking to
learn a lot this year because everyone knows how good this team is and I
know my job is to put more number one plates on the door of the truck.”
Cianciarulo is following in the footsteps of some of the greatest riders
in the history of the sport as he makes the transition from Monster
Energy Kawasaki Team Green to race professionally. While an amateur, the
Port Orange, Fla. native became the winningest mini-bike rider in the
history of the AMA Amateur Motocross National Championships at Loretta
Lynn’s with 11 championships. After winning four titles at Loretta’s in
the last two years, Cianciarulo put his name in the record books ahead
of superstars like Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto.
"Adam is a testament to Kawasaki’s Team Green amateur racing program,”
said Senior Manager of Kawasaki Racing Reid Nordin. "Like many
supercross and motocross champions, Adam has grown up on green and I am
excited to see how he continues to mature as a professional.”
Cianciarulo last raced his KX250F at the Monster Energy Cup in October
in the Amateur All Star class where he finished second overall after
finishing fifth in the first race and winning the second race. Following
the Monster Energy Cup, Cianciarulo was injured and did not return to
riding until February of this year. Since then he has been training to
achieve his goal of lining up at the 2013 AMA Pro Motocross opener at
Hangtown.
"Obviously we have been watching Adam for a long time,” said Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Mitch Payton. "He is a special kid who
will bring a lot to the team this summer. I know he has been working
hard all spring to get ready to race and we are going to provide him
with the best equipment on the track. It will also help him to have
veteran teammates like Blake (Baggett), Martin (Davalos), Dean (Wilson)
and Tyla (Rattray) who can help him as he makes the jump to professional
racing.”
Cianciarulo will line up on the gate for his professional racing debut
on Saturday, May 18 at The Hangtown Motocross Classic in Rancho Cordova,
Calif.