by Davey Coombs
Brooks/McGrath Announce New Title Sponsor
Friday, April 27, 2012 | 9:50 AM
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PrintOne week after winning the Seattle Supercross, Andrew Short has a new team title sponsor: Chaparral Racing! The surprise move, tweeted by team co-owner Larry Brooks, means that the old trio of Dave Damron, owner of the San Bernardino, CA-based mega shop, and Brooks and team co-owner Jeremy McGrath have reunited. Together, they won three AMA Supercross titles (1998 to 2000) and set a new mark of satellite team success.
Just a week ago the L&Mc team was struggling, having lost a sponsor and then not have another step up. But in the wake of Short's big win in Seattle, the team is now on solid footing with their old friends from Chaparral.
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Bike looks sick. Good for those guys.
Makes me feel old
Kinda who I thought, worked well last time, Congrats to the team!!! Good Luck!!
Oh good, the bike is fugly. Looks like they hired whomever is doing the motoconcepts graphics.
Haha hell ya Larry pulls it off...unreal what that guy has gone through these last couple of months..that dude gets work done
^This is true- pretty amazing he pulled it off.
Is Chaparral still as awesome as it was in the early 2000's? I went there in 2001 and it was amazing. Their gear selection was spectacular. I remember all of the McGrath manikins in the glass cases with his old gear on. Way cool!
Jake511 you are remedial! That bike looks better than the Factory Honda bikes!
If you have been a supercross fan for more than 5 minutes you would know that the
minimalist Chaparral graphics are a throw back nod to MC's Chaparral Yamaha graphics from his first year riding for them! I suppose you think the best looking graphics out there are JGR's? Gag. That bike and the Red Bull KTMs are the sickest looking in the field in my opinion.
I had forgotten Chaparral even existed. Good for them
Congrats to MC and Larry for pulling that off! I am just stoked that they reunited with Dave. I think that is the coolest sponsor they could have lined up for the team. I am feeling all nostalgic over it. The McGrath era is and aways will be the coolest era in supercross... with the RJ - Bailey era a close second!
Get Eli Tomac on board next year!
I like the simple look of the Bike,nice and clean looking, truck looks pretty good too.
I know they are not new on the bike, but the black rims make everything look that much better. I think the bike looks great.
Awsome! Now they just need a rider that can win when everyone is healthy.
@still_ride_2_strokes throwback to the original L&M? Nooo, really??? I suppose you'll tell me McGrath had blue hair... been here since the 80's pal.
The KTM's look amazing, so does TLD and Team Kawi. JGR? Not so much. This is lightyears better than Motoconcepts, but it still looks like yellow sharpie.
Sorry Jake511, my comment was a little harsh, but I think that setup looks pretty trick. If you want to say it is understated and you think it is boring, that I get, but fugly that bike isn't. Hondas with red seats and yellow and black graphics look the best. They hit the nail on the head. And the black rims and fork protectors look mean. That bike reminds me of a 2000 CR250 and MC's YZ250 at the same time.
Love the graphics!
who was their title sponsor before?
I thought Larry and MC were going to announce DC as the new sponsor. I'm also surprised that San Manuel is not with Larry. They had plenty of cash and are still sponsoring the series. The L/M break up might have scared them off. The SX sponsorship with MC was very good to Chaparral, that company grew huge very fast. They have a huge mail order business.
@muehterc it was supercross.com, I believe. And I think they pulled out after the injury he had earlier on. Look what that got them! lol And props to the team. It's just great to see so many retired pro's still active in this sport. Hope they stay around a long time.