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Old 05-24-2010, 11:59 AM
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Default TEAM GPAL / CALGUNS.NET RACING INVITED TO FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

As many of you may know, Gpal and Calguns.net have recently started campaigning a professional motorcycle racing team. Craig Mason, an avid member of Calguns (Seesm) and a prior AMA Supermoto Grand National Champion, teamed up with CGN and GPal with the idea of creating this team just a few short months ago.




Two weeks ago, the team made its debut at the AMA West Coast Moto Jam at Infineon Raceway with a finish of 14th place in the final race of the Daytona Sportbike class ! Just yesterday at an AFM event Craig finished 8th and 9th in his two main races.

Imagine our surprise when Craig was invited to ride in likely the biggest motorcycle event in the USA this year, the FIM World Superbike Challenge USA round at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah !!!

http://www.sbkusa.com/




Miller is calling this event the largest they have ever planned.

This is considered to be "THE most significant Utah event since the Olympics"

A hundred thousand or more spectators will be on hand for FOUR solid days of racing and festivities. There is so much happening at the event that we can't even begin to list it (although a STYX / Foreigner / Kansas concert is in the mix).

There will be coverage of the racing from many major media outlets, TV, Radio, etc. It will be everywhere!

The most important statistic for this event, the reason we are all so excited in planning it, is that there is just a handful of riders from the USA participating. In this gigantic, international event, there are SIX wild card entries from the USA and our team has been invited to be one of them.

The possibilities are endless. Our marketing machine will be in full swing. As the little new competitor invited at the last minute we have a great story to tell, and we will be telling EVERYONE about it!

If you haven't seen it yet, here are some pictures of the bike, rider and team at the AMA event. We have an amazing paint job on the bike, top quality team shirts, brand new leathers all branded with Gpal and Calguns. Basically we look great out there, and will make a significant impression on anyone watching.









There are a few hiccups in the planning for this event. We didn't know that we had a confirmed entry until Friday. The scope of this event is amazing, and the preparation has us all in a fire drill to achieve the impossible. We simply are not established with the sponsors needed to run a full time race team (but we will be!). We don't even have transportation available due to the short notice and holiday weekend!

This is where Calguns can help! Here is an opportunity to take Calguns and Gpal to an INTERNATIONAL event and get our names spread across the world. Realistically, we could not afford the kind of publicity that an event like this will provide, so the deal is truly spectacular. The community at Calguns has stepped up many times to achieve some incredible things, and we hope that this can be another event built with the support of everyone here.

We are not begging for donations. This is a professional race team and we are seeking sponsorships. What we need from Calguns is the assistance in finding the ideal candidates for these deals. We are a pro gun race team, and while that may be a controversial issue to some, it is and will be the focus of our marketing efforts. There will be no secret agenda, in fact it is my personal goal to have ALL of our major sponsors either be vendors or manufacturers in the firearms industry.

Right now we am putting out the call to Calguns members. There are over 50,000 of you, and there are certainly some of you that own or work for businesses in the powersports industry. When you read this message please contact the friends, family, employers and employees you know and share the message. We need your help!

We need new bikes! Craig is currently racing with a pair of 2007 Yamaha R6s with 3500+ miles. The rest of the field is running 2009 or 2010 bikes, without a chance of going over 1000 miles without new motors, yet Craig fought his way to a 14th place!!! Imagine what he could do with new bikes! Obviously for a race in four days, it would need to be a complete race prepped setup (anyone work for Graves Yamaha?) but there are a lot more races this year!



We need PARTS !!! The bikes are race tuned, but are still running stock suspension, brakes, etc. There is so much to be gained from some basic performance upgrades! Many of the items we need are expendable, brakes, tires, fuel, etc.

We need Equipment! Down to the most basic items, we are building a brand new team. Tools, vehicles, hospitality, even the boots Craig is riding in, we NEED to show up in Utah looking like a top notch professional team.

We need TRANSPORTATION. This is an important one. We were working with an RV store for the last event, but this one popped up without warning and we have no possible way to reserve a vehicle. Maybe one of you works at an RV rental shop, or even a store selling RVs. Our immediate need is a large diesel pusher motorcoach. A number of people will be coming with us for support and we need a great looking vehicle for the paddock area. We need it for at least this week, Wednesday through next Tuesday. If you are in the business, I'd love to talk with you about a deal for the rest of the race season!

It is also a distinct possibility that someone out there, one of you great calgunners, owns this kind of RV or RV / toy hauler, and somehow you don't have plans for it over memorial day weekend. Maybe you have a good friend that isn't using theirs. The best scenario would be for the member that didn't have any plans and wants to come racing with us !! You will have a great time, and the experience will leave you with memories for a lifetime. If you can't come with us, your vehicle will be returned to you in perfect condition, and you will have done us an amazing favor.

Of course, as with any sponsorship,
WE NEED CASH!
Racing is expensive, and we have been working very hard with an extremely limited budget. This event is too much without some assistance. There are costs associated with every step of this process, and the most difficult part is that we simply don't have any other time to raise funds. We have two days, or we don't go and we miss out on the best opportunity that we will have for a long time to get international recognition.

We said we are not begging for donations and we meant it, however we understand that many of you support the Calguns effort in many ways, and if you simply want to help out the team without more advanced recognition we will not refuse your help. Every effort will be made to spread the word of the efforts of Calguns and the achievements that have been made in California through the work of this great community. Rest assured that your money is going to good use.

This is not a one time deal! We are actively seeking sponsors for the rest of the 2010 season, and we hope to be a well developed, successful team for the 2011 season and years to come! Here is the schedule of events we are planning for the rest of 2010.

May 15 & 16 Infineon AMA West Coast Moto Jam (Finished 14th!!)
May 22 & 23 Infineon AFM (Finished 8th and 9th!)
May 29 - 31 MMP Utah FIM World Superbike
June 12 & 13 Thunderhill AFM
July 10 & 11 Thunderhill AFM
July 23 - 25 LAGUNA SECA AMA Red Bull Moto GP
July / Aug 31 & 1 Infineon AFM
September 5 Fontana WERA WEST
October 2 & 3 Thunderhill AFM
November 6 & 7 Las Vegas WERA WEST


If we can get some great sponsors on board, we can attend more AMA races around the country!

The Laguna Seca event is a huge Moto GP / AMA race, and will be a great chance for So Cal enthusiasts to come out and meet the team.

Thank you all for reading this, I know it was long but this is an extremely exciting time for us all!!!





This event has an incredibly short deadline. If you are interested in striking up a sponsorship deal with the Gpal / Calguns.net racing team, donating equipment or cash, or have an RV and the desire to have a blast at the largest motorcycle racing event in the USA,

PLEASE get in contact with me immediately.
You can PM me here.

EXISTING VENDORS we can discuss implementing race team advertising with your current CGN package! Please just find a few moments to discuss this with me.

Thank You
Dave Shore
CGN Inc.
Team Gpal / Calguns.net Racing






http://www.millermotorsportspark.com/event/2009sbk/

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