1. May. 2013
SUZUKA CIRCUIT. JAPAN1993 Road Racing World Championship (WGP) Champion Kevin Schwantz
Decided to participate in "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 Hours for the firsttime in 21 years!
Dream team formed together with Yukio Kagayama and Noriyuki Haga!
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Schwantz decided to participate in the “2013 FIM WorldChampionship Series Round 2 the 36th “Coca-Cola Zero” Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Racing”
to be held at Suzuka Circuit (Mie Pref. JAPAN) from Thursday, July 25th to Sunday, July 28th.
He will participate in this race from Team KAGAYAMA together with Mr. Yukio Kagayawa, who is therepresentative of Team KAGAYAMA and the former 8 Hours champion, and Mr. Noriyuki Haga,
who had engaged in the championship battle in the Superbike World Championship for a long time andhas the youngest winning record (at that time) at the 8 Hours.

Mr. Kevin Schwantz at 1992 Suzuka 8 Hours

Mr. Kevin Schwantz won thechampionship of WGP in 1993

Fight to get the title of the Suzuka 8 Hours victory
Mr. Schwantz said, "I absolutely want to add the title of Suzuka 8 Hours to my racing career." He haswon the title of WGP in 1993, but his best result of Suzuka 8 Hours that he had participated 6 times inthe past was the second place. In order to engrave the title of "Suzuka 8 Hours victory" in his racing
career, he will contend for the 2013 Suzuka 8 Hours together with the strongest lineup of Mr. Yukio
Kagayama and Mr. Noriyuki Haga.

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-- I absolutely want to win the Suzuka 8 Hours -Mr. Kevin Schwantz made the following comments when he attended the "Suzuka
Circuit 50th Anniversary Thanks Fans’ Day" as a guest to the event held atSuzuka Circuit last year.
"I came to Suzuka Circuit after a long time, but I was surprised that the circuit
itself has evolved tremendously. When I was racing, Suzuka Circuit was evolving
almost every year considering the safety of riders and the fans, so it’s my favoritecircuit. I had also competed in Suzuka 8 Hours for several times and made thepodium finish. However, I have had no victory. This is a very disappointing fact.
With the best machine and two fast and tough riders who are very familiar with
Suzuka Circuit, I sure have the chance to win if I participate in the 8 Hours."
This announcement to participate in the 8 Hours was made to express hischallenge to realize his thoughts in this comment.

Mr. Kevin Schwantz"I still ride a motorcycle on a daily basis because I run a riding school in the United States even now after myretirement from racing, so I have no problems in terms of the senses. I’m already looking forward to the"midsummer celebration" in the severe heat. I have been saying that I have not won Suzuka 8 Hours yet.
I want to win it by all means and leave it onto one page of my racing career."

Kevin Schwantz
Birthdate: June 19, 1964, 48 years oldHometown: Houston, Texas, U.S.A[Major Racing Career]
1985 Third Place at Suzuka 8 Hours (first time to participate)1986 WGP (currently MotoGP) debut (participated in 4 races), Third Place at Suzuka 8 Hours
1988 Fully participated in WGP from Suzuki, Second Place at Suzuka 8 Hours
1993 WGP Champion[Career Statistics]
Suzuka 8 Hours Period of Participation: 1985 - 1989, 1992
Number of Races: 6 races
Podium Finish: 3 timesWGP

1993 Champion
Period of Participation: 1986 - 1995
Number of Races: 105 races
Number of Wins: 25 wins
Number of Pole position: 29 times
Podium Finish: 51 times

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