First win of the season ! ( Sunday 2nd May 2021 )

After the second position 15 days ago during the first preparation race, the 9MM Energy Drink Bud Racing Kawasaki team conquier the victory.
This time it was the turn of the elder COENEN (by size, remember that Sacha and Lucas are twins) to “score” very big points winning the overall classification in Talavera on this Sunday, May 2, south of Madrid (4th round of the Elite Spain championship).

A track that all the riders of the Team discovered.

After a smooth qualifying round (2nd place for Sacha, 7th for Lucas), our two young riders had legitimate ambitions of victory for the races. In the first moto, after a start in the 19th position, Lucas finished 5th, but not without having shown some demerit. Sacha led the race from the first lap for 20 minutes with great domination until he was a victim of a small technical incident forcing him to abandon. During the second race, Lucas COENEN showed great aggressiveness on the track to conquer with panache his very first victory in the 125cc category. Sacha finished in 7th position under the chequered flag after two crashes in this round, a ranking that does not reflect his enormous potential. Overall victory for Lucas.

Also, 2 representatives of the Team 9MM Energy Drink Kawasaki were present this time in category MX2 (250cc). Honor to the ladies with a deserved qualification for Amandine 274 VERSTAPPEN who after finishing in 27th place will finish in an honorable 25th position during the race 1 in the middle of the boys (3 women in a track on 40 pilots). During the second race, the Belgian will even occupy for a moment the 15th place then will have to let go at the end of the race.
Better for Quentin 319 PRUGNIERES

The young native of Reunion Island is getting stronger and stronger during this second event in Spain. 7th overall, Quentin will fall during the first start but will go back to the 11th place of the first race (after having obtained the best chrono of the warm-up) and will clearly raise the tone to catch this time a top 5 during the second race.
The last word for Quentin 319 PRUGNIERES : ” I was quite happy with my overall performance even if I didn’t succeed. In the beginning, I was in a good rhythm because I got the 4th fastest time. In the first race, I fell at the start and left in the 40th position, but I came back to finish in the 11th position. In the second race, I was in the first 10 this time and with a good start, I can pretend to be with the leaders. WE satisfying overall !”

Next race : Ernée ( French Elite Championship ) the next 6 June.

Final positive test for Brian Moreau and Bud Racing Kawasaki

Team Bud Racing Kawasaki was involved this weekend in its second pre season event of the season, just one-week prior the opening round of the World Championship in Argentina and once more Brian Moreau was one of the fastest MX2 rider on track.

After Mantova two weeks ago, Lacapelle International was the next stop for the team who unfortunately could only line up Brian Moreau as Brian Hsu suffers a lower back injury while practicing earlier last week.

For his second race of the season Brian Moreau showed again tremendous speed all day to lap within half a second of pole during MX2 qualification. Coming from the sixth to the fourth position in the opening MX2 race, Brian was fighting for a podium result but lost his chances and three positions during the second part of the race. He got a great start in race 2 and pressurised the eventual double winner during the early laps, finally losing his rhythm after several attacks on Watson, fourth strongest MX2 rider last season in the World Championship. The teenager set the second fastest time in this race, but his relative inexperience of world racing came into play during the later stages of each race as he tensed up and slowed to finish sixth. But Brian can fly confidently to the opening GP secure in the knowledge that he has the speed to succeed.

Brian Moreau: “It was a decent day and a good training before the first GP, even if I know that I still have some extra work to do. My speed was good and I was fighting with Watson in the second race but physically I’m not ready yet to keep that speed for the entire race; I posted the second fastest lap time, but later in the race I got stomach cramps. Overall I’m happy with the result as this track is not an easy one; in the Super Final it was difficult against the 450 as they shower us with stones.”

Brian Moreau ends the season with a win in Hossegor

For the Monster Energy Bud Racing Kawasaki Team, the ‘Beach Race’ in Hossegor had a special taste as the 4th round of the French Beach Races series was organised just a few kilometres from the Bud shop. And by winning the Junior class for his last race this season, Brian Moreau offered a nice trophy to the team.

Never this season team Bud Racing met so many fans, as a lot of people came to visit the shop on Friday evening to share some nice time with the team staff and riders. Just a few hours after this party, Brian Moreau was behind the starting gate of the Junior race, for a 90 minutes race on the beach of Hossegor. After his crash at the Paris Supercross Brian was forced to rest during two weeks, and was just back training earlier this week. But it was enough to recover, as he took the lead of the race after three laps and just lost the leadership during a few laps when he stopped to refuel (3 times) and later when he crashed (3 times also!). Ten minutes before the end of the race he took for the last time the advantage and crossed the finish line nearly three minutes ahead of his closest rival! Racing for the first time in his career such a long race, Brian ended the season with a strong success and offers to the team his first win in it’s ‘home race’.

Brian Moreau: “When I came back on the bike this week I didn’t really know what to expect, but the feeling and the speed were OK so Stephane (Dassé) tell me that I could race in Hossegor. I know the beach as I walked there in summer time, but I didn’t know how the racing would be with the usual riders of this Beach series; finally it was a good race for me, event if I crashed three times and felt tired when the race was finished. It’s very nice to win here as there were many friends and partners, it’s nice also for the team and for sure it will be easier to go back training after a win!

TEAM KAWASAKI BUD RACING / DASSY EUROPE: Une collaboration qui s’inscrit sur le long terme

Comment est née l’idée de ce partenariat ?

Fabrice DUFRESNE, marketing manager Team KAWASAKI BUD RACING :

Je dois avouer que nous avions des à priori sur les gammes textile de travail… Mais depuis quelques années, les marques du secteur ont fait des efforts considérables aussi bien en terme de design, finition et confort. Nos mécaniciens ont un métier très difficile et ils affrontent des conditions météo parfois extrêmes. Il était indispensable de leur procurer les meilleurs vêtements de travail sur le marché. Une marque et une seule s’est imposée à nos yeux réunissant tous ces critères : DASSY. Nous avons alors fait la connaissance de Valérie VLIEGHE qui a rapidement adhéré à notre proposition !

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Benoît  GRAUBY / Motoriste Team KAWASAKI BUD RACING :

Je rejoins à 100% Fabrice DUFRESNE. Pour nous qui sommes dehors une grande partie de la journée, autant par grand froid qu’en période de canicule, il nous fallait une gamme complète couvrant toutes les saisons. DASSY distribue des textiles pour toutes les températures, été comme hiver. Sincèrement, nous sommes très enchantés de ces produits et nous n’avons pas l’intention d’en changer ! Notre travail manuel sollicitant beaucoup les vêtements, il nous fallait de plus des textiles robustes. Les vêtements DASSY remplissent parfaitement cette mission !

Quelles sont les valeurs communes partagées par le team KAWASAKI BUD RACING et DASSY ?

FD : Le point fondamental est le travail dans un bon état d’esprit. Nous partageons avec DASSY cette valeur d’esprit d’équipe d’autant que nous avons eu l’occasion de rencontrer également Nicolas YERNAUX, le distributeur DASSY pour la France ( PBV ) avec qui nous entretenons de très bonnes relations.. Ensuite, dans chaque défi entrepreneurial, il faut une dose de passion et de dépassement de soi. Nous sommes comme DASSY dans un environnement très compétitif, autre point commun avec DASSY. Il faut de surcroit tous les jours chercher à améliorer nos performances, comme DASSY qui réponds perpétuellement aux attentes de ses clients. Nous représentons un constructeur réputé partout en Europe et aux USA. Nos tenues doivent être irréprochables, avec DASSY nous ne pouvions rêver mieux en terme de présentation, finition et fonctionnalité !

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Quels sont les produits DASSY utilisés par le team KAWASAKI BUD RACING ?

BG : Pour le bas, nous utilisons le pantalon Stark et le bermuda Smith. Nous les menons à rude épreuve et pourtant ils tiennent bons ! Ils sont très résistants et tiennent très, bien lavage après lavage. Pour finir, nous utilisons le bonnet Odin, le polo Leon irréprochable, enfin j’ai gardé le meilleur pour la fin ( ! ), la Softshell Gravity. C’est très simple, je suis mécanicien en compétition depuis 10 ans, je n’ai jamais porté une veste d’aussi bonne qualité. Elle est très chaude, technique et très bien finie. C’est incroyable le nombre de tissus différents qu’il y a sur ce produit qui est pour moi pure Premium !

Comment s’exprime ce partenariat ?

FD : Tous nos partenariats s’inscrivent sur la durée. Avec DASSY, nous entamons notre troisième année de collaboration. Régulièrement, nous invitons des clients revendeurs DASSY Français par l’intermédiaire de PBV. Par ailleurs, le logo DASSY figure en bonne place sur nos principaux supports de communication !  J’espère que nous porterons haut les couleurs de notre partenaire et obtenir pour eux de nouveaux succès à l’échelon Européen ! ( nous sommes vice champion d’Europe 250cc 2016 ). Enfin, je profite de l’occasion qui nous est donnée pour remercier une nouvelle fois vivement Valérie pour la confiance qu’elle nous témoigne depuis 3 ans. Qu’elle en soit ici vivement remerciée !

Interview réalisée par le Team KAWASAKI BUD RACING pour DASSY EUROPE.

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