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AMA: Nash: Mr. Consistency in AMA Buell Pro Thunder Championship

6 October 2000

     PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- Consistency was key for New Zealander Jeffrey Nash in

taking the 2000 AMA Buell Pro Thunder Series Championship. Throughout the year,

Nash never finished off the podium, which helped him clinch the title even

before last weekend's series finale at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond,

Calif.

     "We're very happy of course," said Nash. "The season has been a whole lot

of work, and I couldn't have done it without the crew and our sponsors, Advanced

Motorsports, Arai, Ohlins, Dunlop and Structural One."

     Nash's third-place finish at Willow continued a string of consistent

finishes this year that included four seconds and four third-place finishes

aboard the Advanced Motorsports Ducati.

     Nash is already planning for the 2001 season, and he looks forward to an

expanded team and additional sponsor support.

     "Hopefully, winning this championship will bring us a little more

attention," Nash said. "We'll be approaching new sponsors and would like to put

together a Superbike effort and a two-rider team."

     The 37-year old Nash holds several regional and vintage racing titles,

including the 1998 American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) Sound

of Thunder and Sound of Singles Championships. He began racing with AMA Pro

Racing in 1998, entering the Pro Thunder event at Mid-Ohio that year and taking

seventh place. He returned to the AMA Pro Thunder grid in 1999, earning six

top-five results, including third-place finishes at Road America and Mid-Ohio.