DEFENDING WERA CHAMPIONS TO RACE GRAVES MOTORSPORTS-PREPPED BIKES AND VIE FOR $40,000 IN WIN BONUSES

VAN NUYS, Calif. (January 25, 2010) --  Graves Motorsports is proud to announce that defending WERA Mediumweight Superbike Endurance champion, Team Zyvax, has signed up to ride Graves-prepared Yamaha R6s and compete for the company's recently unveiled $5000 WERA win bonus program.

Graves is offering $5000 for first place at each of the eight WERA National Endurance events in the Mediumweight Superbike class. To assist racers and teams during the series, Graves will also have parts and technical support staff on hand at each round.

"I am excited to work with Team Zyvax," said Graves Motorsports President Chuck Graves, a championship-winning endurance racer and team owner himself. "It takes hundreds of hours to develop top-level race bikes and years to build a title-winning team. With Graves providing race-prepped Yamaha R6s and Zyvax supplying the team, I believe we're creating a win-win relationship. Teams don't get to be endurance racing champions without careful planning and major attention to the details. I expect that Team Zyvax will be cashing a few checks for their efforts."

Zyvax team owner JB Layman said, "Getting help from Graves Motorsports with the bikes is great. The best part of the program for me is having trackside support at every race. Now, if we need a part or something is not working right, they will be there with whatever we need. I believe that this will be the part we were missing last year to get to the top of the overall podium. I am expecting great things out of the team for this year."