(News Release)

31 Countries Are Primed and Ready to Challenge Reigning Champion Team USA

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (September 2, 2010) – As the month of September officially begins, the countdown to the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations from Thunder Valley Motocross Park is heating up. In just a few weeks, the best motocross riders from across the globe will converge on Lakewood, Colo., for the biggest, most exciting professional motocross event in the world.

In a recent announcement, Youthstream revealed the lineups for all 32 countries that will compete just outside of Denver on the final weekend of September. The three-rider teams are littered with the biggest names in the sport, including riders from both the U.S.-based Lucas Oil Motocross Championship and the European FIM World Motocross Championship.

Team USA leads the way after capturing its fifth straight win at the prestigious event last season in Italy. Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey returns as Team Captain for the U.S. in the MX1 class, just one year after leading the team to victory. Joining the newly crowned 450 Class Champion of the Lucas Oil Motocross Championship are a pair of his American motocross counterparts that will each be making their respective debut at the Olympics of Motocross.

Honda Red Bull Racing’s Andrew Short is a veteran of the sport and coincidentally enough, a native of the state of Colorado. Thunder Valley serves as the eight-year pro’s home track and there isn’t a better place in the world for Short to make his first appearance as a competitor in the MX3 class. Rounding out the impressive Team USA lineup is GEICO Powersports Honda’s Trey Canard. The third-year rider had experienced a breakout season in 2010 and has risen to become the top 250cc rider in the U.S., making him the obvious choice for the MX2 class.

Here are the remaining lineups for the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations:

Team France Team Brazil Team Iceland Christophe Pourcel – MX1 Marcello Lima – MX1 Gylfi Gudmundsson – MX1 Marvin Musquin – MX2 Cristopher Castro – MX2 Eythor Reynisson – MX2 Xavier Boog – MX3 Antonio Balbi – MX3 Hjalmar Jonsson – MX3       Team Belgium Team Ireland Team Lithuania Steve Ramon – MX1 Stuart Edmonds – MX1 Mindaugus Kazakevicius – MX1 Jeremy Van Horebeek – MX2 Martin Barr – MX2 Nerijus Rukstela – MX2 Clement Desalle – MX3 Gordon Crockard – MX3 Rimantas Pazemeckas – MX3       Team Germany Team Latvia Team Venezuela Max Nagl – MX1 Ivo Steinbergs – MX1 Giovanni Perrotta – MX1 Ken Roczen – MX2 Matiss Karro – MX2 Humberto Martin – MX2 Marcus Schiffer – MX3 Lauris Freibergs – MX3 Raimundo Trasolini – MX3       Team Great Britain Team Finland Team Philippines Shaun Simpson – MX1 Toni Eriksson – MX1 Jolet Jao – MX1 Dean Wilson – MX2 Harri Kullas – MX2 Ralph Alvarez – MX2 Tommy Searle – MX3 Jon Soderberg – MX3 Kenneth San Andres – MX3       Team Italy Team Sweden Team Ukraine Davide Guarneri – MX1 Tom Soderstrom – MX1 Oleksandr Pashchynskyi – MX1 Alessandro Lupino – MX2 Fredrik Noren – MX2 Mykola Pashchynskyi – MX2 Manuel Monni – MX3 Alex Eriksson – MX3 Roman Morozov – MX3       Team Australia Team Russia Team Japan Brett Metcalfe – MX1 Evgeny Bobrishev – MX1 Akira Narita – MX1 Dean Ferris – MX2 Alexander Tonkov – MX2 Takuya Mihara – MX2 Jay Marmont – MX3 Sergey Astaykin – MX3 Yoshitaka Astuta – MX3       Team Estonia Team Austria Team Costa Rica Tanel Leok – MX1 Matthias Walkner – MX1 Johan Mora – MX1 Pritt Ratsep – MX2 Pascal Rauchenecker – MX2 Alejandro Rojas – MX2 Gert Krestinov – MX3 Gunter Schmidinger – MX3 Roberto Castro – MX3       Team Switzerland Team Puerto Rico Team Ecuador Greg Wicht – MX1 Christian Ruiz – MX1 Felipe Espinosa – MX1 Valentin Guillod – MX2 Zach Osborne – MX2 Martin Davalos – MX2 Arnaud Tonus – MX3 Kyle Regal – MX3 Andres Benenaula – MX3       Team New Zealand Team Canada Team Guatemala Josh Coppins – MX1 Jeremy Medaglia – MX1 Rodolfo Fernandez – MX1 Brad Groombridge – MX2 Kaven Benoit – MX2 Esteban Castillo – MX2 Ben Townley – MX3 Kyle Keast – MX3 Tomas Angel Castillo – MX3       Team Spain Team Croatia Team Mexico Jonathan Barragan – MX1 Nenad Sipek – MX1 Martin Garcia – MX1 Jose Antonio Butron – MX2 Marko Tumbri – MX2 Alberto Herdia – MX2 Carlos Campano – MX3 Danijel Bozic – MX3 Giovanni Blanco Victor – MX3       Team Portugal     Rui Goncalves – MX1     Hugo Basaula – MX2     Luis Correia – MX3

Tickets to the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations are available now! VIP Packages start at $150 and General Admission tickets are available for as low as $45, but are going fast. With a new starting area and a never-before-seen section being implemented for this event only, fans can get an up close look at one of the most challenging and technical layouts in Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations history. The picturesque hillside with breathtaking views of the Mile High City serves as the ideal spot to watch the fastest riders on the planet lay it all on the line for national pride and glory.

To take advantage of this rare opportunity to see the fastest riders from around the globe compete head-to-head for national honor, log onto www.tvmx.net today to get a head start on the competition and reserve a spot for the world’s biggest professional motocross competition before its too late.