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Hendersonville, North Carolina: Tony Gallo, a privateer racer doing his first full season in the AMA Supercross series, stepped up his game by qualifying solidly for the night show at Anaheim 2, earning 30^th position, on his Öhlins equipped Honda. Only 40 riders make into the night show of Heat Races, LCQ and Final, and this marks Gallo’s highest position in the field of qualifiers to date.

Gallo was clocked with a best lap time of  1:01.599, less than 1.5 seconds from the time of the 20^th qualifier, showing how close Gallo was to making it to a preferred staring position for his night’s Heat Race, ever moving forward in his huge challenge of getting to the final.

In Gallo’s Heat Race, he continued his consistent run, finishing 14^th on his Honda CRF450R, just five places from making it into his first final; his best heat race finish. Öhlins USA congratulates Gallo on his results, that show how effective Öhlins suspension can be in assisting a kid with chasing a dream.

Stacey Berger, Öhlins Motorcycle Off Road Racing Manager, said, “We can’t be more proud of Tony for these results. Some people don’t realize how hard it is to be one of the top-20 riders in the country in Supercross, especially for a privateer in his first full season. We can’t wait until the next race. We’re buzzing”

For more info about Tony Gallo, visit www.tonygalloracing.com. The next race on Gallo’s schedule is Round 6 of the AMA Supercross series, taking place at the Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on Saturday, February 12.

Öhlins USA distributes and services the world’s leading performance suspension for automobiles, motorcycles, ATVs, and snowmobiles. Öhlins develops its proprietary and innovative suspension components at the highest levels of racing from open-wheel car racing, to Moto GP, to off-road competition on two and four wheels. Öhlins USA also provides training for service centers and dealers. www.Ohlinsusa.com.