World Champ Racer Returns To Ride Yamaha FZR
Multi-time IJSBA World and National champion Dustin Farthing is returning to the Yamaha motorsports family, after an absence of nearly 10 years. This is big news on the PWC racing circuit because Farthing is arguably the biggest name in the game and he has chosen the Yamaha FZR as his ride on the 2012 PWC racing circuit. Further, multi-time world and national champion riders Ryan Hardwick and Tim Neff have joined Farthing's race team on the FZRs for 2012 as well.
 Dustin Farthing (left) is being congratulated by Scott Watkins, Yamaha Watercraft Racing Director, for joining the forces with Yamaha on the PWC race circuit. |
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Dustin Farthing Announces Decision to Ride for
Yamaha on 2012 Personal Watercraft Race Circuit
KENNESAW, GA — JANUARY 13, 2012 — Yamaha WaterCraft Group, a division of
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., today announced that multi-time IJSBA World and
National champion Dustin Farthing is returning to the Yamaha motorsports family to
campaign the 2012 personal watercraft racing season aboard Yamaha WaveRunners®.
Farthing is one of the most recognized names in PWC racing and is the current UWP-
IJSBA National Pro Open Runabout champion. He began his professional career racing
for Yamaha WaterCraft and is returning to the fold after a nine year absence. Farthing
will race the Yamaha FX SHO® and Yamaha FZR® at offshore and closed course
events respectively, including the UWP-IJSBA National Tour and the IJSBA World
Finals.
“I’ve been impressed with what Yamaha’s accomplished on the race course over the last
few years,” said Farthing. “Their 1.8L engine is bulletproof and has led to the FZR really
dominating some key pro race classes. I look forward to having my team work with this
engine and hull which have so much potential in the Open class and beyond. It feels
great to be back with the same group I launched my racing career with so many years
ago.”
Farthing has competed in top racing circuits all over the world and has won ten national
and six world titles over the past two decades.
“Dustin is one of the preeminent racers in the history of personal watercraft racing and
we are thrilled to have him back at Yamaha,” said Scott Watkins, Yamaha’s product
manager, former freestyle world champion and IJSBA Hall of Fame inductee. “We look
forward to working with him and the entire Farthing Racing team to win in 2012.”