Officially official: R6Live to Sponsor Melissa Paris

**CephasGT** · 05-26-2010, 01:12 AM

See the press release here, penned by yours truly today! The decals have been sent, so we're ready to rock!

Press release follows:

R6Live.com to Sponsor Melissa Paris

Salt Lake City, Utah (May 25, 2010) The members and staff of R6Live.com are proud to announce their sponsorship support of AMA Pro rider Melissa Paris this weekend at Miller Motorsports Park. Paris was invited back to contest the Salt Lake City round of the World Supersport Championship, and R6Live seized on the opportunity to show their support. The community was asked to raise the funds necessary for the sponsorship, and they responded with overwhelming enthusiasm, meeting the donation goal in less than 18 hours!

Paris, who will contest the weekend on a Yamaha YZF-R6 built by RM Racing, was pleased with the unique prospect of working with R6Live.

“I am so excited to be working with R6Live,” said Melissa. “Anytime someone steps up to help your race efforts, it’s an amazing feeling. But when a group of individuals gets together and does something like this, it kind of catches you off guard. It’s so cool and inspiring knowing that you have this kind of support behind you!”

“Our site is a community of avid racers and race fans,” said Pete Hitzeman, co-administrator of R6Live.com. “So when we saw the chance to work with Melissa to help make her effort come together at Miller this year, we jumped on it! She is truly one of the great personalities in the sport, and has been fantastic to work with in the past. We’re extremely proud to have her represent us this year, and wish her every success this weekend!”

About R6Live.com:
R6Live.com is a community-oriented site for Yamaha R6 owners, fans and friends. R6Live is dedicated to providing the best content, discussion, advice and atmosphere for street riders, track day junkies, racers and race fans alike. Be sure to check us out at http://www.r6live.com , or find us on Twitter and Facebook!

**segiterrus** · 05-26-2010, 01:59 AM

, great work everyone and awesome writeup Pete!

**dzuyd** · 05-26-2010, 02:08 AM

awesome write up pete

**BlueBeast** · 05-26-2010, 03:34 AM

Can't wait to see pics with the new decals on the bike

**TRAVR6** · 05-26-2010, 08:19 AM

That's funny.

You quoted yourself in your own article. lol

Awesome job!
Seriously can't wait to see her race and see if I can see the R6Live logo on the bike.

Great job setting this up and working with her.

Another happy day to be a YAMAHA owner

**Vort3xr6** · 05-26-2010, 08:58 AM

For me its not about being a Yamaha owner. Its about being part of a community who stood up for what was right when shit went sour. We all login here because we have a common interest in motorcycles but we keep coming back because of the strong community.

**CephasGT** · 05-26-2010, 10:32 AM

Thanks guys! And yeah, Trav, it was a little strange coming up with my own quote.

If it helps, I did actually say it out loud... to... myself.

And Vort3x, I agree. There's a reason this community keeps going, and achieves things like this, and other sites don't. I'm just glad to be a part of such an amazing group of people!