Officially official: R6Live to Sponsor Melissa Paris

Published on 05-26-2010 02:13 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!

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91 Comments

TypeR6 - 06-02-2010, 12:08 AM

What happened?...did she have problems with the bike? crash? just wondering if anyone knows anything about it.
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KazeXIII - 06-02-2010, 06:12 PM

An acquaintance was working one of the corners at Miller and the word is that her bike was not competitive at all. She was down on power and had to make up some time at the corners. It was so heartbreaking watching her fall behind every time she came around...Bummer I did try to represent R6Live best I could before she went out to race...btw, she is so much cuter in person. Wow.
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Vort3xr6 - 06-02-2010, 06:19 PM

She looked VERY nervous.
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renegade - 06-02-2010, 07:48 PM

^thats last year's race
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Vort3xr6 - 06-03-2010, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by renegade

^thats last year's race

lol saw june 3rd post date but skipped over that 2009 part.
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BlueBeast - 06-03-2010, 01:04 AM

wouldn't that be a dead giveaway?.......since you posted it on June 2nd
(insert your favorite facepalm pic here)
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faber - 06-03-2010, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by BlueBeast

wouldn't that be a dead giveaway?.......since you posted it on June 2nd
(insert your favorite facepalm pic here)

future video; comes out before it actually happens.
its all the rage....
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2k5adam - 08-15-2011, 06:37 PM

Side question - are we sponsoring her again this year? If not, maybe we could be a personal sponsor for her if/when she moves to BSB!
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CephasGT - 08-20-2011, 04:55 PM

She didn't do WSS this year. If there's interest, I can get ahold of her and find out if she needs sponsorship for her BSB round. You want to find out for me?
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