2008 WMA Women’s Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek has joined the Honda Red Bull Racing factory team. Fiolek will join Honda Red Bull teammates Andrew Short, Ivan Tedesco, Davi Millsaps and Ben Townley, and will defend her WMA title in 2009 on Honda’s CRF250R. Fiolek’s signing with Honda Red Bull Racing marks an historic milestone for the industry as the 18-year-old champion is the first female athlete in history to be signed with Honda’s factory team.Fiolek made her full-season professional racing debut in 2008, winning the AMA/WMA Women’s Motocross Championship in her first attempt and will represent the Honda Red Bull Racing team in the 2009 WMA Championship, X-Games 15 competition and other select events. Born profoundly deaf, Ashley began riding and racing motorcycles at age seven and worked her way up the amateur Motocross ranks; winning more than 100 races in her career so far, including winning six races in the 2008 AMA/WMA Women’s Motocross Championship to win her first professional title.   www.ashleyfiolek.com   www.racerxonline.com www.redbull.com