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Michael J. BelcherDynojet Research
Michael is the Director of Fuel Injection Development at Dynojet Research and is in charge of overseeing the development of current and future fuel injection products.Before taking on this position, he ran the mobile dynamometer operation for Dynojet at the AMA Superbike races, as well as at select World Superbike and British Superbike events.Michael frequently travels to the company's offices in England, Holland, and Germany, and visits various distributors and manufacturers in Western Europe and Asia.
Earlier in his career, he spent nearly three years as crew chief for the Grave Motorsports Racing Team based in the San Fernando Valley.He built engines, set up chassis, and machined/fabricated parts for the team's race bikes.Graves Motorsports has an in-house CNC machining facility where Michael designed and machined the parts.
He developed his machining skills and an eye for detail at his previous post as chief mechanic of Attack Racing.Attack's owner and engineer, Richard Stanboli, mentored Michael in the art of designing and machining parts by hand using old-school mills and lathes.
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Michael developed engine building and fabrication skills over a three-year stint with the team.