guess i missed that mention. cool!
as for your two questions.. crescent is denning, denning is also (for now anyway) suzuki GP. so i'm sure crescent has quite a good relationship with the factory. and yosh usa have been pretty much running their own ship for years. around the time corser won in 2005 (+ before and since, i'm sure) suzuki japan was often coming to yosh usa and asking them wth they were doing. cuz it worked.
wonder if hopkins get 1.5 rides next year