GP 45 TO DEBUT AT PEMBREY
23/02/10
This coming weekend at the NG Road Racing test weekend at Pembrey in Wales will see the debut of the GP45 Super Single in the UK.
The GP 45 is based on a 450cc single cylinder motocrosser then after buying the race kit it will transform the motocrosser into a GP inspired racer. The kits are available for Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha machines and already have established championships in Spain, Italy and the USA. The machine was recently on display at the Bristol classic bike show with a lot of interest shown in the machine. Steve Pond will compete at NG Road racing championship rounds which take in many of the UKs top circuits such as Brands Hatch, Cadwell park, Snetterton, Silverstone oulton Park, and Thruxton along with Pembrey and Anglesey.
for race dates contact www.ngroadracing.org
details on GP45 Kits www.gp45.co.uk
HAGA HEADS CHAMPIONSHIP
07/10/09
Last weekend saw the penultimate round of the World Superbike Championship held at Magny-Cours. In front of a record crowd of 81,000 Ben Spies (Yamaha) and Noriyuki Haga (Xerox Ducati) entertained the spectators to a epic wheel to wheel dice. Spies won the first race with Haga in second place making it Spies 13th win of the season. Haga went one better and won the second race ahead of Max Biaggi, Spies had to settle for fourth place. Haga's win gave Ducati their 16th manufacturers crown. Haga now has a ten point lead in the championship standing with Spies in second place with one round remaining. Ben Spies also has a wild card ride at the Moto G P round at Valencia at the end of this season for the tech 3 team alongside Colin Edwards and James Toseland.
SECOND SUPERBIKE START FOR COOPER
22/09/09
Co-ordit backed Richard Cooper is having his second British Superbike ride this coming weekend at Silverstone. He will be competing in the Daily Mirror.co.uk Cup Championship on a R1 Yamaha and is in confident mood and looking foward to it. Earlier in the season he notched up a podium in the cup class in very wet conditions at Mallory Park and even led the main race in the early stages. Richard is currently in fourth place in the Metzeler National Superstock Championship and has recently raced for BMW at a World Superbike round replacing injured Ruben Xaus.
HIGGINS BEATS HAILWOODS RECORD
23/08/09
48 Years after Mike Hailwood set his record of 22 wins at Castle Combe Circuit Melksham's Darrell Higgins took the record from Hailwood by notching up his 24th win at the Wiltshire Circuit. During the Fowlers Pro-Bike meeting last Saturday Higgins notched up three wins from three starts riding his Dennis Trollope backed TZ 250cc Yamaha. Afterwards a delighted Darrell said that over the years he has raced against and beaten the likes of John Reynolds, Trevor Nation, Ron Haslam, and Carl Fogarty now to beat Hailwoods record was amazing. Hailwood had his first win at Castle Combe in April 1958 aged 18 years old and set the record with his 22nd win at Castle Combe in July 1961. Later that season he won the 250cc World championship on a works Honda
GSE 100th VICTORY
09/08/09
Last weekend at the eighth round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch Leon Camier won all three Superbike races. By winning the third Superbike race on his Airwaves GSE racing R1 yamaha he not only gave the GSE Racing team their 100th Superbike win. Camier also beat Niall McKenzie's 1997 record for most BSB wins in one season by notching up 14 race wins so far this season and currently leads the British Superbike Championship. World Superbike competior Broc Parkes had to settle for three second places on his Kawasaki despite setting the fastest lap in race one. Camier was fastest in the following two races with his best lap in race two being the fastset of all three races in a time of 1 minute 26.52 seconds and a speed of 95.73 mph.
Championship Standings After Brands Hatch
1st Leon Camier 374.5 points
2nd James Ellison 261 points
3rd Stuart Easton 218 points
4th Karl Harris 111.5 points
5th Glen Richards 103 points
Daily Mirror.co.uk.Cup
1st Gary Mason 350.5 points
2nd Peter Hickman 257 points
3rd Martin Jessopp 220 points
4th Tom Tunstall 204.5 points
5th Tommy Bridewell 108 points
CAMIER GETS CLOSER TO TITLE
26/07/09
Airwaves Yamahas James Ellison and Leon Camier took a win each at the seventh round of the British superbike Championship at Mallory Park on the 19/07/09. The first Superbike race was red flaged when Josh Brookes took out the leading group of riders at the hairpin with eight laps to go. These included Simon Andrews, Chris Walker and Tommy Hill, who were all dicing for the lead at the time of the crash Ellison was awarded the race win. The second race was held in very heavy rain which saw Co-ordit backed Richard Cooper set the early pace by leading the race in the early stages. Camier had taken the lead when the race was red flaged due to weather conditions and half points awarded.British Superbike Championship Standings
1st Leon Camier 299.5 points
2nd James Ellison 224 points
3rd Stuart Easton 173 points
4th Glen Richards 103 points
5th Josh Brookes 99 points
Mirror.co.uk cup
1st Gary Mason 275.5 points
2nd Peter Hickman 231 points
3rd Martin Jessopp 161 points
4th Tom Tunstall 156.5 ponits
5th Tom Bridewell 108 points
CRUTCHLOW WINS IN FRONT OF HOME CROWD
13/07/09
The weekend of the 26th-28th of June saw the British round of the World Superbike Championship held at Donington Park. Former British superbike competitor and current World Supersport 600cc championship leader Cal Crutchlow was in fine form on his R6 yamaha. Crutchlow took the lead on lap four and was unchallenged throughout the 22 lap race making it his fourth win of the season. Irelands Eugene Laverty put in a great performance in this event as he slid off his machine on lap three and remounted and rejoined the race in 26th place. By the halfway stage of the race Laverty was upto 11th place but he continued to charge up through the field and by the end of the race was upto fifth place and second in the championship standings.
(photo Cal Crutchlow)
World Supersport Championship standings
1st Cal Crutchlow 185 points
2nd Eugene Laverty 157 points
3rd Kenan Sofuoglu 121 points
4th Joan Lascorz 106 points
5th Andew Pitt 79 points
CAMIER DOUBLE AT OULTON
05/05/09
Last Bank Holiday Monday saw the second round of the British Superbike Championship held at Oulton Park. Leon Camier took his Airwaves backed Yamaha to two race wins, a pair of fastest laps the second race lap being the fastest in a time of 1 minute 36.21 seconds and a speed of 100.72 mph. Karl Harris on his Hydrex Honda and Sylvain Guintoli on his Worx Crescent Suzuki followed Camier home in second and third in both races. Gary Mason notched up a pair of wins in The Mirror.co.uk Cup this made it four wins from four starts so far this season on his Quay garage backed Honda. Martin Jessopp Riders Racing Honda and Peter Hickman Ultimate Racing Yamaha followed Mason home in second and third in both races.
BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st Leon Camier 88 points
2nd Sylvain Guintoli 77 points
3rd Glen Richards 52 points
4th Karl Harris 50 points
5th James Ellison 44 points
The Mirror.co.uk.cup
1st Gary Mason 100 points
2nd Martin Jessopp 80 points
3rd Peter Hickman 64 points
4th Kenny Gilbertson 34 points
5th Tom Tunstall 26 points
The Metzeler 1000cc Superstock race saw Alastair Seeley repeat his Brands Hatch win by taking his Relentless Suzuki to first place at Oulton park and maintaining his championship lead. Padgetts Motorcycles backed Steve Brogan and John McGuinness finished in second and third places. Richard Cooper crashed out on lap three at the hairpin but remounted and rejoined the race in last place. Despite smashing his screen and no left foot peg charged through to 20th place on his Co-orit Racing backed R1 Yamaha. (photo Leon Camier)
GUINTOLI HEADS CHAMPIONSHIP
16/04/09
Last weekend saw the first round of the British Superbike Championship held at Brands Hatch. Former Moto GP competitor Sylvan Guintoli started from pole and won the first race with Glen Richards and Stuart Easton in second and third places. The second race was won by Leon Camier with Sylvan Guintoli in second and Steve Plater in third place after crashing out of the first race. This was Steve Plater's second podium of the day as he finished in second place in the 600cc Supersport race which was won by Billy McConnell with Dan Linfoot in third. Steve Plater set a new lap record in this race in a time of 47.04 seconds and a speed of 91.71 mph. Another lap record went in the Metzeler National Superstock race and set by second placed rider Richard Cooper on his Co-ordit racing backed R1 Yamaha in a time of 47.64 seconds and a speed of 90.56 mph. The race was won by Alastair Seeley and Steve Brogan in third.
British Superbike Championship Standings
1st, Sylvan Guintoli 45 points
2nd,Leon Camier 38 points
3rd, Glen Richards 31 points
4th, Stuart Easton 29 points
5th, James Ellison 20 points
WILLSHIRE'S BRANDS DOUBLE WIN
23/03/09
Last weekend the first round of the 250cc GP ACU National Championship and the N G Cup Championship was held at Brands Hatch. Novice jacket rider and former triple Mini moto champion Ross Willshire on his Refind Recruitment/DTR Racing 250cc Yamaha gave the UKs leading 250cc riders a hard time. After starting from ninth place in his first 250cc race he finished in sixth place overall after a race long dice with Alex Kenchington who in the past has been a wild card competitor in the 250cc British GP and Andrew sawford.In his second race he went even better and finished in fourth place and is now currently in fourth place in the 250cc National Championship. These results saw him notching up two first places in the N G Cup races giving him the championship lead. His team manager former Champion Darrell Higgins was pleased with the results for their newly formed team.
WILTS PAIRING STEEPING UP A GEAR FOR 2009
18/02/09
Wilts pairing of Tommy Bridwell and Victor Cox are looking like 2009 could be their season. 20 year old Tommy will be competing in the FIM European Superstock Championship on the Lorenzini by Leoni Yamaha R1. After an early test session in Spain Tommy was on lap record pace for the Superstock class. During this season Tommy will be riding under the number of 46 the same number as used by his late brother Ollie. 22 year old Victor Cox is going to be competing in the British Superbike Cup Championship for STP/JHS racing on M V Agusta machines with Chris Burns as his team mate. Victor is looking foward to the challenge of the coming season and has been training hard for the demanding season ahead.
SYKES WINS RACE OF THE YEAR
24/10/08
In his last race meeting before going to compete in the World Superbike championship. British Superbike competitor Tom Sykes took his Rizla backed Suzuki to victory in the Race of The Year at Mallory Park last Sunday. His victory was not an easy one as he was pushed all the way by hard charging Karl Harris who rode the Co-ordit Racing backed R1 Yamaha to second place. Glen Richards was in third place.
BYRNE'S DOUBLE WIN AT BRANDS
16/10/08
Despite winning the British Superbike Championship at the previous round at Silverstone Airwaves Ducati rider Shane Byrne took two wins from two starts. Cal Cruchlow came second in the first race with James Ellison in third. Cruchlow's team mate Leon Haslam finished in second place in the second race with Byrne's team mate Leon camier in third place. After notching up a poduim finish a couple of rounds ago at Croft in the Yamaha R1 Cup race Victor Cox made his Superbike debut. Riding the JHS Racing backed Honda Fireblade he finished in fifth place in the Daily Star Cup Class in his first race. Despite working around front brake problems he had to retire from his second race when the bike started to overheat but was still delighted to have had the chance to compete in the Superbike Class. John Lavety won the Daily Star Cup Championship. Glen Richards and Craig Fitzpatrick took race wins in the Supersport 600 and Supersport Cup races and also won their class championships. Jon Kirkham notched up 9 wins from 12 starts in the Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup Championship. While Steve Brogan took his Honda Fireblade to 8 race wins from 12 starts to win the National Superstock Championship.
CO-ORDIT DOUBLE TOP FIVE
28/09/08
This weekend saw the penultimate round of the British Superbike Championship held at Silverstone. Shane Byrne took his airwaves backed Ducati to third and second places in the two Superbike races and won the 2008 British Superbike Championship. Despite having to pull out of the main British Superbike Championshp due to funding Co-ordit racing's manager Pete Bradshaw was keen to support some up and coming riders in some of the support races. At Silverstone he had the BMW Endurance racer Richard Cooper competing in the Superstock and Yamaha R1 cup races. In the Superstock 1000cc race Cooper was in sixth place on the Co-ordit backed R1 Yamaha with Victor Cox in seventh in the early stages.On lap five Cooper was upto fifth with Cox now in sixth and by lap nine Peter Hickman joined the pair in the dice for fourth,fifth, and sixth. On lap 13 of 15 Hickman made his move for fourth with Cooper in fifth and Cox in sixth and these positions remained unchanged untill the chequred flag. Winner of the Yamaha R1 Cup race at Snetterton Richard Cooper was in third place at the Silverstone round for the first seven laps. Sam Warren took third place on lap eight which he held onto untill the flag with Cooper finishing in fourth.
CROFT PODIUM FOR COX
18/09/08
National Superstock competitor Victor Cox was given the chance of a one off ride in the Henderson Insurance Yamaha R1 cup race for Peter Bradshaw's Co-ordit racing team. Victor was keen to do well and was fourth and sixth fastest in the two practice sessions and started the race from sixth. He charged off the line and was up into third place going into the first corner behind Jon Kirkham and Ben Wilson. Part way through lap two Alastair Seeley took third with Victor in fourth these two had a race long dice for the final podium place. Seeley was faster on the faster sweeping parts of the circuit but Cox was quicker through the tighter and twistier parts of the circuit. Then at the final hairpin on the final lap Cox dived up the inside of Seeley and beat Seeley on the Sprint for the line. A delighted Cox after the race said that he wished to say a big thank you to Peter Bradshaw along with his own team who had two race machines to sort out over the weekend.
BYRNE GETS CLOSER TO TITLE
18/09/08
Last weekend saw the tenth round of the British Superbike championship held at Croft in North Yorkshire. Current championship laeder Shane Byrne had a crash during friday's second practice session in which he lost two teeth and damaged tissue in his left shoulder. Byrne's team mate Leon Camier won the first Superbike race from Leon Haslam and Tom Sykes in seond and third places. Leon Haslam won the second race from Tom Sykes with Haslam's team mate and pole position rider Cal Cruchlow in third. Shane Byrne finished in fifth and fourth places and only needs seven points from the next two rounds to take the Championship.
BRITISH WILD CARDS SHINE AT DONINGTON
11/09/08
Last weekend saw the European round of the World Superbike Championship held at Donington Park. Troy Bayliss stated from pole on his Xerox backed Ducati and led in the early stages of the first Superbike race. A hard charging wild card rider Tom Sykes on his British Superbike Rizla Suzuki took the lead from Bayliss and started to build a gap between himself and Bayliss. Then due to a spate crashes the race was red flagged and Bayliss dominated the restart. Bayliss won the second part of the race and took the overall victory with Sykes in second and Ruben Xaus in third. Former British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari made up for his crash in the first race by winning the second race. British Superbike competitor Cal Cruchlow another wild card entrant was using every inch of the circuit in the wet conditions on his H M Plant backed Honda to try to close the gap on Kiyonari and was well ahead of third placed Troy Corser. These three remained in these positions untill the chequred flag. James Ellison another wild card rider notched up fourth place on his Hydrex Bike Animal Honda. Bayliss crashed out but still leads the championship from Corser by 101 points with three rounds of the Championship to go.Italian Superbike competitor Tom Bridewell finished in 11th place in the Suzuki GSXR 750cc European Cup race.
ROSSI WINS AT MISANO
01/09/08
Valentino Rossi notched up his third win on the trot at the Misano round of the Moto GP Championship and now leads the championship by 75 points. His victory equalled Giacomo Agostini's record of 68 wins in the premier championship class. Lorenzo was second and Elias was third Casey Stoner crashed out for the second time in a row. Former World Superbike Champion James Toseland finished in sixth place. Fellow British competitor Bradley Smith finished in second place in the 125cc race while Scott Reading slid off on lap two both started from the front row of the grid.
HASLAM CADWELL DOUBLE WIN
01/09/08
Leon Haslam took his H M Plant Honda to a race win double at the latest round of the British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park. Tom Sykes and Shane Byrne finished in second and third places in both events. Shane Byrne leads the Championship from Tom Sykes with Leon Haslam in third. One youngster making a name for himself this season is Bristol based Martin Glossop who finished in second place in the 125cc race. This was his fifth podium finish of the season and he is currently fourth in the 125cc Championship. Tom Bridewell made his British Championship return with a one off ride for the Centurion team in the Supersport 600 Championship race and finished in ninth place.
ROAD RACE UP DATE
15/07/08
Since our last news feature a lot has happend in racing CAMERON DONALD won his first Isle of Man T T race by winning the Superbike TT and followed this with a Superstock win. TIM REEVES and PATRICK FARRANCE took third place in the first sidecar TT in their first visit to the T T. In his second visit to the TT STEVE PLATER took his first win in the first Supersport 600 race after BRUCE ANSTEY was excluded. BRUCE ANSTEY won the second Supersport 600 race on his Relentless Suzuki. JOHN McGUINNESS had mixed fortunes ater retiring from earlier races he won the Senior T T and now has matched MIKE HAILWOOD'S total of 14 TT race wins. In Moto G P CASEY STONER has had wins at Donington Assen and Germany. The 125cc class at Donington saw teenager SCOTT READING notch up his first GP victory at the age of 15 years old and in only his eigth GP race. VALENTINO ROSSI took 11 races to notch up his first GP win.
BYRNE LEADS TITLE RACE
06/05/08
Last weekend Shane Byrne took his Airwaves Ducati to a pair of race wins at the Oulton Park round of the British Superbike Championship. This was despite running wide at the chicane and dropping to 11th place in his second race. Leon Haslam finished in second place in the first Superbike race with James Ellison taking second place in the second Superbike race. Byrne's team mate Leon Camier notched up two third places. Chris Burns notched up second and third places in the Daily Star Cup part of these two races on his STP Motorsport backed M V Agusta and is currently second in the standings behind John Laverty. Despite retiring with a blown engine at the Thruxton round Ben Wilson finished in third place in the Henderson Yamaha R1 Cup Championship race. He also notched up a fifth place in the Metzeler National Superstock 1000cc Championship race on his 1000cc R1 Yamaha.
ROSSI WINS IN CHINA
05/05/08
Valentino Rossi claimed his first win in seven races when he won last weekends Moto GP championship round in China. Rossi also set a new lap record which stood since 2006 and was held by Dani Pedrosa who finished in second place. Rossi was also clocked at 212mph on the fastest part of the circuit but third placed Casey Stoner was clocked at 215mph at the same place. Jorge Lorenzo who is Rossi's team mate had a massive highside during Friday's practice and raced to fourth place despite racing with a fractured ankle. Colin Edwards started from pole but only managed seventh in the race with team mate James Toseland in 12th. Dani Pedrosa leads the championship standings with Lorenzo in second and Rossi in third.
CRUCHLOW'S FIRST BSB VICTORY
23/04/08
Last weekend saw the first British Superbike race action at Thruxton after the first round of the championship at Brands Hatch was cancelled due to snow. Shane Byrne was fastest after practice and started from pole position on his Airwaves Ducati. Byrne won the first superbike race with Cal Cruchlow on his H M Plant Honda in second and Michael Rutter in third place. Cruchlow went one better in the second superbike race making it his first British superbike championship win. Shane Byrne was second with Michael Rutter again in third place. Chris Burns rode very well and finished in second place in The Daily Star Cup championship part of the race in the first race. During his second race he retired with clucth problems on his STP backed MV Agusta. Former STP team member Victor Cox who this season is running his own team VC Motorsport took his Yamaha R1 to tenth place in the 1000cc superstock race.
LORENZO WINS PORTUGUESE MOTO GP
14/04/08
Jorge Lorenzo notched up his first moto GP victory at the Portuguese round of the championship at Estoril. In the early stages he was in second place behind team mate Valentino Rossi but once he made his move and passed Rossi he started to pull out a gap. Winner from the last round Dani Pedrosa also passed Rossi to claim second place but was unable to catch Lorenzo. Lorenzo and fellow Spanish rider Pedrosa are now joint leaders in the championship standings. Valentino Rossi finished in third place and this gave him his ninth podium finish in moto GP at the Estoril circuit. The Tech 3 race team of Colin Edwards and James Toseland had their new engines for this event and put in a strong performance. Edwards finished in fourth while Toseland finished in seventh at his first visit to the circuit. Toseland also had his contract with Tech 3 extended for a second season which he was very happy with. Defending Champion Casey Stoner worked his way up to sixth place.
PEDROSA POWERS TO SPAINISH VICTORY
01/04/08
Last weekend saw the second round of the moto GP championships held at Jerez in Spain. Dani Pedrosa dominated the race which he led from the early stages to the finish on his factory Honda. Defending Champion Casey Stoner made a couple of errors and took to the gravel trap and finished in 11th. Multiple Champion Valentino Rossi finished in second place with his team mate Jorge Lorenzo in third on their factory Yamahas. Double World Superbike champion James Toseland put in another strong finish and was in fifth place going into the last corner on the last lap but was demoted to sixth place in the dash for the line. Toseland's team mate former World Superbike Champion Colin Edwards slid off his machine but escaped unhurt.
DOBSON DONINGTON DRAMA
27/03/08
The first round of the MRO championships were held last weekend at Donington Park. Wiltshire based Richard Dobson had mixed fortunes in the 1000cc superstock race. After free practice he was third fastest and in the two qualifying sessions on Saturday was 12th and 5th fastest despite a sleet storm. He started from sixth on the grid and made a great start and led in to the first corner in very wet and slippery conditions. He was soon demoted to third place but still in contention but the first two crashed out taking Dobson with them. Richard said afterwards that despite the crash he was still pleased with the weekend.He is shortly off to Spain to do some testing before the next round at Snetterton on the 12th of April.
BRIDEWELL HEADS FOR EUROPE
27/03/08
Tommy Bridewell is to compete in two major Europen Championships in 2008. The 18 year old Wiltshire based rider is to use a pair of Suzuki GSXR 1000cc K7s for the Italian Superbike championship. The second championship is the Suzuki GSXR 750cc European cup where back in 2006 Tommy finished on the podium at Silverstone in this championship.Tommy's first outing this season is in the Suzuki GSXR cup round at Valencia on the 6th of April.
TOSELAND SIXTH AT QATAR NIGHT RACE
10/03/08
James Toseland notched up sixth place in his first Moto GP race at Qatar last weekend. This was the first ever G P race to be held under floodlight conditions the race was won by Defending Champion Casey Stoner on his factory Ducati. Double World Superbike champion Toseland started from second on the grid and stayed up with the front runners through out the race. At the finish Toseland was just behind five times World Champion Valentino Rossi and a head of his Yamaha Tech 3 team mate Colin Edwards.
BAYLISS HOME DOUBLE
03/03/08
Last weekend the second round of the World Superbike Championship was held at Phillip Island in Australia. Former World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss won both races on his Ducati Xerox backed machine. He dominated race one and led from start to finish with fellow Australian Troy Corser in second place. Yamaha mounted Corser led during the early stages of race two but crashed out leaving Bayliss to take victory. Max Biaggi crashed out of both races with the second crash leaving him with a broken wrist. Bayliss has notched up three wins out of four races and currently leads the Championship. The supersport 600cc race saw five riders dicing for first all the way to the last lap. Former Champion Andrew Pitt won on his Hanspree Ten Kate backed Honda. Joshua Brookes was second with Robbin Harms third. Former British Superbike competitor Jonathan Rea finished in fifth place and Gary McCoy in sixth. winner of the last round, Broc Parkes crashed out.
DOBSON TESTS AT VALENCIA
27/02/08
Wiltshire based superstock competitor Richard Dobson has returned from a recent test session in Valencia in Spain. In only his third full season of racing Richard will be competing in the 2008 MRO Superstock 1000cc Championship on a R1 1000cc Yamaha. The session at Valencia gave Richard a chance to mainly do suspension and tyre testing. After the session Richard said that he was looking foward to this season and the bike went well. In his first full season back in 2006 Richard won the N G Road Racing Novice 1000cc Championship riding a 600cc Suzuki and last season he competed in the National Superstock cup. Richard's best ride in this series was holding 12th place at Croft before retiring. He also finished in seventh place in the Castle Combe Grand National superbike race.
CORSER 41st POLE WORLD SUPERBIKES
27/02/08
Last weekend the opening round of the 2008 World superbike championship was held at the Losail circuit in Qatar. Yamaha motor Italia wsb team rider Troy Corser started from pole in the main World superbike races making it his 41st pole of his World superbike career. Troy Bayliss notched up first and fourth in his two races on his Ducati Xerox backed machine and now has a slight lead in the championship standings. Max Biaggi took his Sterilgarda Go Eleven backed Ducati to second and fourth and is in second place in the standings. Troy Corser was third in the first race while Nieto and Xaus took first and second in the second race. The supersport 600 race saw two British riders finish in the top ten. Craig Jones who started from the front row of the grid took his Portuguese backed team Parkalgar Honda to third place. Britain's Chris Walker took his Kawasaki to ninth but the race was won by Broc Parkes on a Yamaha.
HIGGINS GEARS UP FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
04/02/08
Wiltshire based Darrell Higgins is to compete in this seasons National 250cc Championship. Now fully recovered from his 150 mph crash at Castle Combe last season which saw him brake his right lower leg and ankle in five places. Darrell had an eight hour operation along with two metal plates and around 20 screws to repair the broken bits of bone. After many years of racing Darrell
recently said that it was about his 69th broken bone but he has also notched up around 127 race wins.
OLLIE'S TRIBUTE MINI
19/10/07
During the final British Superbike Championship round at Brands Hatch Tommy Bridewell and Sister Charlotte did a parade lap in a special Mini dedicated to their late brother Ollie. Ollie was killed during practice at Mallory Park back in July but had the idea of putting a tuned R1 engine into the boot of a Mini. This project has since been completed by Tommy and some of Ollie's friends and was well worth all the hard work. The response the spectators gave to Tommy and Charlotte on their lap showed how well Ollie was liked.
KIO DEFENDS CHAMPIONSHIP
19/10/07
Last weekend saw the final round of the British Superbike Championship held at Brands Hatch. Gregorio Lavilla took his Airwaves Ducati to two race wins from H M Plant Honda mounted Jonathan Rea who notched up two seconds. Rea's team mate defending champion Ryuichi Kiyonari finished in third place in race one and won the championship, then finished fourth in race two. Tommy Bridewell took his N B backed Suzuki to fifthteenth in race one and finished just outside the top twenty in his second race.CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1st Ryuichi Kiyonari 433 points 2nd Jonathan Rea 407 points 3rd Leon Haslam 387 points 4th Gregorio Lavilla 368 points 5th Shane Byrne 293 points.
TOSELAND WINS SECOND WORLD SUPERBIKE CROWN
10/10/07
Last weekend James Toseland finished in seventh and sixth place at the last round of the World Superbike championship at Magny Cours. This gave him the title by just two points from double race winner Noriyuki Haga. This was Toselands last World Superbike race for the Hannspree Honda team rider as next season he moves to the Moto GP championship. This was also the closest points finish in the history of the World Superbike championship the previous was when Carl Fogarty beat Aaron Slight by four points back in 1998.CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 1st J Toseland 415 points 2nd N Haga 413 points 3rd M Biaggi397 points 4th T Bayliss 372 points 5th T Corser 296 points.
NICKLESS WINS 125cc CHAMPIONSHIP
04/10/07
Wiltshire teenager Freedie Nickless from Chippenham won the DTR backed 125cc championship at the final round of the N G Road Racing club championship round at Thruxton.Despite retiring from his qualifying race with a cracked cylinder head the team worked hard and Freddie was on the grid for the final. Despite starting from the back of the grid Freddie finished in ninth place and won the championship by one point from Andrew Cotton. Freddie is the son of former N G Road Race champion Mike Nickless who won the 600cc open in 1992 this is only the third father and son pairing to notch up championship wins in the clubs 37 year history.
BIAGGI AND BAYLISS SHARE VICTORY
04/10/07
Last weekend at the penultimate round of the World Superbike championship at Vallelunga in Italy Max Biaggi and Troy Bayliss notched up a win each. Britain's James Toseland finished third in the first race and 11th in the second race despite crashing on lap nine. Toseland now has a 29 point lead over Max Biaggi in seond place with the final round this weekend at Magny Cours.
BRIDEWELL MAKES WECOME RETURN
28/09/07
Last weekend Tommy Bridewell made a welcome return to the British Superbike Championship. It was his first British superbike meeting since the tragic death of his older brother Ollie at Mallory Park back in July. Despite a 130mph crash during practice Tommy finished in 18th and 19th places in his two races to the delight of the many spectators. At the next round at Brands Hatch Tommy will do a few laps in a mini with a R1 engine in it.This was a project that he started with Ollie but has been finished by Tommy and some of Ollie's friends.
REA DOUBLE AT KNOCKHILL
08/07/07
Last weekend at the seventh round of the British Superbike championship round at Knockhill Jonathan Rea notched up a double win after starting from pole position. Rea's team mate Ryulchi Kiyonari finished in second and third places but still leads the championship with Rea now in second place in the championship. Leon Haslam took his Airwaves Ducati to third and second places in his two races. Ollie Bridewell notched up eighth and tenth places in his two races after starting from 17th on the grid on his N B racing Suzuki.
RACE ONE
1st J Rea 21 minutes 28.01 seconds
2nd R Kiyonari 21 minutes 34.86 seconds
3rd L Haslam 21 minutes 36.86 seconds
4th S Byrne 21 minutes 41.79 seconds
5th C Walker 21 minutes 48.33 seconds
RACE TWO
1st J Rea 22 minutes 56.71 seconds
2nd L Haslam 23 minutes 02.56 seconds
3rd R Kiyonari 23 minutes 06.16 seconds
4th T Sykes 23 minutes 06.21 seconds
5th S Byrne 23 minutes 11.01 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st R Kiyonari 248 points
2nd J REA 237 points
3rd G Lavilla 220 points
4th L Haslam 205 points
5th S Byrne 151 points
HASLAM AND REA SHARE VICTORY AT MONDELLO
21/06/07
Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea notched up one win each at the sixth round of the British superbike championship round at Mondello Park in Ireland. Former British superbike champion Shane Bryne finished second in both races despite leading most of the second race. Gregorio Lavilla started from 12th on the grid but still managed to get two third places riding his Airwaves racing Ducati. Ryulchi Kiyonari finished in fifth places in both races but now leads the championship by just one point ahead of Gregorio Lavilla.
RACE ONE
1st L Haslam 30 minutes 02.14 seconds
2nd S Byrne 30 minutes 02.30 seconds
3rd G Lavilla 30 minutes 05.63 seconds
4th J Rea 30 minutes 11.93 seconds
5th R Kiyonari 30 minutes 16.93 seconds
RACE TWO
1st J Rea 30 minutes 14.16 seconds
2nd S Byrne 30 minutes 16.50 seconds
3rd G Lavilla 30 minutes 16.62 seconds
4th L Haslam 30 minutes 17.39 seconds
5th R Kiyonari 30 minutes 22.28 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st R Kiyonari 212 points
2nd G Lavilla 211 points
3rd J Rea 187 points
4th L Haslam 169 points
5th L Camier 136 points
BAYLISS CLOSES IN ON TOSELAND
21/06/07
Former World superbike champion Troy Bayliss won both world superbike races at the latest round of the World superbike championship at San marino. Bayliss has now closed the gap on championship leader James Toseland to just 21 points. Toseland finished in fourth and sixth places in his two races. Bayliss was followed home by fellow Australian Troy Corser in second and Yukio Kagayama in third in the first race. Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi notched up second and third in the second race after both crashing out of the first race.
RACE ONE
1st T Bayliss 38 minutes 52.85 seconds
2nd T Corser 38 minutes 55.23 seconds
3rd Y Kagayama 39 minutes 01.82 seconds
4th J Toseland 39 minutes 03.96 seconds
5th R Rolfo 39 minutes 11.56 seconds
RACE TWO
1st T Bayliss 38 minutes 43.50 seconds
2nd N Haga 38 minutes 46.04 seconds
3rd M Biaggi 38 minutes 49.89 seconds
4th Y Kagayama 38 minutes 52.41 seconds
5th T Corser 38 minutes 52.63 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 260 points
2nd T Bayliss 239 points
3rd N Haga 234 points
4th M Biaggi 217 points
5th T Corser 182 points
HONDA FIVE T T WINS
15/06/07
H M Plant Honda took five race wins from six starts at the centenary T T races on the Isle of Man. John McGuinness won both the superbike T T and the senior T T. During the senior T T McGuinness set a new outright lap record in a time of 17 minutes 21.99 seconds and a speed of 130.35 mph. Dave Molyneux and Rick Long won both sidecar races. Ian Huchinson took his H M Plant 600cc Honda to victory in the supersport T T. 37 year old New Zealander Bruce Anstey took his Relentless Tas backed Suzuki to victory in the superstock T T race. The senior T T was marred by the death of newcomer Marc Ramsbotham along with two spectators when he crashed on the last lap at the 26th milestone.
BAYLISS WINS RAIN SOAKED SILVERSTONE
30/05/07
Former World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss splashed his way to victory in last Sunday's World Superbike championship round at Silverstone. Noriyuki Haga was second with his team mate Troy Corser in third place. Britain's James Toseland crashed but remounted to finish in eighth place. He still currently leads the championship but Haga is now only 23 points behind in second place. The seond superbike race was cancelled due to the weather conditions.
RACE RESULT
1st Troy Bayliss 46 minutes 02.87 seconds
2nd N Haga 46 minutes 04.91 seconds
3rd T Corser 46 minutes 07.44 seconds
4th R Rolfo 46 minutes 52.91 seconds
5th R Laconi 47 minutes 12.50 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 237 points
2nd N Haga 214 points
3rd M Biaggi 201 points
4th T Bayliss 189 points
5th T Corser 151 points
KIYONARI LEADS CHAMPIONSHIP
21/05/07
Last weekend saw the fifth round of the British Superbike championship held at Snetterton.Defending Champion Ryulchi Kiyonari won both superbike races on his H M Plant backed Honda with team mate Jonathan Rea in second place in both races. Leon Haslam finished in third place in the first race and after retiring from the first race Shane Byrne finished in third in the second race. Gregorio Lavilla retired from the second race so Kiyonari now leads the championship. leon Camier despite starting from the back of the grid had his best result with fifth place in the first race. Both Bridewell Brothers notched up a top ten finish when Tommy finished tenth in the first race and elder brother Ollie finished tenth in the second.
RACE ONE
1st R Kiyonari 24 minutes 00.14 seconds
2nd J Rea 24 minutes 00.41 seconds
3rd L Haslam 24 minutes 08.34 seconds
4th T Sykes 24 minutes 13.24 seconds
5th L Camier 24 minutes 14.32 seconds
RACE TWO
1st R Kiyonari 26 minutes 56.07 seconds
2nd J Rea 26 minutes 56.09 seconds
3rd S Byrne 26 minutes 56.99 seconds
4th T Sykes 27 minutes 00.31 seconds
5th L Haslam 27 minutes 00.38 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st R Kiyonari 190 points
2nd G Lavilla 179 points
3rd J Rea 149 points
4th L Haslam 131 points
5th L Camier 117 points
HAGA DOUBLE WIN AT MONZA
14/05/07
Last weekend Noriyuki Haga notched up a double victory at the World Superbike Championship round at Monza. Haga started both races from pole position after being fastest during superpole. James Toseland meanwhile made a mistake during his superpole and started from fourth on the grid. Troy Bayliss finished the first race in second place behind Haga and in front of Max Biaggi with Toseland in fourth. Toseland finished on the podium in second place in the second race with Troy Bayliss only .15 of a second behind Toseland in third. Toseland still leads the championship with Haga in second and Biaggi in third.
RACE ONE
1st N Haga 32 minutes 04.42 seconds
2nd T Bayliss 32 minutes 12.83 seconds
3rd M Biaggi 32 minutes 14.13 seconds
4th J Toseland 32 minutes 18.01 seconds
5th T Corser 32 minutes 19.32 seconds
RACE TWO
1st N HAGA 32 minutes 05.31 seconds
2nd J Toseland 32 minutes 08.00 seconds
3rd T Baylis 32 minutes 08.15 seconds
4th R Rolfo 32 minutes 08.50 seconds
5th M Biaggi 32 minutes 08.86 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 229 points
2nd N Haga 194 points
3rd M Biaggi 191 points
4th T Bayliss 164 points
5th T Corser 135 points
HASLAM DOUBLE PODIUM AT OULTON
11/05/07
Last weekend Gregorio Lavilla and Ryulchi Kiyonari notched up one win each at the fourth round of the British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park. Leon Haslam took his Airwaves Ducati to two second places just nine days after his dramatic high speed crash during qualifing at the Silverstone round of the Championship. Kiyonari finished the first race in third place on his H M Plant backed Honda.Shane Byrne took his Stobart Vent Axia Motorsport backed Honda to third in the second race with Lavilla in fourth.Once again Ollie and Tommy Bridewell had some very close dices with Ollie getting the better of Tommy. Ollie finished 13th in the first race with Tommy in 14th and in the second race Ollie finished in 11th with Tommy in 12th.
RACE ONE
1st G Lavilla 27 minutes 29.24 seconds
2nd L Haslam 27 minutes 29.46 seconds
3rd R Kiyonari 27 minutes 29.74 seconds
4th J Rea 27 minutes 31.06 seconds
5th T Sykes 27 minutes 31.35 seconds
RACE TWO
1st R Kiyonari 27 minutes 33.09 seconds
2nd L Haslam 27 minutes 35.27 seconds
3rd S Byrne 27 minutes 36.66 seconds
4th G Lavilla 27 minutes 37.13 seconds
5th J Rea 27 minutes 40.50 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st G Lavilla 169 points
2nd R Kiyonari 140 points
3rd J Rea 109 points
4th L Haslam 104 points
5th L Camier 96 points
KIYONARI SILVERSTONE DOUBLE
01/05/07
Last weekend saw the third round of the British superbike championship held at Silverstone. In dry but overcast weather conditions defending British superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari took his HM Plant backed Honda to two race wins and is currently second in the championship. Lower down the field Ollie and Tom Bridewell had two great dices in both races with Tommy getting the better of Ollie. In the first superbike race Tommy was dicing Michael Rutter for tenth place but in the closing stages Tommy got passed by Cal Cruchlow and had to settle for 12th with Ollie in 13th. In the second race Ollie led Tommy in the early stages and they had a wheel to wheel dice for tenth place. Once again Tommy got the better of Ollie and finished in tenth with Ollie in 11th.
RACE ONE
1st R Kiyonari 28 minutes 49.50 seconds
2nd J Rea 28 minutes 55.30 seconds
3rd C Walker 28 minutes 58.26 seconds
4th L Camier 28 minutes 58.34 seconds
5th G Lavilla 29 minutes 05.57 seconds
RACE TWO
1st R Kiyonari 18 minutes 37.31 seconds
2nd G Lavilla 18 minutes 39.76 seconds
3rd J Rea 18 minutes 49.07 seconds
4th C Walker 18 minutes 49.90 seconds
5th L Haslam 18 minutes 53.64 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st G Lavilla 131 points
2nd R Kiyonari 99 points
3rd J Rea 85 points
4th L Camier 80 points
5th L Haslam 64 points
TOSELAND AND BAYLISS SHARE VICTORY
01/05/07
Last weekend at the fifth round of the World Superbike championship at Assen in Holland James Toseland notched up first and second to take a 32 point lead in the championship. Toseland dominated the first race but was locked in a wheel to wheel dice with Troy Bayliss in the second race. Bayliss got the better of Toseland and won the second race with Toseland in second place and Max Biaggi in third.
RACE ONE
1st J Toseland 37 minutes 02.09 seconds
2nd N Haga 37 minutes 02.76 seconds
3rd R Xaus 37 minutes 05.79 seconds
4th T Bayliss 37 minutes 09.23 seconds
5th L Lanzi 37 minutes 11.40 seconds
RACE TWO
1st T Bayliss 36 minutes 54.13 seconds
2nd J Toseland 36 minutes 54.14 seconds
3rd M Biaggi 37 minutes 01.57 seconds
4th T Corser 37 minutes 06.51 seconds
5th R Rolfo 37 minutes 17.18 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 196 points
2nd M Biaggi 164 points
3rd N Haga 144 points
4th T Bayliss 128 points
5th T Corser 114 points
LAVILLA DOUBLE AT THRUXTON
17/04/07
Gregorio Lavilla notched up two wins from two starts at the second round of the British Superbike round at Thruxton in hot and sunny weather. Leon Camier notched up his third podium finish so far this season with second place in the first superbike race and followed this up with fifth in the second race. Leon Camier is currently second in the championship standings behind Gregorio Lavilla. Pole position rider Tommy Hill finished in eighth and tenth in his two races. Defending champion Ryuichi Kiyonari finished in third and second places and is currently fourth in the championship.
RACE ONE
1st G Lavilla 27 minutes 52.87 seconds
2nd L Camier 27 minutes 56.39 seconds
3rd R Kiyonari 27 minutes 59.70 seconds
4th S Byrne 28 minutes 00.00 seconds
5th T Sykes 28 minutes 05.67 seconds
RACE TWO
1st G Lavilla 29 minutes 01.59 seconds
2nd R Kiyonari 29 minutes 01.70 seconds
3rd S Byrne 29 minutes 01.84 seconds
4th J Rea 29 minutes 02.08 seconds
5th L Camier 29 minutes 02.95 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st G Lavilla 100 points
2nd L Camier 67 points
3rd J Rea 49 points
4th R Kiyonari 49 points
5th S Byrne 45 points
TOSELAND FIRST WIN AT VALENCIA
17/04/07
Last weekend saw the fourth round of the World Superbike Championship held at Valencia in Spain.Ruben Xaus won the first race on his team Sterilgarda backed Ducati with James Toseland in fifth place. James Toseland took his Hannspree ten Kate backed Honda to victory in the second race making it Toseland's first ever win at the circuit. He continues to lead the championship. Noriyuki Haga finished in second and third places in his two races on his Yamaha Motor Italia backed yamaha.
RACE ONE
1st R Xaus 37 minutes 14.60 seconds
2nd N Haga 37 minutes 16.60 seconds
3rd T Bayliss 37 minutes 20.93 seconds
4th T Corser 37 minutes 23.38 seconds
5th J Toseland 37 minutes 31.64 seconds
RACE TWO
1st J Toseland 37 minutes 02.59 seconds
2nd M Biaggi 37 minutes 02.88 seconds
3rd N Haga 37 minutes 02.97 seconds
4th R Xaus 37 minutes 09.23 seconds
5th L Lanzi 37 minutes 10.58 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 151 points
2nd M Biaggi 138 points
3rd N Haga 124 points
4th T Corser 101 points
5th T Bayliss 90 points
LAVILLA DOUBLE WIN AT BRANDS
11/04/07
Former British Superbike Champion Gregorio Lavilla notched up a double win on his Airwaves backed Ducati at the opening round of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch last weekend. During qualifying Honda's Jonathan Rea set the fastest ever two wheeled lap of the G P circuit in a time of 1 minute 25.23 seconds and a speed of 97.18 mph. Rea finished the first race in third place and went one better in the second race with a second place. Former Supersport competitor Leon Camier finished in second and third in his two races.
RACE ONE
1st Gregorio Lavilla 28 minutes 56.90 seconds
2nd Leon Camier 28 minutes 58.60 seconds
3rd Jonathan Rea 29 minutes 01.47 seconds
4th Shane Byrne 29 minutes 02.60 seconds
5th Chris Walker 29 minutes 03.26 seconds
RACE TWO
1st Gregorio Lavilla 31 minutes 09.13 seconds
2nd Jonathan Rea 31 minutes 10.44 seconds
3rd Leon Camier 31 minutes 11.23 seconds
4th Leon Haslam 31 minutes 12.96 seconds
5th Tom Sykes 31 minutes 19.58 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st Gregorio Lavilla 50 points
2nd Leon Camier 36 points
= Jonathan Rea 36 points
4th Leon Haslam 23 points
5th Tom Sykes 20 points
HAGA WINS EPIC DICE
02/04/07
On the 1st of April the third round of the World Superbike Championship was held at Donington Park in windy but dry conditions. Troy Bayliss started from pole position but slid off his machine in the early stages of the first race. James Toseland who was in second place held on to his lead untill the finish with Troy Corser in second and Max Biaggi in third. James Toseland retired from the second race while leading. This left Noriyuki Haga, Max Biaggi, and Troy Corser fighting for position all the way to the flag. Biaggi was leading going in to the last corner on the last lap but Haga just managed to get by to claim the race win. James Toseland still leads the championship.
RACE ONE
1st J Toseland 36 minutes 28.22 seconds
2nd T Corser 36 minutes 29.59 seconds
3rd M Biaggi 36 minutes 30.67 seconds
4th N Haga 36 minutes 37.47 seconds
5th L Lanzi 36 minutes 46.25 seconds
RACE TWO
1st N Haga 36 minutes 26.73 seconds
2nd M Biaggi 36 minutes 26.84 seconds
3rd T Corser 36 minutes 27.83 seconds
4th R Xaus 36 minutes 32.66 seconds
5th L Lanzi 36 minutes 36.56 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 115 points
2nd M Biaggi 110 points
3rd N Haga 88 points
4th T Corser 81 points
5th L Lanzi 66 points
FRICKER CONFIDENT AFTER TESTS
27/03/07
National Superstock Cup competitor Damien Fricker is looking foward to this coming season despite the wet and windy conditions at Snetterton recently. He will be competing on the same Suzuki GSXR 1000cc K6 that he used last season. At Snetterton he was ninth fastest overall and third fastest cup competitor on the Saturday. On Monday he attended a track day at Brands Hatch and went faster than his times last season.
BAYLISS WINS IN AUSTRALIA
04/03/07
Troy Bayliss and James Toseland both notched up a race win and second place in the second round of the World Superbike Championship round at Phillip Island in Australia. Bayliss who started from pole won the first race with James Toseland in second. Toseland started from second on the grid and won the second race and leads the championship standings from Max Biaggi by 16 points who finished in third and fourth in his two races. Bayliss finished in second place in the second race and is currently third in the championship standings.
RACE ONE
1st T Bayliss 34 minutes 11.27 seconds
2nd J Toseland 34 minutes 13.37 seconds
3rd M Biaggi 34 minutes 21.41 seconds
4th N Haga 34 minutes 30.19 seconds
5th T Corser 34 minutes 31.01 seconds
RACE TWO
1st J Toseland 34 minutes 16.99 seconds
2nd T Bayliss 34 minutes 17.26 seconds
3rd N Haga 34 minutes 23.90 seconds
4th M Biaggi 34 minutes 24.00 seconds
5th T Corser 34 minutes 24.04 seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1st J Toseland 90 points
2nd M Biaggi 74 points
3rd T Bayliss 64 points
4th N Haga 50 points
5th T Corser 45 points
TOSELAND LEADS WORLD SUPERBIKES
24/02/07
Britain's James Toseland made a great start to the World Superbike Championship in Qatar. Toseland who won the Championship in 2004 finished his first race in second place behind former Moto G P competitor Max Biaggi at the Losail circuit near Doha. Toseland went one better in his second race and took his Ten Kate backed Honda to a race win, with Biaggi in second place. Former World Champion Troy Corser finished in third. Defending Champion Troy Bayliss took his Ducati to fifth and seventh in his two races.
RACE 1
1st M Biaggi 36 minutes 10.11seconds
2nd J Toseland 36 minutes 11.59seconds
3rd L Lanzi 36 minutes 24.02seconds
4th Y Kagayama 36 minutes 24.93seconds
5th T Bayliss 36 mihutes 27.42seconds
RACE 2
1st J Toseland 36 minutes 09.43seconds
2nd M Biaggi 36 minutes 10.17seconds
3rd T Corser 36 minutes 16.81seconds
4th N Haga 36 minutes 24.41seconds
5th F Nieto 36 minutes 24.46seconds
CHAMPIONSHIP
1st J Toseland 45 points
= M Biaggi 45 points
3rd L Lanzi 25 points
4th T Corser 23 points
= Y Kagayama 23 points
Bridewell Brothers BSB ride
16/02/07
Ollie and Tom Bridewell are to both compete in this seasons British Superbike Championship riding for the Naturally Best team.
Higgins to compete at British level
16/02/07
West country road race competitor Darrell Higgins will be competing in this coming British 250cc Championships. He will once again be getting backing from long term sponsor Dennis Trollope.