Former British Supersport Champion and three times British Superbike Champion John Reynolds will be an ambassador for the series. JR as he is affectionately known is fired up about being involved with such an exciting project; it is his desire to find the next Barry Sheene and he will be on hand to provide support and advice for all of the Trophy riders.
JR said: “It is a mission of mine to find the next big talent in the UK. I have enjoyed a great career and now I am retired I want to ch....
THE ACU Suzuki GSX-R Trophy held its first awards as part of the ACU Annual Awards dinner at The Park Hotel in Northampton on Saturday 26th January, where Lee Hodge and Jay Dunn picked up their prizes for finishing first and second in the one-make Championship.
27-year old Hodge from Chesham picked up the Championship title at the final round at Cadwell Park last year. He scooped a race ready GSX-R 1000 as his prize which he will race this year in the MRO Superstock Championship.
“The G....
Leading Manx officials will work alongside ACU Events Ltd personnel, the TT Co-ordinating Committee has confirmed. The news was announced as the supplementary regulations and entry forms for TT 2008 were released. Eddie Nelson, Assistant Clerk of the Course during the Centenary TT, takes the role of Clerk of the Course. Eddie brings 20 years experience of running motorcycle events to the role, including many spent officiating in senior positions at the TT. The Deputy Clerks of the Co....
2008 events at Scarborough will not include the international Bike Week Festival. After 11 years the Auto 66 Club has made a decision to rest the event until 2010 allowing them time to work on circuit development and its grass root events.All the Bike Week events will still be run but will be split up throughout thesummer season. The Oliver's Mount Scarborough season starts with the IanWatson Spring National two weeks earlier than normal on 20th April this means the event is the first "....
The first training day was held at the ACU HQ in Rugby and was hosted by seasoned media veteran Chris Carter, deputy editor of top road race newspaper BikeSport News and former TV commentator on all types of motorcycle sport. Chris began his commentary career as a race commentator for motocross.
The day began with Chris giving the riders, and most of their parents, and insight into the importance of the media in a racers career and how developing a good working relationship with all types....
Each rider was interviewed by the panel along with their parent. The interview panel asked riders questions about their racing motivation, their career goals and their racing plans for 2008.
Each rider gave an excellent account of themselves in the interview and made the job of the panel very difficult. Tom Sykes, used to the high pressure environment of British Superbikes, found the job very hard but extremely enjoyable,“Having come through this process when I was in the Acad....