Reigning Pirelli Nationwide Superstock champions AMD Motorsport and Richard Kerr have as we speak (Thursday) introduced they intend competing within the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship.
The Kilmacrennan, County Donegal rider, who took the British title after taking two wins and 9 podiums throughout 2023, will proceed on board the group’s Honda Fireblade and can be a Honda-supported rider within the sequence, which like its British counterpart takes place alongside America’s premier Superbike championship.
Kerr, 23, can be aiming to wrestle the title from reigning champion Hayden Gillim as he will get to compete at iconic circuits akin to Laguna Seca, Barber Motorsports Park and Brainerd with extra rounds going down at The Ridge Motorsports Park and New Jersey Motorsports Park, which is able to host the ultimate spherical on the finish of September.
In addition to Gillim, Kerr’s anticipated rivals for the crown are anticipated to incorporate former British Motostar Champion Brandon Paasch, final yr’s runner up Kaleb De Keyrel, Travis Wyman and Ezra Beaubier, brother of a number of MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier.
Kerr can be eligible to contest the 2 function MotoAmerica Superbike Championship races that happen on every weekend which means he’ll have a busy schedule as he’ll contest a complete of 4 races at every assembly.
Regardless of their absence from the Pirelli Nationwide Superstock Championship, AMD Motorsport will stay within the BSB paddock as they’ll once more help PBM Racing and Jordan and Frank Hen jnr with the continuation of the race group. As well as, there’ll additionally proceed to again KTS Racing and Jamie Coward on the Worldwide highway races.
Richard Kerr: “Clearly, after 9 years within the BSB paddock, we might have preferred to have continued and step as much as the BSB sequence however, sadly, no alternatives offered themselves, so we checked out different choices and now that every thing’s been confirmed, I’m very excited to be transferring to the MotoAmerica sequence. There’s an entire world on the market so getting the chance to expertise one thing new is fairly cool and I’m trying ahead to the problem.”
“The bikes have been shipped out already and can be based mostly with Darrell Jones, who runs a Honda dealership and Ashton Yates within the MotoAmerica Superbike sequence, so we’ll simply fly into every spherical which is able to enable me to focus on using and studying the tracks. That would be the greatest hurdle, together with getting used to the Dunlop tyres, as I haven’t had to try this since I first got here to the British tracks 9 years in the past however I’m very excited concerning the problem particularly as I’ll be competing at some iconic circuits. I’m assured we will do a great job.”
Fraser Dykes, Staff Proprietor: “I’m very completely happy to proceed supporting Richard within the growth of his racing profession by supplying our bikes for the MotoAmerica sequence mission. It’s improbable information that Simon Bleasdale will now even be becoming a member of him Stateside to take ahead the profitable partnership that they’ve cast over the past couple of years, culminating in them successful the Pirelli Nationwide Superstock Championship with AMD Motorsport, It’s thrilling instances and I’m positive Cartersport Motorsport Media will preserve us all updated with their progress, Mary and I want them each success in America and we hope to affix them on the market for a few rounds.”
The primary spherical of the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship is scheduled to happen at Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama on Might 17-19.
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