Triumph and Embassy Racing to Contest British Supersport Championship

Friday, 25 January 2008

We are pleased to confirm that Embassy Racing Moto have been appointed the official Triumph factory supported team for the British Supersport Championship for 2008.  As well as supersport the deal will see a Daytona 675 compete in the National Superstock Championship.

An offshoot of the highly successful Embassy GT and Le Mans Series sports car racing team, Embassy Racing Moto won the 2007 National Superstock Championship in their very first season on two wheels.   For 2008 they will field two highly experienced riders in the British Supersport series, Glen Richards and Paul Young, as well as promising rookie AJ Venter in the National Superstock Championship.  The team have taken delivery of their 675s and are now busy with pre-season preparations.  The team's main sponsor are Map Electrics and the team will compete under the banner Map Embassy Racing.   Once the season is underway you will be able to follow their progress at www.embassyracing.com/moto.

The dates for the 2008 BSB Championship are as follows and BSB is expected to be televised live on ITV:
 
24-Mar-08 Snetterton – OFFICIAL TEST
6-Apr-08 Brands Hatch (GP circuit)
20-Apr-08 Thruxton
5-May-08 Oulton Park 
26-May-08 Donington Park (GP circuit) 
15-Jun-08 Snetterton
29-Jun-08 Mallory Park*
20-Jul-08 Oulton Park
10-Aug-08 Knockhill
25-Aug-08 Cadwell Park
14-Sep-08 Croft
28-Sep-08 Silverstone (Int. circuit)
12-Oct-08 Brands Hatch (Indy circuit)

 
* no superstock race
 
 
In World Supersport...
 
Pre-season preparation for both teams campaigning Triumphs in this year's World Supersport Championship is also going very well. 
 
The official factory team - Team Triumph SC - have confirmed that former GP star Garry McCoy will ride a Daytona 675 in the World Supersport championship while British youngsters Tom Grant and Robbie Stewart will be competing in the European Superstock Championship.  The second rider for World Supersport is expected to be announced shortly. 
 
Although development of the bike had only just begun, the team ended the first Pirelli winter test in Qatar, in late November, in a positive mood after posting competitive lap times.  By the second Pirelli test at Phillip Island in January the team had developed the engine to produce an impressive extra 8 bhp over the engine used in Qatar.  Despite some technical gremlins, which lost a day of testing, Garry McCoy again posted some consistently quick lap times.  The team are very happy with the overall chassis and suspension package and their best lap with race tyres (1.35.9) was just a few tenths of a second behind the fastest lap posted by any rider on race tyres (1.35.7). 
 
The other Triumph entrant in WSS - Team Triumph Italia BE1 Racing - have also posted some impressive results during testing.  During a recent two-day test at Valencia, rider Ivan Clementi set a fastest time of 1.38.8, which would have been good enough to get him on the front row at last season's round.  Both Clementi and second rider Mark Atchison, a promising young Australian, are very comfortable with the bike and pleased at the progress they are making.  Their next test is the 23 - 25 January at Almeria, Spain.
 
The WSS calendar has been confirmed as follows and is expected to be covered live on Eurosport:
 
23-Feb-08 QATAR Doha/Losail
2-Mar-08 AUSTRALIA Phillip Island
6-Apr-08 SPAIN Valencia
27-Apr-08 NETHERLANDS Assen
11-May-08 ITALY Monza
15-Jun-08 GERMANY Nurburgring
29-Jun-08 SAN MARINO Misano
20-Jul-08 CZECH REPUBLIC Brno
3-Aug-08 GREAT BRITAIN Brands Hatch
7-Sep-08 GREAT BRITAIN Donington Park
21-Sep-08 ITALY Vallelunga
5-Oct-08 FRANCE Magny-Cours
12-Oct-08 INDONESIA Sentul
2-Nov-08 PORTUGAL Portimao

 
You can follow the WSS teams' progress via their websites:
 
Team Triumph SC - www.triumph-sc.com
Team Triumph Italia BE1 - www.be1racing.com