Triumph Racing to enter SuperMotocross World Championship
Triumph Motorcycles ' race plans continue to build momentum , its latest announcement confirming entry into the SuperMotocross World Championship at the start of the 2024 season . With input from Ricky Carmichael , Triumph has assembled a " veteran team of managers with championshipwinning experience to helm the all-new United States based Triumph factory race team . " The US motocross programme , operating under the all-new global Triumph Racing banner , will be led by Team Principal Bobby Hewitt and Team Manager Stephen ' Scuba ' Westfall . The team will be located at a dedicated new state-of-the-art private race facility in the USA ". They will be racing the all-new Triumph 250 cc 4-stroke MX bikes in the 2024 World Championship series that combines the Monster Energy Supercross World Championship and the Pro Motocross Championship , with three season-ending SuperMotocross rounds . For the 2025 season , Triumph will additionally field a new 450 cc bike . Team Principal Bobby Hewitt has recruited a pair of legendary engineers to develop the team ' s motorcycles - AMA Hall of Fame inductee Dave Arnold joins as Lead Chassis Engineer and Dudley Cramond as Lead Powertrain Engineer . The U . S . based Triumph Racing team , along with the recently announced
Triumph Racing : the US SuperMotocross team
Putoline Oil to support Ten Kate Racing Motonext project
Following its support for the BAS World KTM Racing Team and Team Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing MXGP , Putoline Oil has reconfirmed its long term collaboration with Ten Kate Racing . The two have joined forces in a sustainable racing development project called Motonext . Putoline says that they will " take an active role in exploring ways to a more sustainable ( racing ) future . Together with Ten Kate Racing , Putoline Oil launched the project in 2022 in Barcelona during the Catalunya WorldSBK round . " Motonext can be seen as a mobile laboratory in which developments concerning sustainability are tested and implemented . With its own laboratory facilities , Putoline Oil researches the development of new motorcycle oils based on biodegradable and , thus , sustainable base oils that are not of fossil origin to reduce its carbon footprint . " As a lubricant partner , our collaboration with Ten Kate Racing ensured our involvement in the Motonext Project from the very first moment : a project in which we are fully committed to more sustainable developments within motorsport . The goal is to maintain support for combustion engines in racing by contributing to sustainability while preserving performance . Our focus lies on biobased raw materials , more sustainable packaging , collecting data and researching the regeneration of lubricants . " With the Motonext project , Putoline Oil is pioneering with Ten Kate Racing ,
Triumph Racing team based in Europe , created in partnership with Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni , will both collaborate with the Triumph factory . The latter team will compete in the FIM Motocross World Championship , with entry into the 250 cc MX2 class in 2024 , and the 450 cc MXGP class in 2025 . Triumph Racing is also the manufacturer of the exclusive engine raced in the FIM Moto2 World Championship and includes Triumph powered teams competing in Supersport racing .
Project 1 and the FIM in making mobility and motorsport more sustainable . The project has already won The Dutch National Sports Innovation Award , and the world is watching closely . We are proud to play a vital part in the Motonext project , which shows that our innovative policy and understanding help towards a more sustainable future for the sport ." www . motonext . nl www . putoline . com
Parts Europe becomes pan- European SBS distributor
Svendborg , Denmark-based SBS Friction is expanding availability of its brake pads and friction solutions for motorcycles , scooters and side-by-side vehicles through a deal with Germanybased Parts Europe as its new pan-European distributor . SBS says that the addition of Parts Europe as a cross-border distributor follows a focused growth strategy that calls for it " to cover each market with local presence and cover market gaps through a pan-continental distributor ". Christel Munk Pedersen , CSO at SBS Friction A / S , said : " Parts Europe will extend SBS ' long-term relationship with LeMans Corporation , USA , ( Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties ) into Europe . " Parts Europe ' s long history in supplying the powersports sector , its strategic logistic location in Europe and its vast experience in the moto industry will be key in maintaining and growing SBS market presence across Europe . " Habits and synergies in the European powersports market have changed - due both to the changes and disruption triggered by COVID-19 and to consumers becoming more digitally attuned to the environment in which they buy products . " To enable riders access to their preferred SBS products anywhere , at any time , we need to secure the power of distribution with partners such as Parts Europe ." Anthony Damevin , Purchasing Manager at Parts Europe , says that " by cooperating with SBS , Parts Europe can add the high-performance brake components and accessories of the Danish manufacturer to its range , thus fulfilling our own standards to offer the right accessories for all types of powersports vehicles ." www . sbsbrakes . com
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