Yamaha Motor Europe NV has officially announced its support for the Yamaha Classic Racing Team, founded and managed by former Yamaha GP mechanic Ferry Brouwer. In addition to a financial element, the support will include technical as well as promotional aspects. The Yamaha Classic Racing Team (YCRT), born out of passion for racing heritage is aimed at conserving Yamaha’s history from their early golden years of road racing. This truly magnificent period started in the sixties and continued into the seventies. Ferry Brouwer, now 59 yrs old has been into racing since he was 6 years old after being introduced to it by his father.
Troy Lee’s Supermoto Mayhem at the Morongo roars into the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, Calif., on Nov. 9-11. This year’s event marks the first time the AMA Supermoto Championship has visited California’s Palm Springs desert area.
The Japanese Repsol rider takes the second place in the overall standings after a fourth place in the last round of the season staged in the Belgium city of Spa Francorchamps. The Repsol-Montesa HRC team has achieved in its second season with the Cota 4RT 4 stroke machines the highest number of victories, five. Four were clinched by Takahisa Fujinami -who has won the largest number of races- and one by Dougie Lampkin. Moreover Montesa was able to take its ninth makes' championship title. Laia Sanz, who took her seventh women's' world championship title yesterday finished seventh in the Junior World Championship.