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little bit of a different story. We're
coming with this thing to get our
feet wet, to really understand
to know where we could make
a bigger presence next year. If
that's the case, we'll go back,
we'll build an EnduroCross track,
we'll be ready for it. My expecta-
tions, if I can have my three guys
in the final show, I'll be happy."
N-Fab AmPro Yamaha racers
Jordan Ashburn and Ricky Rus-
sell took on the Pro class, while
Becca Sheets carried the blue
flag in the Women's class. Ash-
burn's bid for a spot in the main
event were dashed when he
threw a chain in the semi race.
Russell was more fortunate, how-
ever, and got into the main event
with a second-place in the LCQ,
and went on to card an 11th place
finish in Atlanta.
Jean Turner
MCWILLIAMS
FOR MOTO2
F
ormer Grand Prix racer Jer-
emy McWilliams will return
to the World Championship in
a one-off wild card ride on the
Bennett's Brough Superior Car-
bon Moto2 bike at the British
Grand Prix this weekend.
Originally British Supersport
racer Luke Mossey was slated
for the ride, but those plans fell
through and the team needed
a rider. So they called on the
50-year-old Ulsterman and, af-
ter testing the bike at Mallory
Park on Wednesday, McWilliams
agreed to step in.
"I rode the bike and we made
some progress and then quite
quickly from there we had to
make a decision whether or not
we could compete on this bike
at the British Grand Prix," Mc-
Wiliams said. "And I said I just
wanted one more test on it and
if we could do that I think that we
could probably race it. So really
it was just one of those whirlwind
things that happened and you've
got to make the decision quickly."
The Brough Superior Moto2
racer is a combined effort of Los
Angeles-based Brits Paul Taylor
and designer John Keogh - with
a goal of looking outside the box
of traditional chassis designs.
"It's a carbon composite
monococh chassis with quite
a different innovative front end
which is not conventional," Mc-
Williams said. "Moto2 at the
minute is pretty much of a one-
size-fits-all and the class needs
new ideas and innovation and
that's what Brough Superior and
Taylormade are trying to bring
to Moto2. I like that idea and
I like challenges. I like people
who are thinking outside the box
and that's what they are doing.
Certainly at the moment [they]
haven't proved whether that is
or can be competitive, but you
never know if you don't try."
McWilliams has ridden and
raced a wide variety of motor-
cycles over his career and has
been a part of developing them
as well. So what were his first
impressions of the innovative
machine?
"Well the first impressions
weren't great because they had
sort of gone in a different direc-
tion than what they had been
Fifty-year-old Jeremy McWiliams will
race in the Moto2 class of the British
Grand Prix this week at Silverstone.
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