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J
osh Day will return to racing full time in the U.S.
after signing with the Yamalube/Westby Racing
squad to campaign the Superstock 1000 class for
the remainder of the 2015 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM
North American Road Racing Championship.
Day, who had a good trial run for the team at
the series' second round at Road Atlanta, was
seen as a natural fit to fill in for the late Dane
Westby who passed away last month in a street-
bike accident.
"Dane [Westby] and Josh [Day] raced against
each other, and they were friends," said Tryg
Westby (Dane's father and team principal) via team
release. "Josh is a talented rider He immediately
clicked with the bike and the team, and it showed
in his results. Earning the pole and winning race
one was solid evidence that we found the right guy.
We're looking forward to the rest of the season."
The former AMA Supersport Champion has
spent the past four years overseas and unfortu-
nately lost his Superstock 1000 ride in the Super-
bike World Championship when the team's sponsor
backed out. With such late notice, Day was left
looking to put together funding for a privateer effort
before getting the opportunity to fill in for Dane.
"I can't thank the whole Yamalube/Westby Rac-
ing family enough for this great opportunity," Day
said. "I'm really looking forward to riding with them
for the rest of the year. It felt so good last weekend
to see how much Tryg enjoyed being up on the po-
dium, and I want to get him up there more this year,
so he can experience that feeling again."
Day feels that his experience overseas has
helped him prepare for a strong showing in his
return to the U.S.
"I think it'll really help," Day said. "All these guys
you see in Moto GP, and even in the World Super-
bike paddock where I've been at for the past four
years, a lot of them, the rider depth is so much
deeper and everybody is so close on times. I can
remember when I was in World Supersport in
2012 and even up to last year, you'd be a second
off, but you'd be in 18th place. Sometimes here
you can be a second off and still be in the top five.
It just depends what track they're at."
Andrea Wilson
Yamalube/Westby Racing
hires Josh Day (00) for 2015.
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BRIAN
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