VOL. 52 ISSUE 18 MAY 5, 2015 P31
FABRIZIO STANDS IN FOR
TEROL AT IMOLA
F
our-time World Superbike
race winner Michel Fabrizio
will substitute for the injured
Nico Terol on the Althea Ducati
Racing squad at the next round
of the FIM Superbike World
Championship at Imola in Italy.
Although Fabrizio's recent ca-
reer has been difficult at times
he has won a World Superbike
race at Imola before, way back
in 2009 when he started from
pole and took his factory 1098R
to the win in the second race of
the day. The most recent of his
35 career World Superbike po-
dium places was at Phillip Island
in 2013, as part of an all-Aprilia
top three alongside Sylvain
Guintoli and Eugene Laverty.
Fabrizio, who raced for the
Althea squad when they ran
Hondas in World Supersport in
2005, said, "It will be a very ex-
citing experience for me, full of
expectations being aware that
I can finally show all my worth
as a complete and competitive
rider. Whatever happens it will
be a success."
Althea team owner Gen-
esio Bevilacqua said, "Michel
Fabrizio is one of the riders who
has always gravitated around
the Althea Team. Way back in
2005 he had already played in
our Supersport team, at that
time he was only nineteen, and
he was already giving a hard
time to well-known riders such
as [Karl] Muggeridge, [Fabien]
Foret and [Katsuaki] Fujiwara."
Terol, who injured his hand at
Assen, should be back for the
Donington round in late May.
Gordon Ritchie
DATE VENUE CITY
January 9 Angel Stadium Anaheim, CA
January 16 Petco Park San Diego,CA
January 23 Angel Stadium Anaheim, CA
January 30 O.Co Coliseum Oakland, CA
February 6 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ
February 13 Petco Park San Diego, CA
February 20 AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX
February 27 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA
March 5 Daytona Int'l Speedway Daytona Beach, FL
March 12 Rogers Centre Toronto, Canada
March 19 Ford Field Detroit, MI
April 2 Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA
April 9 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN
April 16 Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, MO
April 23 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA
April 30 MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, NJ
May 7 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV
T
he 2016 Monster Energy AMA Supercross,
an FIM World Championship, will be head-
ing to two new venues with the announcement
of University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona and
Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts
being added to the series. The Gillette Stadium,
located approximately 20 miles from Boston,
will be held one week after the MetLife Stadium
round in New Jersey in what is an expansion of
the East Coast racing program.
The Canadian round of the series will also re-
turn, with the Rogers Centre hosting the champi-
onship on March 12.
The season will start with the traditional Angel
Stadium curtain raiser on January 9 and con-
clude at Las Vegas' San Boyd Stadium on May 7.
Michel Fabrizio will return to the team
where it all started for him, when he
fills in for Nico Terol at Imola.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
2016 SUPERCROSS SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
