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RISPOLI STEPS UP TO BRITISH SUPERBIKES!
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loridian James Rispoli will make the jump to the
British Superbike Championship on a Yamaha
YZF-R1 for the 2016 season, having signed for the
Anvil TAG Racing outfit.
Rispoli had spent the previous two seasons
racing for The Prodigy's Keith Flint in the Team
Traction Control outfit in the British Supersport
Championship, the 24-year-old improving over
the course of the 2015 season to finish with six
podium places and fifth in the championship.
"I'm really pumped for 2016!" Rispoli said. "Anvil
Hire Yamaha have already put a lot of work into
2016, and to have signed for the new season
onboard a championship-winning bike is really
awesome. I'm really happy that Rob and Tracy
have given me the platform and I want to be the
top (BSB) rookie.
"This is a huge opportunity and something that
I have been working towards for years. Racing in
British Supersport has done wonders for me. To
have come over from America and to be moving
into the premier class in the toughest domestic
series in the world is a huge accomplishment. It's
really cool to be the next American in the series
alongside John Hopkins, and hopefully in the
future I can be the top American in the series.
"I have no doubt that it is going to be extremely
tough; the times were on lap record pace and
so close this season and there are so many top
caliber riders out there, but I feel we are up for the
challenge. I believe we have the package to be
fighting for the top six at the end of the season if
we take it step-by-step at the start. We have to set
realistic goals, but if we can be consistently in the
top ten and then aspire to move towards the top
five then that is the goal – the Rispoli Revolution is
coming!"
Rispoli will compete alongside 2014 British
Supersport Champion, Australia's Billy McConnell
and Shaun Winfield. CN
James Rispoli will head to the British Superbike Series in 2016.
