VOL. 53 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 17, 2016 P29
ESLICK IN FOR
MOTOAMERICA
SUPERSTOCK 1000
F
an favorite Danny Eslick
will be on the start line for
the opening round of the 2016
MotoAmerica Superstock
1000 Championship after con-
firming a season-long deal with
TOBC Racing aboard Yamaha
YZF-R1.
A fractured 2015 season aboard a Honda
CBR1000RR for Turbo Turtle Racing, and later
as a fill-in rider for Aprilia HSBK in the final round
at New Jersey where Eslick netted 6-6 results,
showed he still has the speed to compete at the
front, and his arrival reignites one of U.S. racing's
hottest rivalries against long-time nemesis Josh
Herrin, who also moves up to Superstock 1000
with Meen Motorsports.
Eslick will also compete in the Daytona 200 this
March as he goes for his third-straight win. His
2015 Daytona 200 victory came on a TOBC Rac-
ing Suzuki GSX-R600, with the team switching to
the Yamaha YZF-R6 for 2016.
Speaking to Next Moto Champion's Danielle
Teal, Eslick said, "To be doing the 200 with the
TOBC team is really awesome, but to ride a full
season on one of the new R1s is going to be even
better. I'm super stoked to be working with [team
owner] Michelle [Lindsay] and the TOBC crew. I'm
going to be having fun and sliding that R1 around."
Watch out for some fireworks at round one of
MotoAmerica in Austin this April! CN
BARRY SHEENE BIO-MOVIE COMING!
I
f there's one man in racing history that deserves
a bio-movie, it's Britain's legendary two-time
500cc World Champion, Barry Sheene.
The arch nemesis of King Kenny Roberts,
Sheene was the first motorcycle racer to truly
understand the power of celebrity, and quite often
had a camera following him during his most dra-
matic moments—like when his rear tire exploded
on the Daytona banking in 1975—with the resulting
TV coverage and endless self promotion making
him a household name across the globe.
Now, IO Films Australia and Deep Spring
Pictures UK will be producing a bio-movie on the
man who sadly succumbed to cancer in 2003. No
release date has been confirmed and any further
information on the film that comes to hand, we will
pass onto you. In the meantime, check out the
trailer. CN
Always got a
smile on his
face—especially
when he's win-
ning! Eslick will
be one to watch
this year.
