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YAMAHA ANNOUNCES
2016 bLU cRU
MOTOAMERICA TEAMS
Y
amaha USA has announced the MotoAmerica
teams it will support as part of the bLU cRU
program that was so successful in 2015.
Westby Racing, Broaster Chicken/RoadRace
Factory, Wheels In Motion/Meen Racing and
TOBC Racing will represent the Tuning Fork
brand in 2016, and will aim to continue the
dominance shown last season when Yamaha won
every single race in the first season of the new
MotoAmerica championship across all classes
aside from the KTM RC Cup—an incredible total
of 64 races.
Yamaha will be the most populated brand on
the grid once again in the MotoAmerica champi-
onship, but will face stiffer competition from the
likes of Kawasaki with an all-new ZX-10R in the
hands of Latus Motos Racing. CN
SUTER MMX 500 TO RACE ISLE OF MAN TT
T
he delectable 576cc, V4, two-stoke Suter
MMX 500 will be on the Glencrutchery Road
start line for the Isle of Man Superbike and Senior
TT events in 2016.
"Suter has built up knowledge and understand-
ing on the specifications in recent years, by con-
structing modules, complete motorcycles or as
supplier to all Grand Prix classes," said company
president, Eskil Suter. "We have a phenomenally
good power-to-weight ratio. She drives like a
bicycle with rocket propulsion.
"In collaboration with a renowned university we
have found solutions to the challenge of the emis-
sions and got it under control," Suter continued,
"and that's the reason why we want to go
to the toughest road race in the world.
For us this is the perfect testing ground.
The Senior TT, over six laps of the 60km
Snaefell Mountain Course, is just some-
thing for the toughest guys among the
racers. I'm known indeed to be quite
fearless, but the TT is now something
where I would definitively prefer to let
another rider go first."
Suter is said to be in discussion with
two previous TT winners for the job of
riding the two-stroke beast at the Isle of
Man, with an announcement expected
soon. CN
Isn't she pretty?! Seeing
this weapon being raced
around the Isle of Man
will be something else.
TOBC Racing will be one of the teams that make up the
bLU cRU for 2016.
