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New Team announced for British Supermoto
Championships
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Date: 18 February, 2007
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There will be a new team in the UK paddocks this season.
Stratton Motorsports, owned by Thailand based Australian Shane
Stratton, has secured backing from UK construction group Halsion, &
new Aprilia off road dealer Aprilia Lincoln.
The team will be using 450 & 550 SXV Aprilia’s built by top UK bike
preparation outfit Alice Racing, and run out of Aprilia Lincoln’s
workshops and will be known as Halsion Aprilia Lincoln.
The team, consisting of Stratton, the reigning double Thailand
Champion, David Jackson, the 2005 Red Bull Euro Cup Winner & 2004
Nora Champion, and team manager & Nora national runner Phil Gee,
will be doing all 6 rounds of the British series, as well as
selected European & World Championship events & the end of season
finale at Mettet.
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As well as the regulars, the team will also be fielding young Australian Joe
Harvey at selected events throughout the year as part of the team’s young
rider development program.
Stratton said “Thanks to Halsion, Alice Racing & Aprilia Lincoln, we have a
good base on which to build in 2007”.
The season kicks off at the 3 Sisters circuit at Wigan in Lancashire over
the Easter weekend, 7th to 9th April, where the team will be out on their
new 450 & 550 Alice Racing prepared Aprilia’s.
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KBC Teams up with Halsion Aprilia Lincoln
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Date: 18 February, 2007
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Newly formed British Championship Supermoto team, Halsion Aprilia
Lincoln are pleased to announce American helmet manufacturer KBC as
a team sponsor for 2007.
The deal, done through KBC Europe, who are based in Swadlincote,
Derbyshire, will see the team’s riders, Shane Stratton, David
Jackson, Phil Gee, & youngster Joe Jackson using KBC’s Super X7
range of helmets throughout their 2007 season campaign of British &
World Championship events.
The team will also be using KBC goggles & tear-offs.
The season kicks off at the 3 Sisters circuit at Wigan in Lancashire
over the Easter weekend, 7th to 9th April, where the team will be
out on their new 450 & 550 Alice Racing prepared Aprilia’s.
For more information on the full range of KBC products visit
www.kbchelmets.co.uk
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Halsion Aprilia Lincoln team
up with Almax Security
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Date: 19 February, 2007
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Newly formed British Championship Supermoto team, Halsion Aprilia Lincoln
are pleased to announce Newcastle based security products company Almax will
be supplying the team with its products for the 2007 season.
The deal will see the team’s riders Shane Stratton, David Jackson, Phil Gee,
and youngster Joe Harvey using Almax Immobiliser Security Chains throughout
their 2007 season campaign of British and World Championship events.
Team Owner Shane Stratton said "With the amount of time we will be on the
road through the summer, it's important to take proper precautions and Almax
products fit the bill perfectly".
The season kicks off at the 3 Sisters circuit at Wigan in Lancashire over
the Easter weekend, 7th to 9th April where the team will be out on their new
450 & 550 Alice Racing prepared Aprilia’s.
For more information on the team, visit their new website
www.strattonmotorsports.com and for more on the full range of Almax’s
products visit
www.almax-security-chains.co.uk
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Halsion Aprilia Lincoln team
up with Beaver International
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Date: 20 February, 2007
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Newly formed UK Supermoto team Halsion Aprilia Lincoln have are pleased to
announce Beaver International as their clothing supplier for the 2007
season.
The Leeds based company who specialise in both off the shelf & bespoke
corporate clothing & work wear will supply the team with its branded apparel
for its British Supermoto Championship campaign that kicks off at the 3
Sisters circuit in Wigan over the Easter weekend.
The team, consisting of double Thailand Champion Shane Stratton, Former NORA
& Red Bull Eurocup winner David Jackson, and NORA National runner Phil Gee,
will be travelling the length & breadth of the UK as well as a couple of
trips to World championship events in Europe & Ireland over the course of
the this year.
Team owner Shane Stratton said at a recent test day, 'We are pleased that we
are able to work with Beaver International. It is important that the team
looks good in the paddock as well as on the track, and as the sport moves
on, we aim to as well'.
Visit
www.beaverinternational.co.uk
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PodMX - The perfect partnership
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Date: 01 March, 2007
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PodMX will team up with team Halsion Aprilia Lincoln for the 2007
Supermoto season.
Supplying the team with their new PodMX knee braces that are made from
carbon fiber composite, they are extremely light weight and ergonomic.
It also features a unique hinge system that replicates the pivoting
action of the knee via a synthetic version of a human knee tendon that
binds the whole join together.
Team Owner Shane Stratton stated "We need to have our riders on the grid
at every race to guarantee results. The PodMX knee braces will help us
achieve this by keeping us injury free throughout the season".
For more information about PodMX knee braces at
www.podmx.com
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TYGA Performance joins Team Halsion Aprilia
Lincoln
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Date: 04 March, 2007
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This year TYGA Performance is one of the proud sponsors of STRATTON
MOTORSPORTS and Team Halsion Aprilia Lincoln.moto Championship and TYGA
will be supplying the tyre warmers for each of the team’s bikes, helping
them to get the holeshot on all the competition.
Matt Patterson, Technical Director of TYGA said “This is a great
opportunity for us (TYGA) to join forces with a formidable Supermoto
team, and we’re looking forward to a successful year”.
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Matt has known Shane Stratton (team owner and rider) for
several years and states that Shane’s determination to succeed will help
build a team that others will be forced to chase. Not just on track, but
in the paddock too!
TYGA wishes Shane and all at Team Halsion Aprilia Lincoln the best of
luck in the coming season.
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Team Aprilia Off-Road has great ambitions
for 2007
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Date: 08 March, 2007
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Photo Credit: Aprilia
Off-Road
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The Italian manufacturer dominating the 2006 Supermoto season in
the former S2 class – riders and manufacturers’ Title - has more
ambitions for 2007.
As Jerome Giraudo and defending Champion Thierry Van den Bosch
will be in the S1 class with the SXV 4.5, British Christian
Iddon will chase the Title of the S2 class with the SXV 5.5.
The Aprilia squad in the S1 class will be a threat for all the
Title contenders. Last year Thierry Van den Bosch won nine Motos
of the 16 that he took part in. His team mate Jerome Giraudo
tried to fight back and grasp his second World Title, but he
finished runner up to VDB. In 2007 they are expected to battle
with each other again, as they did during their thrilling 2006
season.
Christian Iddon will be the only Aprilia factory rider
in the S2 class. In 2006 the British young gun picked up an injury in
Sankt Wendel, compromising his season to finally finish fourth.
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Now the team is busy with testing. Last week Jerome Giraudo spent three
days to test the new machine, this week VDB is doing the same thing, and
next week will be dedicated to Iddon.
The Van Den Bosch Replica machines are the base on which Aprilia will
start the development for all the three riders.
Aprilia’s first official outing will be the first round of the Italian
Supermoto Championship on the track of Franciacorta, the 25th of March.
One month later, the 29th of April, the squad will start the GP campaign
from Castelletto di Branduzzo.
News Source:
http://www.supermotos1.com
RECOMMENDED APRILIA
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AHRS Support Halsion Lincoln Aprilia
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Date: 08 March, 2007
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AHRS Leathers deliver their latest spec Supermoto
suit to team Halsion Aprilia Lincoln.
We have known team owner and rider, Shane Stratton
for the last 6 years, where he initially started off
using our Road Racing suits throughout Asia. Since
moving to Supermoto, we have been working closely
with Shane to develop our latest Supermoto spec
suits.
Fully custom designed and fitted to suit the teams
and riders, our latest spec Supermoto suit comes
with shaved leather 1mm thinner than our Road-Race
suits as well as extra Kevlar panels to allow more
freedom for movement. We have body armour in the
shoulders, elbows and knees.
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The knee armour is removable for those wanting to run
knee braces under their suits. There are many options
available to suit the riders' needs such as knee
sliders, Road-Racing humps as well as the amount of
venting required.
The suits come with a fixed inner suit and an extra
lycra suit to help with getting in, out and about. Also
available are matching gloves which are of the highest
quality leather, fitted with carbon on the knuckles and
re-enforced leather major contact patches.
The suits weigh 4.5 kg, and it takes approximately 3 to
4 weeks for the suits to completed and delivered.
Measurement and Design Forms need to be completed, and
emailed with relevant artwork/logos and any special
notes. The cost per suit is $US800, which includes
shipping costs (Air Freight) and is payable by money
order (PayPal option available soon)
For further enquiries about our Supermoto suit, please
contact us through this website. Order forms,
measurement and design sheets will be available for
download shortly.
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StrattonMotorsports Teams up with MotorShack
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Date: 02 April, 2007
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Stratton Motorsports are
pleased to announce new sponsor & technical partner
Motorshack.
Motorshack are importers of VP Racing fuels into the UK
& will be supplying product to the team for their 2007
campaign.
Team Owner Shane Stratton visited Motorshack's new
premises this week to seal the deal,
and is looking forward to a successful relationship.
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Stratton said,' It's good to have Motorshack
on board, they love motorsport, and support it at all
levels, with many great products, so for them to get
involved is a great bonus for the team'.
Visit their website at
www.motorshack.com to see a full range of products
that are a must for any racer.
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2007 British & National Supermoto Championship News
Update
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Date: 20 March, 2007
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With just three weeks to go before the start of the new
Supermoto season, excitement is building in anticipation
of the new format series.KTM UK has announced a
comprehensive contingency programme for KTM owners /
teams via the Moto GB website. The KTM contingency
programme features rewards by way of KTM vouchers, which
may be exchanged for and/or used in part payment for,
any KTM product (spare parts,
clothing, accessories etc). Awards of £250, £100 and
£50 will be made to the top three competitors aboard a
KTM UK supplied machine in both the NORA Sport National
Championship Open Class results and The British
Supermoto Championship (5 rounds from each series). The
awards are not open to KTM UK supported riders and the
awards will therefore go to well deserving private
riders who are the backbone of the UK Supermoto scene.
With ten rounds of the series scheduled for 2007, this
equates to a prize fund of £4,000 on offer to
competitors directly from KTM UK. The voucher scheme
will be administered on KTM UK's behalf by leading KTM
Supermoto Dealer; Robinson's of Rochdale and
competitors will need to register for the contingency
scheme in advance. Registration forms will be available
from the download area of the Moto GB website shortly.
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KTM UK’s generous support package is the latest in a
series of support incentives; Aprilia UK, Blur, CTi,
Dunlop, Goldspeed, Michelin and Nitro have all added
competitor reward packages for 2007 and this level of
motorcycle trade support comfortably exceeds anything
seen at any previous UK Supermoto series.
This coming weekend sees the official practice weekend /
warm up meeting at Blyton Raceway in Lincolnshire where
many teams and riders will be debuting their new
machines and sponsors for the forthcoming series.
Special mention should be given at this point to Shane
Stratton, a contender in this year’s series, who has the
honour of claiming the longest distance travelled to
attend the practice weekend. As an expatriate
Australian living in Thailand and current Thai National
Supermoto Champion, the likeable ex-body builder will
leave Bangkok tomorrow night (Tuesday) bound for
England. He will ride his Aprilia SXV 450 machine for
the first time at a track day on Friday and then
participate in the official practice weekend. The
organisers of this year’s series are debating on a
special award for commitment! Follow the to visit the
Stratton Motorsports Halsion Aprilia Lincoln website,
which features a very interesting blog on the team’s
progress so far.
Finally, in a further demonstration of closer working
arrangements, the ACU & AMCA have opted to use the
jointly owned BSMC logo (see above) for 2007 in
recognition of their working agreement for off-road
sport. The two tier British & National Championship
format will feature individual series logos, based on
those above, which will be unveiled at the series opener
at Three Sisters Circuit over the Easter weekend.
2007 British Supermoto Racing Schedule of Events
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