Superbike star, Dean Thomas announced his retirement from Superbike racing
to spearhead the Mission Racing project as Team Manager. The team will
contest the 2008 British Supersport Championship with riders Sam Warren
and Nick Medd, onboard the latest 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6 Rob McElnea
specification race bikes.
Sam Warren (25) from Belper in Derbyshire is the 2006 British Supermoto
Champion and brings experience from a highly competitive Off-road
background. Team-mate Nick Medd (27), from Hull is a former British
Superbike Championship contender.
Current British Superstock Cup contender, Tom Clegg steps up to ride a
Mission Junior Superstock bike in the brand new 2008 Junior Superstock
Championship.
Dean Thomas, Team Manager: "It's an exciting time for everyone involved.
We've been working very hard to get Mission up and running before the 2007
season ended. With our bikes ready to go from a proven source we can begin
our testing programme in the next few weeks."
Nik Ellwood, Team Principal: "As an additional commitment to the
Championship we are pledging 1% of our sponsorship money to the Chris
Jones Memorial Fund. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite any other
teams to match our pledge for this worth while cause."
Mission Racing will be exhibiting at the 2007 International Motorcycle and
Scooter Show at the NEC, Birmingham from 22 November " 2 December and
welcome any interested parties to their stand.
The 2008 British Supersport Championship has been provisionally announced
by the MCRCB as a 12 round championship, commencing at Brands Hatch on 4-6
April.
