Rispoli Steps Up To British Superbikes!
| November 5, 2015
Floridian 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.
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