30th January 2012

British Championship teams meet up at NYRRSC

Northumberland based British 125 Championship team Banks Racing met up with several other teams and riders at Northallerton last Tuesday. Main reason for the journey was to meet up with the team’s 2012 rider Joe Francis from Chester for the first time. The meeting went well and now both Joe and the team can’t wait to begin testing which starts with a familiarisation test at Teeside Autodrome in February. This will be followed a week later with a practice day at Donington Park and hopefully more tests will be arranged before the first round of the championship at Brands Hatch held over four days April 6th to April 9th on Easter weekend. Only three days after round one the team head south again for the super fast Thruxton circuit.

Work is already in hand for the new season with one or two new parts on the way but the team needs help to remain established at the front end of the British 125 Championship. If you would like to get involved in any way at all, large or small, we would welcome your enquiry or visit the team website www.banksracing125.com where you also have the opportunity to leave a donation via PayPal or just a message of support. Please email Pete by clicking here or call 07762 428210 with any enquiries about the team. We must say a big thank you to the 2011 sponsors who helped make 2011 possible and hope they will all be in touch soon to confirm their intentions to help promote this exciting young prospect. Joe has already shown he has talent and together we can do our bit to establish this rising young star at the top.

The picture on the left shows Joe collecting the trophy for winning the Aprilia Championship and the other photo shows Joe trying out for the Red Bull Rookies in Spain last October. Look out for more news and updates in a couple of weeks time. For a full 2012 calendar check out the team website. Click on any picture to make it larger.