Scott Charlton joins Aussie Dave Racing.
Aussie Dave racing, Murrieta California- With
the injury sustained by team owner and lead
rider David Anthony at the Ohio AMA weekend
the team was in need of a rider capable of keeping
the #25 Aussie Dave Racing GSXR 1000 inside
the top 10.
Scott has been mixing it at the front in the
Australian Superbike Championship for a number
of years now and is ready for the challenge.
It is going to be a tall task for Scott working
with a new team and going straight into racing
a bike he has never ridden, we believe Scott
has the ability to put the bike inside the top
10 so fingers crossed for a great weekend.
Scott also has commitments back in Australia
and will fly straight to Eastern Creek Raceway
in Sydney Australia for round 4 of the Australian
Superbike Championship, he will then fly straight
back to compete at Virgina International Raceway.
Scott- It’s been a crazy week, I got a call
from the team four days ago and now i'm in Kansas
, I still don’t have all of the paperwork for
my license but we should have all that worked
out by Friday. This is a great opportunity as
I have always wanted to come and race in the
AMA. David has proved what the bike is capable
of and now the rest is up to me. This is a good
weekend for my first AMA race as this is a new
track and I don’t believe the other guys have
had too much track time around here, hopefully
we can get a set up quickly and then is just
a matter of getting used to the bike and learning
the track before the first race.
In his first outing with the Team, Scotty took to the track and the bike quickly which put him in the 13th spot on the starting grid after qualifying Friday afternoon. Early morning rain on Saturday canceled the second qualifying attempt and practice session. The green flag dropped and Scotty showed great skill on the track proving that he could keep the number 25 Suzuki gsxr-1000 competitive. He finished up his first race in the 12th spot just behind Roadracingworld's Chris Ulrich and ahead of Motogarages Scotty Jenson.
Race 2 on sunday was an exciting battle only this time Scotty was able to put the bike in the 10th position at the checker! His Goal of a top ten in his first effort in Superbike here in the US was realized and Left Scotty with the desire to come back and push ever closer to the front of the pack at VIR.
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