Darryl Atkins quitte le championnat AMA Supermoto

Atkins, 4 victoire AMA SM & 2 fois vice champion, explique que l’économie actuelle, et les investissements d’Aprilia USA dans les séries sportives AMA roadracing, l’on décidé à quitter le championnat AMA supermoto et fermer sa structure Factory Aprilia Rip it Race Team. Il se réserve pourtant une posibilité de revenir faire quelques piges pour … les X-games… 

Des négociations sont en cours pour que son pilote Ben Carlson, soit transféré dans le team Aprilia factory pour disputer le championnat du Monde S2.



« I have decided to retire from AMA Supermoto, to move forward with the more pivotal aspects of my life.  I am thankful for all of the success and fulfillment I have had throughout my career as a racer / team owner, and am truly grateful to have the opportunity to focus more intently on my various alternative business ventures.

Supermoto is a great sport, and I’ve given it an enormous portion of my soul over the past 5 years. 4 AMA National Championship wins, twice being Vice Champion, and having been awarded 2007 Team Champion have all been outstanding achievements for myself and my team. Unfortunately, at this point some controversial political circumstances within the sport have caused me to lose interest in continuing with AMA Supermoto. »