Triumph to race WSBK in 2008/2009

next season should be fun in WSBK with the 2 new teams:rock Sprechen Sie Brittania: BMW & Triumph To Race WSBK In 2008/2009 beemer in superbike, triumph in supersport by dean adams Wednesday, October 03, 2007 The production-based World Superbike series showed off two coups last weekend. First, that BMW will race the WSBK series in 2009. While your first thoughts might be why your dad's motorcycle company is now racing Superbikes, actually the BMW effort is already well-respected and garnering interest. BMW clearly has experience running race teams the world over--albeit on four wheels, but they will be a welcome participant in WSBK. That followed news breaking that Triumph signed a deal for Stefano Caracchi's former NCR team to race the Brit-bikes in the World Supersport series next season. Triumph did race Supersport in 2004 with V&M (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Mar/040319b.htm). These are heady announcements from the WSBK series, what with BMW perpetually bandied about as a future MotoGP constructor. Does BMW still have a future in MotoGP? Luca Cadalora and Jeremy McWilliams both tested some type of BMW MotoGP bike and the world's press predicted BMW entering the series in 2007. That, of course, never happened. Instead BMW raced the world endurance series. As one wag put it: BMW can race MotoGP or with the same capital investment they can race World, US and British Superbike championships. As a company the new Triumph has been able to sell warehouses full of bikes without going world championship racing, so the announcement that second-generation team owner Stefano Caracchi's well-vested team will front the British outfit is a serious effort indeed. ENDS http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Oct/070803hz.htm