MORIWAKI BLOG_ENG: January 2010

January 2010

01/29/2010

2010 Moto2 provisional entry list

FIM has released the provisional entry list of MoroGP World Championship 2010 season.

In the inaugural Moto2 class, there will be 6riders among 4teams ride MORIWAKI MD600. They are:

TEAM / G22 HOLIDAYGYM

RIDER / No.10: FONSI NIETO

TEAM / INTERWETTEN MORIWAKI RACING

RIDER / No.12: THOMAS LUTHI

TEAM / GRESINI RACING MOTO2

RIDER / No.24: TONI ELIAS

TEAM / MATTEONI C.P. RACING

RIDER / No.52: LUKAS PESEK

TEAM / GRESINI RACING MOTO2

RIDER / No.61: VLADIMR IVANOV

TEAM / G22 HOLIDAYGYM

RIDER / No.88: YANNICK GUERRA

Related release:

On MotoGP website

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Interwetten+receive+Moriwaki+bike

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/elias+and+ivanov+for+the+gresini+line+up

On FIM website

http://www.fim-live.com/fr/medias/actualites/detail-actualite/article/1264584604-fim-road-racing-world-championship-grand-prix-2010-provisional-entry-lists-1/

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Moto2 class is on its way. Thank you for your support to MORIWAKI.

01/18/2010

MORIWAKI Club parted with Pirelli Tyre for 2010

New challenge is just about begin in 2010

MORIWAKI Club officially made a partnership with the Italian tyre maker, Pirelli. MORIWAKI Club riders actually had tryout at last year NGK Cup race and result was promising.

This year, Fujishima and Tabaru will enter Suzuka Challenge Cup ST600, and Miyajima in Regional Championship ST600. And we have Yamaguchi entering All Japan Championship. It is his first full appearance in ST600 class since 2003.

We like to ask your continuous support to our challenge in 2010.

Pirelli official website: http://www.pirelli.co.jp/web/default.page

01/15/2010

Tabaru, MORIWAKI Club rider’s on the newspaper!

Tabaru appeared on CHUNICHI newspaper issued on last Christmas day. Here’s the translation of the article:

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Motorsports award from Suzuka city mayor

Motorsports award was presented to award winners on December 23 at Suzuka Circuit. Tabaru, who left college of technology to become motorcycle rider and came to Suzuka city 4yrs ago. He won the Suzuka 4hrs Road Race in July and received this commendation.

Originally from Saga city, Kyushu, he started riding when he was 17. He was trained 2yrs at Suzuka Circuit School and moved to Suzuka city. He currently working at a logistics company and continue racing on weekends.

“I felt how much I was blessed by the staffs when I won the 4rs.” he said. “It was full of surprising and emotion. I will be ‘Toshiotoko’ (in Chinese zodiac) next year, so I would like it to be the year to take a big leap and have the world in my sight.” He added.

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It is great that our MORIWAKI club activity is acknowledged by Suzuka city. We continue our motorsports activities to make contribution to local area.

01/09/2010

USGPRU, the youth GP race in North America

USGPRU (United States Grand Prix Racers Union) has MORIWAKI MD250H powered by Honda spec race. Here is some words from Mr. Stewart Aitken-Cade, the President of USGPRU explaining their activities and objective.

Stewart Aitken-Cade, President, USGPRU

The USGPRU 125 Grand Prix National Championship®, Moriwaki MD250H, Moto3, and 250 Grand Prix National Championship™ will continue to run primarily during the weekends organized by the Championship Cup Series (CCS) & American Sportbike Racers Association (ASRA). In addition, some events will be run in conjunction with the UTSBA, OMRRA, and roadrace Southwest series.

USGPRU events provide maximum track time for developing young riders. Depending on the host organization, some weekends offer full day practice on Friday and Saturday where riders easily can click off 5 20min sessions each day. Following Sunday morning warm-up a dedicated 15 minute Final Qualifying session is held and the times are used to determine grid position in the main event.

Where possible, USGPRU events are a minimum length of 54km. Longer race length provides better opportunity to develop race craft and experience. Tire choice becomes more important, calculation of fuel load more critical and rider fitness becomes a deciding factor.

In 2008, the USGPRU started a new spec-motorcycle class based on the outstanding Moriwaki MD250H racebike powered by HONDA. With a stout purse available to the competitors, and a fantastic piece of race machinery to ride, the class showcased the skills of the 12- to 16-year-old racers. Plus it was just a lot of fun for the fans to watch.

Our goal is to provide a direct springboard for talented young (1218 year old) American and Canadian riders wanting to make the jump to pro racing. With the 125GP class extended in WGP to AT LEAST 2015 we see lightweight GP racing in North America going strong for several more years. As we bring in the new 4-stroke purpose-built race bikes from Moriwaki Engineering, this will enable the USGPRU to continue to be the premiere feeder class in North America.

We are happy to see our MD250 is racing in North American and other regions and countries in the world. Hope to see one of those MD250 riders become world-class GP riders in the future.

Mr. Aitken-Cade sent us some pictures of their pit bike ZOOMER (a.k.a Ruckus). MORIWAKI ZERO TD exhaust system is nicely fitted!