Royal Distributing rider Michael Leon had a difficult debut in the MotoAmerica Superbike series this past weekend, April 13-14. Technical issues and limited track time prevented him from qualifying for the event which requires turning a lap time within 108% of the fastest rider’s time. Read more…
NEWS: Leon heads to Moto America at Road Atlanta after successful test at Jennings GP
Thursday, April 5, 2018
The following article, written by Colin Fraser, was originally published on CSBK.ca Find the link to the original post here
Michael Leon, sixth overall in last year’s Mopar CSBK Pro Superbike feature class Championship, will compete in the opening event of the 2018 MotoAmerica tour at the Suzuki Championship at Road Atlanta, April 13–15. The Royal Distributing-backed BMW racer decided to attend his first American National after a successful tire test at Jennings GP in north Florida in the last week of March.
“After the Jennings Dunlop test, we stopped at the MotoAmerica pre-season test at Barber,” explained Beaconsfield, QC based Leon, who travelled south with Dunlop/Pro 6 head honcho and former Pro racer Sandy Noce. “I almost rode there too, it is such a phenomenal place, but it was too big a rush. But I got a chance to look around, see how things work, and decided to go for it.” Read more…
