Australia‰Ûªs Rodney Taplin has been invited to a guest appearance in the U.S riding with
Team Troy Lee Designs / Red Bull Honda at Round 8 of the AMA Pro Supermoto
Championship. The Round 8 Armadillo Supermoto will be held this weekend, 3 & 4
November 2007 at the Moody Gardens race complex on Galveston Island in Galveston,
Texas.
Taplin, a coal miner / supermoto racer from the South Coast of New South Wales,
Australia will fill in for the injured David Pingree, racer and journalist at Racer X in the
AMA Supermoto lites class, Pingree was leading the class prior to breaking both wrists
racing at Redmond, Oregan in Round 7.
Team TLD/ Red Bull Honda was hoping that Taplin may have been able to race the
following weekend in Round 9 of the AMA Supermoto lites Championship held in
California but the date conflicted with the Australian Supermoto Championship.
Taplin currently sits in second position in the Premier S2 class in the Australian
Supermoto Championships and hopes to make good use of the experience gained from
his U.S race trip to regain the lead in the Championship.
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‰ÛÏIt will be great to be racing against the best
guys in the world it‰Ûªs a great team and a great bike ,I am hoping to come out with some
great experience and knowledge and be ready to go for QLD," Taplin said.
Team AMS/Honda Manager Andrew Hopson added ‰ÛÏIt is awesome for Rodney to be
asked to ride for Team Troy Lee Designs/ Red Bull Honda on a Honda CRF 250 in the U.S.
Also it is great to see some more of our guys being recognized in this sport just like Troy
Herfoss and Adam Cini ,who now race full time in the US. Rodney has the speed and
ability to run with the best racers. I am sure he will pick up a wealth of race experience
from this trip, which should really help with the following weekend in QLD.‰Û
