Hey All!
I’m just posting to give you a bit of an update on Daniel Mettam’s foray in to the European Junior Cup, which is the World Superbike Championship’s new development class, where he will be up against other young racers from around the world.
Daniel and his father, Glenn, left the country early last week and arrived in Spain for a 2-day training course on the weekend just passed.
They’re now off to Holland where they will be basing themselves, and they’ll hit the first round on the 17th of April at Assen
I know that a lot of you have followed Daniel’s progress over the couple of years he has taken on road-racing, and the rate of improvement, especially in recent months has been pretty awesome. Glenn hopes to provide updates on the adventure via the website (
http://www.danielmettam.co.nz), and I will try to keep this thread updated with news from there as well.
Daniel’s schedule is copied below (from his website), as is the most recent news article from his website regarding the European Junior Cup
News Articles
February 24th 2011 - Daniel Mettam off to European Junior Cup at World Superbikes
We are pleased to announce that Daniel will shortly be off to compete at the 6 rnd European Junior Cup Championship to be held as a support class to the 2011 World Superbike events at Assen, Monza, Aragona, Silverstone, Nurburgring & Magny Cours - Daniel will be competing with around 20 other 14-17 yrs olds from around the world & they will all be riding identical race prepared Kawasaki Ninja 250R's - New Zealand's Simon Crafer has been appointed the Junior Coach of the series which kicks off with a two day training camp at Guadix in Southern Spain on 26/27th March. The Championship will run in between the World Supersport race & race two of the World Superbikes on the Sunday of race week-end, after practise on the Friday & qualifying on the Saturday - Crowds will sometimes get up around the 100,000 mark & it will provide a great window of opportunity for the kids on this stage to show off their skills - The winner of the series is eligible for a 15,000 euro prize fund towards a seasons racing in the European Superstock 600 Championship for 2012 or a 10,000 Euro prize - See
www.worldsbk.com for other news on the European Junior Cup, bike spec's etc. Daniel is looking forward to the championship & a lot of organisation is underway to make it all happen to enable him to perform - he particularly wants to thank his current sponsors & supporters being Jamie & Wes Rajek of Wolfpack Racing, Rick at Spill Response NZ, Grant at CTAS, Chris at Motomail, Miles Purchase, Mark Mullins, Forbes & Davies, Preferred Mtg's - Also huge thanks to Phil & Cheryl London & John Connor .
Month 2011 Date/s Event Round Location
Mar 26/27th EJC Training Camp Guadix, Spain
Apr 17th Holland Rnd 1 Assen
May 8th Italy Rnd 2 Monza
June 19th Spain Rnd 3 Aragon
Jul 31st England Rnd 4 Silverstone
Sep 4th Germany Rnd 5 Nurburgring
Oct 2nd France Rnd 6 Magny Cours
Go Daniel!!!!
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