Richard Leong Racing Teams Up With Pirelli To Contest The Nationals!

**sugilite:Me** · 17th November 2006, 21:03

It is my absolute pleasure to announce that Team Richard Leong Racing have signed a deal to be supplied with Pirelli racing slicks.
We will be contesting all 5 rounds of the 2007 New Zealand Production Superbike championship starting this coming January at Teratonga race Track, Invercargill.

As just about any superbike team will tell you, tyres is one of the hardest components to get sorted.
Both Richard and I are delighted to have secured a deal to run Pirellis.
Privateer Russel Holland proved they can win races at the highest level in Australia, and indeed team Honda Australia have themselves signed up to use Pirelli next year along with other large Australian teams.

We are still working on sponsorship deals with other suppliers of racing consumables and will make further announcements in this thread as news comes to hand.

So it will be good bye to the bikes instability issues with the current tyres we have and hello competitive race rubber!

Here is a few pics (thanks Felix) of the bike as it stands now. We just fitted the Akrapovic full race exhaust system to the bike two weeks ago

Sugilite out!

**Tim 39** · 17th November 2006, 21:40

great to hear! is this your first time for nationals?

**FROSTY:Me** · 17th November 2006, 21:51

you're kidding --suggies been arouns since dougal was out on a gixxer 1100 in senior proddy back in the early ninetys --Um I have this funny feeling it might even go back furthur

**JayRacer37** · 17th November 2006, 22:34

Good on ya Anthony, good to hear you will be doing the full nationals.
Good luck!!

**dickytoo** · 17th November 2006, 23:06

Originally Posted by JayRacer37

Good on ya Anthony, good to hear you will be doing the full nationals.
Good luck!!

Jay, is that you? you've gone chunky, boy! eat less pies, it stuffs up your power to weight ratio!

say hi to your dad for me.

richard

**Shaun** · 18th November 2006, 08:36

Originally Posted by FROSTY

you're kidding --suggies been arouns since dougal was out on a gixxer 1100 in senior proddy back in the early ninetys --Um I have this funny feeling it might even go back furthur

I started in 1986 and he was there then, good luck you guys

**Cleve** · 18th November 2006, 11:28

Great stuff Ant. Hoping that Jill, Paul and I will do the North Island rounds at least. Still working on that... See ya at Puke next weekend?

**babyB** · 18th November 2006, 19:32

way coo good luck guys

**R6_kid:Me** · 18th November 2006, 20:39

good score!!! Best of luck with your endeavours, not an easy sport this motorcycle racing business!

**chanceyy** · 18th November 2006, 20:53

awesum stuff Ant & Richard ( does this mean your off the bread & water diet Richard ??)

always look forward to your writes up Ant .. they funny as hell .. ohh yeah still must catch up with almost sleeping through the races .. have you updated that lil pearler yet ??

**Steve_R6R** · 18th November 2006, 21:29

Good on you.
You will kick some ass with all that fresh rubber

**kiwifruit** · 18th November 2006, 21:56

Go hard

**Crasherfromwayback** · 19th November 2006, 03:02

Originally Posted by sugilite

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Privateer Russel Holland proved they can win races at the highest level in Australia,

Here is a few pics
Sugilite out!

Well you'll have no excuses for not doing so here then!
And for Christs sake man....fit a dark visor so we don't have to see the stress in your face.
Best of luck.

**SN4PD** · 19th November 2006, 03:14

Good on ya

**vtec** · 19th November 2006, 11:06

Great to hear man, how's your progress coming along on the ZX10R? You gaining confidence and speed on the new bike yet?

So it sounds like Supercorsa Pro's are perfectly good?