One moment mentioned, the participation in the 2018 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship of three-time AMA Superbike champion and 2009 Superbike world champion, Ben Spies, will not take place.
Despite the support of his personal sponsors, sufficient funds were not found to complete the project based on a Ducati Panigale, and the ex-Yamaha MotoGP official will instead compete in the AMA National Enduro Series season next.
Trusting the site MotoAmerica, the 33-year-old Texan said: “I'm smart enough to know that MotoGP and World Superbike are impossible. But I like riding dirt bikes. I'm not Jean-Michel Bayle, but I really like it. I would like to see what I can do. I can travel the country again, not like when I was 18 or 20, but with my family. »
