Ben Spies to Run Sterilgarda Colors in Spain This W/E....

While we're checking out some shots of Ben Spies '08 Superbike at Road America, and of him running away with race 1 at Elkhart Lake in June 0f 2008 during the AMA Road Racing w/e, word comes from the net today that he will be running the same color scheme on his Yamaha M1 at Valencia, Spain during the final round of the MotoGP season, as what he had run and won the the championship with during the WSBK season.

Having the opportunity to run as a 'wild card' entry this w/e, this will give Ben a leg up on testing the M1 and being able to get started on a baseline for what is and will be his 'rookie' season in MotoGP for the 2010 season. With testing at a premium now with all of the economic cut backs, this will undoubtedly be a big plus for Ben and his crew to get a jump start on next season.
Thanks to the fine folks at http://www.cyclenews.com/, http://www.roadracingworld.com/ ,
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/ and http://www.roadracerx.com/ for the posts and the super sweet pics of what Ben's ride will look like in Valencia this coming w/e.

Check it out and remember to watch for Ben and cheer him on! Go get 'em Ben and good luck!!

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/11/04/spies-news-ride
http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=38610
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Nov/091104-11.htm

http://www.roadracerx.com/news/spies-valencia-livery/

Ben Spies to Join Tech III Yamaha for Season Ending Round at Valencia...

With one round to go, not to mention one major motorcycle race left in the world

before the long and cold winter break, one of the big things to look forward to with

this weekend's race event in Spain is that recently crowned '09 WSBK Champion Ben

Spies will be joining the Tech III Yamaha M1 team on one of the team's Monster

Energy Drink bikes.

This will be the team that Elbowz Spies will ride for next year in the MotoGP ranks,

and will essentially be taking over as team mate to Colin Edwards next year and moving

current team mate James Toseland off of the #52 bike and back over to World Superbike.

Ironically, he will be riding the bike Ben just clinched the championship on, and actually

tested in Portugal with it last week.

One Mr. Spies will be riding this w/e as a tune-up to the 2010 season, and with all of the

current restrictions in place as to testing, this will be great for Ben to get some serious

track time. Having ridden for the Team Rizla Suzuki squad last year in three events, one

of those being the Indy round where he got a very respectable 6th place finish in the winds

of the remains of Hurricane Ike. With this added track time, it will be essential to gain as

much info as possible to carry over into the 2010 season when testing officially starts back

up towards the beginning of spring.

The races will be televised via tape delay on Speed TV this w/e, with the 250GP race, the

very last race of the quarter liter ring dings before they go the way of the Edsel, to be televised

at 1700 EST with the MotoGP round following at 1800 EST. Again this is on Sunday 11/8.

You can follow all the action via the feeds from the left side column. MotoGP.com will have their

live timing up during all on-track sessions, and all the other sites will be just right behind with

any and all updates. It should be a great weekend for all!

The shots above are of #5 Colin Edwards and #52 James Toseland's Tech III Yamaha M1's

on display outside their respective garages at Indy back at the end of August. Enjoy and thanks

again for coming on down!