WorldSBK: Gillim Subbing For Mackenzie At Autodrom Most – Roadracing World Journal

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Gillim Set For World Superbike Debut This Weekend In Czech Republic

Defending MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 Champion Hayden Gillim is getting a possibility he by no means thought he would get this weekend as he travels to the Czech Republic to race on the Czech spherical of the Superbike World Championship at Autodrom Most.

Gillim, who presently leads the 2024 MotoAmerica Inventory 1000 factors chase, was requested on Sunday morning at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca if he’d be taken with making the trek for the race to interchange Tarran Mackenzie on the Petronas MIE Racing Honda. He had an hour to resolve and wasted little time in saying sure.

There was one little hiccup: Gillim’s passport had lengthy since expired.

“I by no means thought one thing like this could ever occur for me, so my passport was expired.”

The place there’s a will there’s a method, and Gillim and his spouse Summer season arrived in Germany on Wednesday morning with passports in hand. The Gillims will meet up with Mark Junge later as we speak.

“I’m in Germany,” Gillim stated this morning. “The perfect half was that my passport was expired. We flew straight to Chicago on Monday morning and acquired it expedited. It is going to be fairly cool and I’m enthusiastic about it.”

Along with studying a brand new racetrack and the Pirelli tires, Gillim will discover a Honda CBR1000RR-R SP in contrast to the one he races in MotoAmerica Inventory 1000.

“The bike goes to be fairly a bit totally different,” Gillim stated of Mackenzie’s Honda. “It’s going to have all of the Superbike stuff on it… swingarms, triple clamps, electronics, and I’m positive the transmission is totally different. We’ll see. It’s additionally a brand new observe for me and all that enjoyable stuff.”

Gillim’s first time on observe at Most will probably be Friday at 4:20 a.m. Japanese Time for Free Apply 1. World Superbike race one will happen on Saturday at 8 a.m. Japanese and Sunday’s race two will even be at 8 a.m. Japanese.

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