07 December 2009

Press release ….Electraction TM  Enduro team

Following on from a number of successful seasons at BEC/ WEC level the Electraction TM team are pleased to announce their rider line up for the 2010 season .At the forefront for private teams, Electraction have always been keen to run a junior rider in the WEC series and as Phillip MC Laughlin will move to the E1 class on the new TM 250 Fi, team manager Nick Craigie announced that Australian Joshua Green will join the team for the 2010 season, campaigning the 2T 300 TM. Gordon Clarke will continue to do selected events on a 250 / 300 2T.
Phillip, who has continued to improve since his move from moto cross 18 months ago is looking forward to the new challenge.
“ I have had a number of very good results followed by some bad ones where I made some mistakes and had some really bad luck …I ran out of fuel , punctured casings, crashed , all when good results were there for the taking . Both myself and the team have learned from this and we must try to avoid those problems in the future.. I have ridden the 450 F for the last two seasons and the bike has been awesome but a change to the smaller 250F may be better suited to my physical size and as it’s a new bike I am stoked to be riding it …. Roll on 2010 “.

Joshua Green is unknown in Europe. A member of the Australian Junior ISDE team and a former winner of the Junior Australian Championship in MX and Enduro Josh knows he has a lot to learn but is fast and keen. At 19 he has a few years to prove his pace.

Josh: “I live in the same town as Stefan Merryman and want to follow him to be world champion. This is an opportunity I could not afford to miss and I am looking forward to the challenge. It will be different , Australia is dry , Europe can be wet so I need to learn and I have never ridden a 2 t  but I have been out practicing on the TM 300 and already my times are faster than I was on the 450 Kawasaki . The wet will for sure be different and daunting but Stefan has been giving me advise and is helping me train. I will be trying and can’t wait to get started “

Gordon has one of the best finishing records in WEC enduros …from a trials background Gordon like many trials riders struggles with outright speed at times but technically is one of the best riders around. Finishing at every round, Gordon builds points steadily and consistently.

Gordon: “It’s difficult for me juggling work and riding at WEC level but I enjoy the experience. If I could ride full time of course I could get faster but I can’t so I can only do what I can with the time available to train. You ride at home and its fine but then when you go to a WEC it’s a different level … you need to be there all the time  2010 should be good for the team , Phillip had improved  and Josh seems a good prospect . We will do some wet training in January and see how that goes. The bikes have been super and very reliable so no issues there “