Race On Sunday, Sell On MondayÉ

TEN KATE RACING, STEWARDS OF THE HONDA WORLD SUPERBIKE TEAM—THE WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP’S DAVID GOING UP AGAINST THE BIG FACTORY GOLIATHS

ANDREA WILSON

David versus Goliath. It’s a common theme—the little guy versus the giant. Meet the “David” of the World Superbike Championship: Ten Kate Racing. “A local dealer who went racing, I think you would call us,” team principal Ronald Ten Kate said. It’s now grown from those humble beginnings to be more than a local dealer slapping a sticker on the bike. With 22 years of racing under its belt, Ten Kate Racing has 10 world titles (all 600 Supersport World Championships except for James Toseland’s World Superbike title in 2007) and have expanded with Ten Kate Racing Products, selling parts and racebikes worldwide, as well as being the home of Honda’s World Superbike effort since 2004. “We used to be a motorcycle dealer with a race team,” Ten Kate said.…

You're reading a preview of

Sport Rider (Digital) - 1 Issue, October - November 2016

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.