True Heroes Racing
From the very first moment True
Heroes Racing took to the track they have
inspired and great support has grown
for the team and their achievements.
Their innovative and unique use of
two wheeled motorsport has returned
likeminded injured Service personnel
to a fast, frenetic and pressurised
environment. The camaraderie and
sense of humour amongst the team is
identical to that found amongst serving
military units and personnel, and this is
a key feature of True Heroes Racing. As
is showing the world that its members
are moving on from what has happened
to them in the past and this is shown
through the rider’s chosen race numbers
which relate to the dates they sustained
their injuries.
Due to support and exposure in
just one season competing at the British
Superbike Championships, the team
were able to double in size and field a
second injured rider, supported by yet
more injured Service personnel, and
this growth has continued. True Heroes
Racing has expanded year-after-year
and is now the professional unit seen
and followed by thousands across the
UK and beyond. The team’s unique and
sustained approach has led to interest
from across the world to form links,
inspire and learn lessons. It’s certainly
not the injuries of its members that
is holding them back, it’s purely an
increase in financial backing to fund
their continued expansion.
For 2017 the team have really
expanded with a new set up and are now
running full time in two different classes
at the British Superbike Championships.
They’re fielding their distinctive orange
and black liveried bikes in both the
Ducati TriOptions Cup and the Pirelli
National Superstock 1000 Championship
with four different True Heroes Racing
riders. This has meant the team have
also been involved in every one of the
12 rounds of the 2017 British Superbike
Championships and have even been
a part of the UK round of the World
Superbike Championships, when it
visited Donington Park earlier this year.
True Heroes Racing has aspirations
to take injured Service personnel’s
direct involvement in competitive
motorcycle racing to the very top within
the UK and hopes, one day, to be able
to field a professional full premier
Superbike Class team, competing
against established, high profile riders
and factory backed teams. At this level,
True Heroes Racing would also be able
to offer paid employment for injured
Service personnel in new careers outside
of the military. There’s no reason why
injured Service personnel can’t perform
all of the roles required for a successful
motorsport team to operate.
If you would like to learn more about
True Heroes Racing, might be interested
in joining or supporting the team please
feel free to contact them at: info@
TrueHeroesRacing.co.uk
You can also visit their website or
show them your support by following
them on any of their social media sites,
especially Facebook, where you can also
see images of everything the team has
done since forming in 2012.
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