WSBK: Blake Young to join FIXI Crescent Suzuki at Laguna Seca

FIXI Crescent Suzuki is pleased to announce that 2012 AMA Superbike runner-up Blake Young will join the team for the forthcoming eni FIM Superbike World Championship round at Laguna Seca in America as a replacement for the injured Leon Camier.

The American will turn 26-years-of-age on the 20th September so the chance to ride the Yoshimura-Powered GSX-R Superbike has come as an early birthday present for the Wisconsin-based racer. He has finished as runner-up in the highly competitive AMA Superbike series in the last two-years and has this season raced in the Indianapolis and Austin Grand Prix of the MotoGP^TMWorld Championship.

Young has been drafted in to replace Camier at Laguna Seca following the Englishman's huge crash in Turkey last weekend that left him needing surgery on seven broken bones in his right foot. He is now recovering from the injury and is aiming to be fit for the final race of the season at Jerez.

Fixi Crescent Suzuki's latest recruit will get his first taste of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 in Friday morning's free-practice at Laguna Seca on the 27th September, where his knowledge of the Californian circuit will be put to good use as learns to ride a full-blown Superbike there for the first time.

"I'm really excited" said Blake Young "at the prospect of riding for FIXI Crescent Suzuki and I can't wait to ride the bike. It was a surprise to get the call, but it will be great to go back to Laguna Seca, especially on a World Superbike - it's a bit like a dream come true for me and made even better that it's a Suzuki. I'm now ready to get out on the bike and try to do some good things on the world stage and see what happens from there. I want to thank all the people that have made this happen and it's never good when a rider gets injured, so I want to wish Leon all the best for a quick and full recovery, It will be great to ride his bike and hopefully I can do well on it for him and the team."

via worldsbk.com