Josh Brookes Will Race for Norton at the Isle of Man TT 2018
Josh Brookes is set to return to the Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy and will again represent the Norton factory in this year?s RST Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT Races.
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DONINGTON PARK, UK ? February 5, 2018 ? Australian Brookes, the 2015 British Superbike Champion, will compete on the ?SG7?, derived from the V4 RR road bike. The bike that Brookes will ride is hand built at Norton?s Donington Hall factory and will continue its development and testing schedule in the hands of two-time TT Race winner ? and Norton development rider ? Steve Plater.
Brookes enjoyed a successful return to the Mountain Course last year following a two-year absence from the Isle of Man, which included the fastest ever lap around the TT Course by a Norton machine with 130.883mph. The lap was posted in the PokerStars Senior TT Race, which saw him finish in sixth place, his best finish to date at the TT. He also returned to the Isle of Man later in the year and secured his maiden Mountain Course win with victory in the Bennetts Senior Classic TT Race riding a Paton as well as riding a Rotary Norton to within 5 seconds of Steve Hislop?s fastest ever lap.
It was a good season all round for Brookes, who finished second overall in the British Superbike Championship, just three points behind eventual winner Shane Byrne, taking three wins along the way.
Brookes has enjoyed a meteoric rise at the TT since claiming the fastest newcomer title at the TT in 2013. He fini...
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