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Yamaha team for Round 2 of the FIM Endurance World Championship
The 36th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race
MONSTER Energy Yamaha - YART* will compete as the top Yamaha team in the 36th "Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race scheduled to be held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture from July 25 to 28, 2013.
Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who competes in the pinnacle JSB1000 class of the All Japan Road Racing Championship for the YAMAHA YSP Racing Team, will be joined by Broc Parkes, who took 5th place in the World Supersport Championship last year and will be making his first entry in the Suzuka 8 Hours. Completing the team will be 2012 Australia Superbike Champion Josh Waters, who placed 2nd in the 2011 Suzuka 8 Hours and enters the British Superbike Championship this season on the Milwaukee Yamaha team.
*YART = YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM
Katsuyuki Nakasuga |
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Name : |
Katsuyuki Nakasuga |
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From : |
Fukuoka Prefecture |
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Born : |
Aug. 9, 1981 |
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Racing team : |
YAMAHA YSP Racing Team |
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Suzuka 8 Hours Record |
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2006 : |
DNF (paired with Shinichi Nakatomi) |
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2007 : |
DNF (paired with Nobuyuki Osaki) |
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2008 : |
5th (paired with Yuji Sato) |
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2011 : |
DNF (paired with Igor Jerman, Gwen Giabbani) |
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2012 : |
DNF (paired with Noriyuki Haga, Tommy Hill) |
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Broc Parkes |
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Name : |
Broc Parkes |
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Nationality : |
Australian |
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Born : |
Dec. 24, 1981 |
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Racing team : |
Yamaha Racing with Yamalube |
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Suzuka 8 Hours Record |
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2010 : |
15th in World Supersport Championship |
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2011 : |
4th in World Supersport Championship |
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2012 : |
5th in World Supersport Championship |
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Josh Waters |
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Name : |
Josh Waters |
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Nationality : |
Australian |
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Born : |
Jan. 24, 1987 |
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Racing team : |
Milwaukee Yamaha |
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Suzuka 8 Hours Record |
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2011 : |
2nd (paired with Yukio Kagayama, Nobuatsu Aoki) |
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2012 : |
DNF (paired with Leon Camier, Nobuatsu Aoki) |
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