Trackhouse Racing To Join MotoGP in 2024
Rennie Scaysbrook | December 7, 2023
America will have a team presence in the premier MotoGP class for 2024 with the announcement that Trackhouse Racing will take over the reins of the former RNF Aprilia squad with riders Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez.
Trackhouse Racing is headed by Founder, Owner, and former pro driver Justin Marks and is primarily famous for its NASCAR exploits, the most recent of which was the debut victory of New Zealand driver Shane Van Gisbergen at Chicago earlier this year.
Trackhouse team owner, Justin Marks, with his new baby. The Stars ‘n Stripes are back in MotoGP, baby!
“Joining the MotoGP World Championship is a very exciting moment for our young company. Trackhouse has worked from day one to recognize unique and compelling motorsport opportunities and being able to expand to a global series like MotoGP is a massive step in scaling the company.”
The arrival of Trackhouse ensures an American team presence in MotoGP since 2007, the final year of the legendary Team Roberts enterprise.
“We are happy and proud to welcome Trackhouse into the Aprilia Racing family,” said Aprilia Racing CEO, Massimo Rivola. “What they have been able to build in a very short time in NASCAR is an extraordinary presentation card, which anticipates the potential of this partnership. This is thanks to Justin Marks and his team, whom I got to know through my long-time friend PJ Rashidi, and with whom we were immediately in sync both in terms of technical ambitions and marketing and communication developments in such an important market as the US. Our commitment will increase significantly, a responsibility we gladly take on because, I am sure, it will allow us to grow even more.”
The full 2024 livery will be revealed early next season but as part of the launch, the team unveiled a symbolic American flag-liveried bike, paying tribute to both previous testing colors used by Nicky Hayden and to the motorcycle racing heritage of the USA.
Trackhouse Racing will hit the track for the first time at the opening test of the 2024 year at Sepang in Malaysia on February 1-3, 2024.
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