19/11/2023
🚨🔔 ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔🚨
We are at Motorcycle Live with True Heroes Racing & Pals Battalion UK announcing our collaboration for 2024 running Fatboy Finn in the Sportbike class at Bennetts British Superbike Championship !!
OUR FIRST 2024 RIDER ANNOUNCEMENT
“FatBoy” Finn steps up with True Heroes Racing to challenge in the new Sportbike Championship for 2024.
After a successful 2023 season where Finn Smart-Weeden was crowned as the final ever Junior Supersport Champion, today he’s unveiled his plans for 2024 with an exciting new partnership with added meaning with his family’s UK military background.
Today on the True Heroes Racing stand at Motorcycle Live the new True Heroes Racing powered by The PALs and Synergy partnership has been unveiled with the aim of moving Finn into an established team with the support around him to compete in the new 2024 Sportbike Championship on an Aprilia RS660 at the 2024 British Superbike Championships.
As the 2023 Junior Supersport Champion, Finn has more than proven his ability and as the son of 2 British Army Veterans, he fits the ethos of the True Heroes Racing Associate Rider program. By competing under this concept, he enables even more opportunities to be offered for Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) UK Service personnel & Veterans to become directly involved and benefit from activity as members of the team at the British Superbike Championships. With the provision of a brand-new Aprilia RS660 and full season technical support from Graham at Synergy Racing and substantial underpinning support from The PALs Battalion this partnership has exciting potential.
Finn said, “I’m really excited to be entering into this partnership with True Heroes Racing, The PALs Battalion and Synergy Racing. I’m really grateful to all to be offered this opportunity and thank all those for their support. As a new championship I am under no illusions we have a challenging few months ahead before the first round, but we have a good plan to get to grips with the Aprilia and the step up in power for me and I think we have the full potential to fight at the front. This whole concept excites me and allows me a unique opportunity to further my racing, while supporting people from the same background as my parents.”
True Heroes Racing Founder and Team Principal, Phil Spencer added, “It’s great to be able to be a part of this partnership with Leon and Graham and to assist the son of a pair of British Army Veterans at the same time. There’s no pressure from us on Finn, I’m just hoping for a great season for him as we take the first step on this road to who knows where. Finn understands through his parents just how beneficial our activities can be for those who need support in a unique way, making this project even more special.”
Leon Stokes, Founder of the Pals Battalion CIC added, “It’s great to be able to facilitate this collaboration with True Heroes Racing and Synergy Racing. Phil and I have been talking for a while now about doing something together and this project with Finn is hopefully just the first step on an exciting road ahead. The inspirational and unique support our organisations provide to our beneficiaries from the UK Military Veteran communities have immense synergy, so to bring a partnership to the track is great.”
Graham Carter from Synergy Racing add, “I’m excited to be returning to the BSB paddock as part of this partnership with Phil and Leon in order to support Finn moving his racing up the championship ladder.”
Pals Battalion UK, Synergy Racing, Fatboy Finn.
