The all-new FullForce Racing team, backed by carsRus.com.au, is set to turn heads in the MX Nationals, Super X and the Shell Sunshine State Motocross series after signing Sam Duncanson and Brock Winston to field their Pro Lites effort.
Team owner, Phil Astley, is excited to be working with the two, talented young riders, "The launch of the FullForce MX racing team is really quite exciting and seeing the team become a reality is something we have been working towards now for close to 12 months. Having Queensland riders Brock Winston and Sam Duncanson on board representing the Sunshine Coast-based FullForce MX team in 2012 is really an added bonus and we are very pleased and excited to have these guys working with us," said Astley.
Pro Lites Riders, Sam Duncanson and Brock Winston are keen to hit the racetrack after inking a deal with Sunshine Coast-based team, FullForce Racing.
Duncanson, a former Junior Australian champion, hopes to get back to his blistering best after a couple of rough years. With some past injuries affecting his training, he is now back to full capacity and doing the program learnt with Andrew McFarlane, who sadly passed away in 2010.
"Andrew taught me the importance of 'off bike training' and how it relates to on bike fitness and skills. Back when I was at my best in '08 and '09, I was cycling and swimming with him and it worked really good, so I've gone back to my old program. My first race in Seniors I ran second to him in the state titles, so hopefully I can get back to somewhere where I was. Obviously Andrew's passing hit me hard."
Duncanson admits it was hard financially last year, travelling off his own back to the MX Nationals but this year with a team behind him, he hope's to put that in the past and concentrate on his riding.
"Financially it helps a lot having a big transporter to travel in. I won't have to worry about the little things that you need to when you're a privateer while running out of your own van. It's great to be back on a Yamaha YZ250F again with my other personal sponsor's Clothing Unlimited, OGIO, Ethika and Cascol Constructions" he concluded.
Joining him in the Lites, but on a KTM 250SX-F is Brock Winston who brings with him the experience of winning the 2008, 2009 and 2010 Shell Sunshine State Series Championships. Having battled injuries himself, Winston hopes to use the time off the bike as motivation to get back on and do well.
"I had carpel tunnel release surgery after the last round of the MX Nationals and started riding again after that surgery and had a really bad pain in my wrist. I went back to the doctors and they said it was because a bone needed to be straightened from a broken bone a few years back, so I decided to have it broken and fixed. This year I'm heading back to the Lites class. I just think it will be better for my wrist, as it's my throttle hand and I enjoy riding a Lites bike. It's great to have MX Race Prep back on board doing my suspension. Dan has been doing a great job on my suspension for quite sometime now and he knows how to get my bike working for me," Winston said.
Joining the team with support this year is; carsRus.com.au, Fox Australia, Motorex Oils, Oakley Goggles, MX Race Prep Suspension, Kustom MX Graphics, Tsubaki Racing Chains and Supersprox Sprockets.