Kevin Curtain joins Yamaha Racing Team

After Bryan Staring sensationally pulled the pin on his Yamaha Racing Team gig in the Formula Xtreme title, a replacement has already been found -- veteran campaigner Kevim Curtain.

The New South Welshman will join Pat Medcalf and Rick Olson to contest the Superstock FX1000 and FX600 classes of Formula Xtreme, while reigning Australian supersport champion Bryan Staring will move to the Australian Superbike Championship on a Honda CBR1000RR..

Curtain previoulsy rode for YRT, before going to to finish second in the 2005-2006 world supersport titles on a Yamaha YZF-R6.

"I'm stoked to be back on the same awesome team and I know the bikes will perform great. Plus I'm back in Formula Xtreme where I had some top results before I headed over to Europe. So everything is new but really familiar at the same time. I can't wait to get on the bikes and start racing," says the 42-year-old.

Ray Howard, the manager of Yamaha Motorsports, was also ebullient about Staring's replacement: "Kevin has more experience than the rest of the paddock put together and he is lightning fast motorcycle racer who is equally at home on big bore 1000cc bikes as he is on the smaller 600s.

"He can also develop a bike like few others out there. In fact, during the time he spent with Yamaha in world supersport competition he helped develop the R6 into the race track dominator it is today," stated Howard.

"We anticipate that Kevin will be a great asset to the Yamaha Racing Team and his vast experience can only help our younger riders Pat Medcalf and Rick Olson."