From a press release issued by Team Troll BQR Honda:

Spanish Racing Opportunities With BQR Supersport and Formula Extreme



Team Troll BQR Honda of Barcelona, Spain, participants in the World 250 Grand Prix Championship with Alex Debon (Spain) and Eric Bataille (France) and in the Spanish National Formula Extreme Championship with 2003 Spanish Formula Extreme Champion José David de Gea (Spain) and 2003 Spanish Superstock (Superseries) Champion Kenny Noyes (USA), have two slots available for the 2004 season.

We offer a Spanish National Supersport Championship ride on our CBR600RR. The Supersport Championship is open to riders of any nationality, but a rider must either be under 24 years of age or must have been under 24 years of age on January 1st, 2004.

Additionally we offer a Spanish National Formula Extreme ride on a fully prepared Honda CBR1000RR. The Formula Extreme series, Spain’s nationally televised premier racing championship, is open to riders without limit to age and nationality.

(In order for American riders to participate in the Spanish CEV riders must hold a valid AMA road racing permit. Riders of other nationalities must, likewise, hold an appropriate national license.)

A vacancy has occurred due to cancellation of a lease by a prospective Supersport rider and we have decided, after our successful test-bed runs with the CBR1000RR, that we can also field a third competitive Formula Extreme machine.

The level of riders and machines is high in the CEV but strictly enforced technical regulations serve to level the playing field.



Troll BQR Honda charges a leasing fee that covers all costs including machines, full race preparation, Dunlop tire service, Showa suspension service and all support necessary to take part in the seven race series plus an additional six private practice sessions held at championship venues at least two weeks prior to races held there. Practice and race format follows World GP procedures with two free practices, two qualifying sessions, a Sunday morning warm-up and 30-35 minute race. The team is headquartered near Barcelona in a new, three storey facility with workshops, offices and test beds, only a quarter hour from the Circuit of Catalunya.



The CEV (Campeonato de España de Velocidad) is one of the world’s top national series and is generally rated, along with the British Nationals, as the best in Europe. All races are held on tracks that are currently hosting World Championship events, with the exception of Jarama (Madrid) a former Grand Prix venue which meets stringent Spanish Federation safety standards.


Date, Circuit, Location

May 23, Catalunya, Monmeló, Barcelona

June 20, Jarama, 20 miles North of Madrid

July 11, Albacete, Albacete, La Mancha

August 29, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucia

September 26, Albacete, Albacete, La Mancha

November 11, Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia

November 21, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucia

Catalunya, Jerez and Valencia are Grand Prix venues, Valencia also hosts World Superbikes. Albacete, a former World Superbike track, currently stages the Spanish round of the World Endurance Championship. Jarama is a former Grand Prix, World Superbike and World Endurance track. The Spanish National Championship is organized and promoted by Dorna Sports, promoters of the FIM World Grand Prix Championship.

Interested riders and rider representatives can call BQR’s US representative, Dennis Noyes, for complete information: 760 767 7734, or look him up at Daytona this weekend.