The McAMS name has become one of the mainstays of the British motorcycle racing scene for nearly a decade. But it looked like the name might disappear from the BSB series when the McAMS Raceways Yamaha team announced an end to BSB operations after the 2023 season.
Now, though, the McAMS accident management brand is set to continue its British Superbikes support, teaming up with Mar-Train Racing for an assault on the 2024 season, running the 2015 Moto3 world champion Danny Kent on a Yamaha R1.
McAMS first joined the British Superbikes Championship as a sponsor for the ten GBmoto JG Speedfit Kawasaki team in 2014, before moving up to title sponsorship in 2017 with Yamaha and Raceways Motorcycles. The McAMS Yamaha team would become a dominant force in BSB, winning 46 BSB races and finishing on the podium 112 times as well as becoming 2021 British Superbike Champions.
Owned by Tim and Sonya Martin, the Lisburn-based Mar-Train team has achieved great success in 20 years of racing, including nine years in the British Championship, securing two British Supersport titles with Stuart Easton and Jack Kennedy. The team stepped up to the Superbike class for the first time in 2023 with Irishman Jack Kennedy finishing tenth in the standings with a best result of fourth.
Valentina Slater, McAMS sales director, said: “I am really excited to be launching the new-look McAMS Racing team. We were keen to continue in BSB for 2024, but it had to be with the right people as we’ve had such an incredible journey over the last seven years with McAMS Yamaha.
Tim Martin added: “Tina and the guys at McAMS are pure motorcycle racing fans and they have been huge supporters of our sport for more than a decade, so we are honoured to have them on board for 2024 and 2025 as we look to make the next step in the Superbike class. The very recognisable McAMS logo on the side of a Yamaha R1 has got quite a record in Bennetts BSB, so we will do our very best to represent them at the highest level.”
BICKERS SUPPORT
The new McAMS team will enjoy continued support from Bickers, which supplies the McAMS Yamaha team with RK chains and Supersprox sprockets and will maintain the deal with the new Mar-Train team setup.