I am currently in discussions with Gary Dawson the team manager of Replicast UK racing to sponsor and promote a young rider, Ben McConnachie in the UK 125 GP Championship.
I have been following this young racers progress for over 12 months now, ever since the Biker Cafe was approached to promote him. He has since moved to the Replicast team and Gary Dawson contacted me to see if I would continue with the articles.
I have suggested that the Biker Forum "adopts" Ben as our resident racer with a view to raising funds for him to help with his campaign.
This will do two things for the Biker Forum;
1. Raise the profile of the forum in racing circles because the bike will be carrying our logo
2. Give us a rare opportunity to have a hand in the success of a young British racing prospect and hence drive more people to the site, this obviously is a good thing for the forum.
As yet it is still early days and I don't know exactly what we will get back in return for our efforts but the likelihood is that there will be spin offs from the BSB series, i.e. passes, merchandise etc.
Pictured below are the latest images of Ben in action at Mallory together with a link to the latest report where you can also read a little bit more about him.
I would also like some feedback on this and a few ideas for fundraising please
Ben McConnachie Signs for Team Repli-Cast UK - Bikerworkshop.com