Ben Spies Will Debut at Valencia

The 2009 MotoGP season will come to an end this weekend for all classes with a wildcard in the mix that will be someone to watch in the coming years. 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies will be making his debut appearance in the ranks of the world’s fastest sport on two wheels this weekend in the final race of 2009 MotoGP season in Valencia. He’ll be nervous for sure because no matter how successful he was in Superbike, MotoGP is a different ball game. He did have the best rookie season in the history of Superbike though, so if he does come out and set the MotoGP world on fire, this would be great for the sport. Ben Spies started on the pole for 11 races during the 2009 World Superbike campaign and finished first in 14 of the races, an amazing record and one that makes him the greatest rookie in the history of Superbike. The thing that Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and the rest of the boys need is somebody to arrive on the MotoGP scene to push them and the sport to greater heights.

American racer Ben Spies will debut in the MotoGP this weekend at Valencia, in preparation for his first MotoGP campaign in 2010

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying that Ben Spies is this racer, but it’s nice to think that he might be and the fun and entertainment that would follow. We have to be careful not to expect too much from Ben at first and let him grow into the racer he’s meant to be. This weekend will give him a chance to get on a MotoGP bike and see how the feel fits and if it’s the racing-glove he was looking for.

Ben Spies will ride this weekend with a smile on his face and a new racing suit that was unveiled by the Sterilgarda Yamaha Team in anticipation of the race. Ben will be on top of the Yamaha YZR-M1 for his first MotoGP, before testing with the Tech3 Yamaha Team on Monday in preparation for the 2010 MotoGP season.

In other news, Valencia was renewed as a MotoGP venue for the near future on Wednesday during a ceremony held at the Palau de la Generalitat Valenciana. The new agreement extends the agreement first signed in 1999 for Valencia to host MotoGP races. This is good news for the racers, fans and industry as a whole as Valencia is one of the better MotoGP venues and has been rated as the best racing venue on the MotoGP circuit.

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