It didn’t take Broc Parkes very long to find another ride to finish the season after leaving Echo CRS world superbike team.
The Australian will be replacing the very heavily injured Joan Lascorz in the Kawasaki Provec Motocard WSS squad for the final three rounds of the World Supersport championshipParkes is a six year veteran of the series with five wins and was two times runner-up in 2004 and 2007, and last week tested a Kawasaki ZX-6R at Almeria to get re-accustomed with the bike and here’s what he had to say after the test:“I rode the bike recently at Almeria and despite the really hot track temperatures we got a lot of good work done and I had a chance to get used to riding the Ninja ZX-6R.
I’m really excited about this opportunity to have a team of that calibre give me a chance to ride at the front again.
I had a pole and a podium in Germany in 2008, but it is hard to predict how things will be until I get back on the track with the rest of the Supersport guys.
I have ridden for most of my career in Europe in Supersport and because of that I have competed against most of the guys who are still racing at the front.
”If you’re wondering how Lascorz is after the horrific crash at Silverstone, we can tell you that he was transfered from the Coventry hospital and taken to the Clinica Universitaria Dexeus in Barcelona, Spain which was made possible by the Catalan RACC Federation.
Lascorz who had been under close observation until 11 August, is recovering from liver, spleen and stomach trauma, five broken ribs and two injured scapula bones, all injuries that were not operated on and left to heal on their own, while he underwent skin graft surgery on his broken thumb.