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Back In White: TOBC Racing Set For Sophomore Season


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“We’re here to help take a rider to the next level,” TOBC Racing team owner Michelle Lindsay said. “You’re provided a professional environment, professional mechanics. Your equipment is pristine. You really can focus on your riding and improving your racecraft.”

Lindsay is the only female team owner in the 2016 MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Championship. Two years ago, she probably would not have pictured herself in this role, responsible for the well-being of more than a dozen team members.

Lindsay purchased TOBC Racing shortly after her fiancé, team owner and racer Jon Couch, was killed in a vintage-aircraft crash near Virginia International Raceway in September of 2014. The team rebounded from the tragedy and won the 2015 Daytona 200 with rider Danny Eslick on a Suzuki GSX-R600.

MotoAmerica, Taylor Knapp, TOBC Racing, Superstock 1000

Photo by Brian J. Nelson

TOBC Racing and Taylor Knapp were a winning combination last season in MotoAmerica's Superstock 1000 class. Multi-time national champ Danny Eslick will make his race debut on the team's Yamaha YZF-R1 at Circuit of The Americas, April 8-10.

Two months later, Lindsay and her crew returned to VIR with their familiar bright-white tent and livery in the MotoAmerica paddock. They partnered with Taylor Knapp and FourFour Motorsports and promptly won Superstock 1000 race one.

Riding a TOBC Racing Yamaha YZF-R1 for the rest of the season, Knapp earned a total of 14 podiums and finished second overall in the championship. A second rider, Gabe Miller, was 12th overall in the inaugural KTM RC 390 Cup.

This season, TOBC Racing will field Eslick in the 75th running of the Daytona 200 on a Yamaha YZF-R6. Knapp has moved on to MotoEverything/Diesel Ops Racing, opening a slot on the team’s MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 entry for Eslick.

Working from under the same tent, Curtis Murray will contest the Superstock 600 title on an R6. Scott Harwell manages the Jonesville, North Carolina-based team.

“We absolutely love what we do,” Lindsay said. “I’m really excited to be here.”

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