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Melissa Paris Joins All-Woman Weronica Endurance Team

AMA Daytona Sportbike racer Melissa Paris is to be part of an all-woman team set to contest the World Endurance Championship using a biofuel bike. Paris will be competing alongside teammates Paola Cazzola, Nina Prinz and dirt-bike star Vania Medrano.

The team, called Weronica International, is the first all female rider FIM endurance championship team in the series' history. Among the riders to be challenged by the girls there will be TT legends John McGuinness, Steve Plater and Cameron Donald.

The team will likely race on a BMW S1000RR prepared by a former British Superbike Racing crew of engineers. The racebike will reportedly be using 100 per cent biofuel with the support of Euro-Pacific Fuels Tech Corporation.

All four members of Team Weronica have impressive racing resumes. “This team has a staggering depth and breadth of talent and I've no doubt we'll be surprising quite a lot of established teams and riders,” said Weronica Sporting Director Tony Dexter.

As many of you know, Paris is the highest placed woman in the history of the Daytona 200 and also the first woman to qualify for a World Supersport race. “I love that I’ve got an opportunity to come race in Europe, it’s a dream come true! My husband has raced World Endurance once or twice with the Maco Moto team and he said the series is amazing,” she said.

Medrano is a ten-time motocross, enduro, and supermotard champion, Cazzola is the first woman to be invited to test a MotoGP bike, while Prinz (reserve ride) is a former women’s European Superstock 1000 and German Supersport champion.

The 2011 World Endurance Championship is set to begin April 16-17 at the Magny-Cours circuit in France with the 24 Hours Bol D’Or.

The girls are currently seeking sponsors, so for more information you can follow this link.
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