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Motorcycling Australia (MA) today announced an internationally-experienced Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) Management Team to spearhead a new era of the ASBK.

This dedicated management team brings a vast range of industry knowledge plus decades of motorsport experience to the championship. It will focus on providing stability, consistency, safety and world class officials for the competitors.

MA CEO Dale Gilson has appointed a team of five industry experts to lead MA and the host motorcycle clubs from around the country in organising and conducting the 2015 championship.

The experts will feature Peter Doyle, Denise Stronach, Tom Williams, Bronwyn Sorensen and Simon Maas.

“Local clubs and the ASBK Management Team will work cohesively to provide a first class championship for competitors across the nation,” Gilson said.

“I have the utmost faith in the team assembled and have no doubt we can work together with clubs and State Controlling Bodies to make the ASBK a prestigious championship.”

Doyle is a multiple championship-winning crew chief, now MA’s national technical officer. An internationally respected figure in the motorcycle racing industry, Peter has previously been in charge of the Kawasaki World Superbike team and Yoshimura Suzuki AMA team.

Stronach has 30 years of promoting motorcycle events to her name and is an internationally experienced race official. Denise is the current secretary of the meeting of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

Williams is an FIM accredited clerk of course. As a former road racer, Tom brings a unique view with two decades as a race official and will continue his role as the ASBK clerk of course and member of the ASBK Safety Advisory Group.

Sorensen is the high performance and events manager at MA. Bronwyn, with experience as a previous ASBK competitor will work towards providing the best possible outcome for riders, clubs and also spectators. She leads the full resources of the MA staff.

Maas is the director of Emergency Services at Australia’s premier motorsport safety provider, RACESAFE Australia. Simon takes on an advisory role for the ASBK championship while continuing his current appointment as ASBK Safety Delegate and head of the RACESAFE Medical Team.

The ASBK Management Team will work closely with the MA road race commissioners Derek Rumble, Tim Hewitt and Gary Thomas, in addition to the State Controlling Bodies and the MA board.