Image: Keith Muir.

Australian Glenn Scott is a surprise inclusion on the 2015 World Supersport Championship provisional permanent entry list, signing to compete on board an AARK Racing Honda CBR600RR.

Scott is the lone Australian listed on this year’s World Superbike and WSS entry list, with confirmation coming from Scott this afternoon.

“This is a massive opportunity that Andy [Offer] from AARK Racing has put in front of me and I can’t thank him enough,” Scott said. “I can’t wait to get started. To think I’ll be lining up on the world stage is a dream come true and I honestly can’t wait to get on the Honda CBR600 at the Island.

“I’m glad the season starts in Phillip Island at a track I know as the calendar goes to many new circuits for me. It’s going to be tough, but that’s what to expect on the world stage. I have a lot of experience now after many years of racing and I feel this opportunity has come at the perfect time.

“I raced a 600cc Supersport bike here in Australia for a few years, so it won’t be completely foreign to me and after riding a 1000cc Superbike for the last few years I’ll be used to the speed of a World Supersport Championship bike.”

Ahead of the opening round of the championship, Scott will take part in a two-day test in an effort to become accustomed to his new bike and develop critical relationships within the AARK Racing team to ensure he can capitalise and move forward from the outset of opening practice at the event.

“I’ll first ride the AARK Racing World Supersport bike at Phillip Island at a test a week before the event,” Scott said. “A couple of days testing will be a massive help for me to get comfortable with the bike and team and help find a setting for the race.

“At this stage I am fully committed to the season and looking at contesting a select few Australasian Superbike Championship rounds to keep on a bike when I’m back here in Australia. I’m really grabbing this opportunity with both hands and going to give it everything I’ve got to succeed.”

Offer is excited at the opportunity of having Scott as part of the team’s attack on the World Supersport Championship, highlighting that his experience and recent results at the top level of Australian racing should place him in a strong position entering into the series.

“AARK Racing is pleased to confirm that Glenn Scott has agreed to terms to ride the AARK Racing Honda CBR600RR for the 13 rounds of the 2015 World Supersport Championship,” Offer commented.

“AARK Racing contacted Glenn at the end of 2014 to see if he was interested in entering the championship. Although Glenn expressed a desire to compete in the World Championship, he felt that he was unable to get the funding involved.

“We have now agreed to the new terms for the season and he has committed fully to the championship. We at AARK Racing feel that this is a great result for us, to be able to obtain the services of the rider we were seeking initially and getting Glenn to commit to the full season.

“Glenn has shown that he is able to run with front-running riders of the Superbike class in Australia and we feel that with this experience he will be able to run with the World Supersport riders if we at AARK Racing can supply him with the equipment he needs.”

The AARK Racing team had initially announced that Nick Waters would be on board their single-bike entry this season, however he is absent from the entry lists released by the FIM this week.

The 2015 World Supersport season will commence at the Phillip Island Circuit in Australia on 20-22 February.