Hot on the heels of announcing that they had secured the services of Kyle McNicol for the 2024 season, the new SAS TPC KTM squad have gone one further by signing another Pro MX2 rider, Liam Garland!
Words: Ben Rumbold, Images: Holeshot Media
The team will become one of the biggest in the British paddock with four KTM SX250F riders working out of their 50ft big rig transporter at the Dirt Store British Championship and selected other British events.
Riders:
- Steven Clarke
- Kyle McNicol
- Liam Garland
- Josh Lansbury
The team has also picked up backing from Big MX World and Garland Powersports Ltd. for the coming season. Images of motorcycles for Steven Clarke, their most experienced MX2 rider, and Youth racer Josh Lansbury have already been released, and together with McNicol and Garland, the team look to “Take the MX2 class by storm” in 2024!
The team was founded by Adam Spratt from SAS Logistics and Drew Smith from TPC Trade Centre Commercial Van Specialists, with both companies being based in the Bath and Bristol areas. SAS has been going for 25 years, and TPC for 15, always involved in Motocross and supporting local riders and teams. TPC ran a team themselves in 2013 to ’17 before selling their big rig to the Revo team.
Adam says, “We both think that British Motocross needs to go back to what it was years ago and have more professional outfits and teams putting more in, not bleeding the sport dry with sponsorship. There’s not enough people putting in, just wanting to take out,” say the team, who intend to “look at more events in the second year, and maybe with an MX1 rider as well.”
Steven Clarke, the 2023 Bridgestone British Masters MX1 Champion, will be back from Australia in January to begin testing and preparing for the outdoor season. Steven has some “underlying blues” with MX2 after getting so close to the British Championship in 2016 when breakdowns cost him dear. Liam is a former British Youth Champion, and Kyle ran in the top four of the British MX2 Championship before an unfortunate Road Traffic Accident interrupted his ascendency.
Watch for more on this spectacular looking team across the season. They are certainly putting everything they can into the sport!
