“Racing is living. Everything else is just waiting ”
— Steve McQueen
Team ESP Racing
E.S.P and racer Chris Peris achieved a milestone in 2008 few other teams can claim by reaching the AMA Superstock podium as a privateer team with no manufacture support. Team E.S.P. has since been contracted to run the Toyota Yamaha Canadian Superbike Team for 2009 with riders Kevin Lacombe and Tony Kasper. They are also continuing their privateer ways in the AMA Superbike Championship running Robertino Pietri and Damian Cudlin in the Daytona Sportbike class on Yamaha R6's. Stay tuned.
Team Highlights
- 2008 AMA Superstock Championship Rider:
- Chris Peris AMA #8
- AMA Superstock: 5th overall
- Daytona: 5th
- Infineon : 4th
- Miller Motorsports Park: 4th
- Mid Ohio: 5th
- VIR: 3rd
- Laguna Seca: 4th
- Fastest trap speed in qualifying at VIR
- 2007 Team E.S.P rider Ivan Garza set lap record at Firebird
- 2006 Took controversial pole at Mid Ohio and led the first lap of the Superbike race with Rider Ben Thompson and finished in the top ten. Ben also set the lap record en route to winning the Formula One race at the Talladega WERA National.
- Won fastest ever oversea newcomer award at the Isle of Man with rider Jeremy Toye.
- Team E.S.P. rider Ivan Garza won 17 Championships, 2 overall #1 plates, one State. Championship, and 4 Race Of Champions Podiums at Daytona, winning a total of 76 races.
- Worked with Attack Kawasaki and rider Jeremy Toye to win the Willow Springs Toyota 200.
- Multiple top ten finishes at the Macau GP
- Fastest Trap Speeds
- 2002:Fontana AMA Superstock
- 2003: VIR AMA Superstock Macau GP
- 2005: 5th fastest on the Roadracing World Project CBR 1000, faster than the factory Hondas.
- 2008 VIR Qualifying AMA Superstock