The two Zoek Racing riders Sean Neary and Craig Currie begin their 2018 campaign at Donington Park over the Easter weekend where they will once again compete in the Ducati TriOptions Cup.  

The series is a closely contested one make series comprising of eight rounds at prestigious UK circuits plus one round at Assen in the Netherlands.

Prior to that Neary from Lymm in Cheshire and Currie from Newark in Nottinghamshire will take part in some testing in Spain culminating with the official British Superbike test at Donington Park on March 20 to make final preparations for the upcoming season.

Neary completed the 2017 season in fifth place after securing a win at Thruxton plus three runner up spots and two third places to finish on 177 points. 

Currie completed the majority of his races within the top 15 including two eighth places and one ninth to pick up 56 championship points on his way to an 11th place overall. 

Both riders will be chasing strong results for the coming season with Neary chasing the elusive championship title which has eluded him over the last few years.

Neary commented: “ I'm working harder than ever and make no mistake I want that title. Wanting and getting are obviously two different things and I'm going to have my work cut out that's for sure. With a one make series it's always going to be close at the front. We had a lot of bad luck last year but as cheesy as it sounds it's definitely made me stronger and even more determined. I'm really happy to be staying with the Zoek Racing Team alongside Craig Currie. We are all good mates within the team and we have a great laugh which is important. 

“Craig rode with a badly damaged shoulder last year however after surgery in November he is in great shape. Having a shoulder injury is one of the worst injuries you can have in motorcycle racing so he did well to complete any races last season! He was running eighth in the Championship until his shoulder deteriorated so he should be pushing towards the top five this year.

“We head out to Cartagena shortly for the Pro Test and we have some new things to try which should make us stronger come round one.”

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