TAS Racing
motorcycle team, Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
TAS Racing (Temple Auto Salvage) is a motorcycle road racing team based in Moneymore, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Owned by Hector Neill, with his son Philip Neill as the team manager, the team has been known under a series of names: TAS Suzuki (2000–2006); Relentless Suzuki (2007–2011) an energy drink product of Coca-Cola; Tyco Suzuki (2012–2014) a security services supplier. In late 2014, after a 15-year partnership with Suzuki, the team signed to become the road racing partner for BMW Motorrad.
Originally known as Hector Neill racing, they set up under a tent in the paddock and worked on a picnic table as the workbench. TAS Racing would not be officially formed until 17 years later.
British Championship
In 2007, Michael Laverty and Ian Lowry rode for the Relentless Suzuki team in the British Supersport Championship. Laverty came out on top of a Relentless 1–2 in the championship, taking 6 wins to Lowry's 1.
For 2008 the team stepped up to the full British Superbike Championship for the first time, with Laverty the sole rider. He finished 9th in a consistent season, just failing to make the podium on several occasions. Lowry continued in Supersport, taking 2 wins and 3 further podiums on his way to third in the series.
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