16-01-10 - Leon Camier and Dan Linfoot sever Julian Clark connections
30-01-2010
The 2009 British Superbike Champion Leon Camier and British Superbike Championship rider Dan Linfoot have severed all connections with their personal trainer Julian Clark.
This follows the news that Richard Baker who sponsors Dan Linfoot, is pursuing legal action against Mr Clark to recover a £45,000 debt that has not been repaid. This debt relates to a loan provided by Mr Baker to Mr Clark to start a business trading in motocross bikes. Grand Prix racer Bradley Smith's father Allan Smith, also is owed money by Mr Clark relating to a similar debt and both these situations follow a legal battle earlier last year between Richard Balfour-Lynn, the hotel millionaire, and Mr Clark over alleged similar unpaid loans (see newspaper coverage here)
Mr Clark was a successful motocross rider before running the Linda McCartney Pro Cycling Team (see photo in gallery here), set up to promote vegetarianism and healthy eating but which collapsed under a financial cloud in 2001 (see newspaper coverage here). He has more recently acted as a physical trainer.
Sponsors
Team StoneBaker.
For 2010 StoneBaker Racing sponsored four riders in the British Superbike Championship. Dan Linfoot, Christian Iddon, Pat McDougall and Martin Glossop.
Dan signed for his second year with premier team Rob Mac Racing Yamaha and made the step up to compete his first full Superbike season.
Christian moved from supermoto to focus on his short circuit racing career in 2010 and competed British Superbike initially with the SMT team.
Pat joined East Coast Racing full time for 2010 competing in his and the team's, first full year in the British Supersport Championship.
Martin progressed from 125cc to 600cc racing for 2010 in British Superstock 600 with TAG Triumph.
