CRT win for Edwards at Motegi

The AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan sees NGM Mobile Forward Racing team rider Colin Edwards take the CRT win at Motegi with his FTR – Kawasaki bike. The last of the three back to backs has been a challenging weekend with limited track time and weather conditions changes that have made the MotoGP class race after having only two sessions.

The American rider was able to keep the promise made to his team after the Sepang race jump-start and delivered the CRT win at the Twin Ring Motegi Circuit. Edward started the race from the 14th place on the grid and crossed the finish line in 12th place as both best CRT and best FTR bike. He is now getting close to securing his second place in the CRT general standing for the 2013 season.

The 18th round and last race of the season will take place in Valencia at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo in two weeks.

Colin Edwards: “It was a tough race. I got a good start, did what I wanted to do on the start and saw that Espargaro made a little mistake on the first lap right in front of me. I don’t know what happened but something must have happened with him or the bike half way through the race and he ended up crashing. After that I knew that Randy was right behind me so I just put my head down and tried to pull away from him. It was a good race, I am happy with it. I promised my guys a couple of weeks ago after I jump-started in Sepang that I wasn’t too sure about Australia but that I could promise them I would win best CRT in Japan.”