WSBK: Broc Parkes Signs With CRS Echo Racing

Austalian Broc  Parkes has reportedly signed with CRS Echo Team Honda Racing to contest the 2010 World Superbike championship. Parkes, the second place finisher in the 2007 WSS championship, had a season to forget in 2009, winding up in 18th place in WSBK racing a factory Kawasaki ZX10 for Paul Bird Motorsports. CRS Echo, who fielded Michael Laverty in WSS in 2009, has acquired Stiggy Racing's 2009 CBR1000RR superbikes. It is thought that there is an outside chance that Stiggy (Johan Stigefelt ) himself may come over to the team to run the superbike effort, but Stigefelt is still trying to secure funding to run his own team in 2010, a prospect that he admits faces an uphill battle in today's tough economic climate.