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Todd joins Sheils in Cookstown Burrows line-up

Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing will mount a two-pronged attack in 2018 with newcomer Davey Todd joining the experienced Derek Sheils.

Sheils will ride for the John Burrows-owned team for a third straight year and he will have Middlesbrough’s Todd, a 2016 National Superstock 600 winner, next to him.

Todd burst onto the road racing scene last year with top five results at Skerries before going to Armoy and shocking the establishment with a second place in one of the Supersport races behind Derek McGee before taking his 600cc machine to a superb third in the Superbike race behind Michael Dunlop and McGee, beating William Dunlop in the process.

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The Tyrone based team have Suzuki support for 2018 and Todd will ride one of the latest generation GSX-R1000 machine in the Superbike and Superstock classes as well as having machinery for the Supersport and Supertwins divisions. The 22-year-old will compete in all the Irish National meetings while on the International scene he will debut at the North West 200 and TT events and make a second appearance at the Ulster GP.

Sheils will not appear for Cookstown Burrows Engineering Racing at the internationals but will have full support as he attempts to regain the Irish Superbike crown for the team on a Suzuki GSXR 1000.

“Davey Todd first caught my eye at Skerries and then his talent stood out a mile at Armoy. He rode for us at Killalane where a slow speed crash ruled him out of a top three Superbike finish and the weather robbed him of the chance to shine in the Supertwins race after impressive practice times but he had done more than enough to make me want him to join the team for 2018,” said team boss JOhn Burrows.

“We are a proven team when it come to nurturing talent and I’m excited to have the chance to bring new blood through to the top level of road racing. We have done it before with the likes of Dan Kneen and we will try to make Davey just as successful but without putting undue pressure on him. I’m confident we will have another great year with Derek and Davey in the saddles and increased involvement from Suzuki as well as continued support from Cookstown.”

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