Copyright 2002, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

By David Swarts

Maryland Motorsports, the second-place team in the 2001 WERA/GMD Computrack National Endurance Series Lightweight Superbike class, has organized an all-female team to compete in the 2002 WERA endurance series. The team will be called “Sirens.”

With varying levels of racing experience, Shelli Langdale, Audrey Ghia, Jess Morgan, Laura Granato, Marcel Wolf and Beth Wyse will ride Suzuki SV650s in the Lightweight Superbike class in all nine rounds of the WERA series. Sirens’ sponsors include Ed Bargy Racing School and The Plastic Doctor, but the team is pursuing additional sponsorship.

According to a press release from the Sirens’ Public Relations firm, Raven Communications, “The team’s name, Sirens, was inspired by the stories of the Sirens in Greek mythology. The alluring women would use their beauty and enchanting singing to lure sailors to their island, where they would perish on the rocks in the surf. The team felt that Sirens was an appropriate moniker because it represents that the riders are more than just ‘a pretty face,’ but in fact are serious competitors on the track.”

Sirens will open their season with WERA at Grand Bayou Circuit in Belle Rose, Louisiana on April 6, 2002.

For more information about Sirens, call Raven Communications’ Beth Wyse at (704) 321-3226 or go to www.sirenamoto.com.