Former Grand Prix rider, Cornelius Tøndel will race for the Kawasaki factory team at Southwick this weekend. Tondel, has shown enough this summer as a privateer with the ISRT Kawasaki team for the factory Kawasaki team to have him fill in for Chase Sexton.

He will start racing for the team this weekend at Southwick, and we hear Tondel was out in California testing with the team this week to adjust to the factory KX450. His best moto finish this year is a 12th and his best overall finish is a 13th.

Cornelius Tøndel: “I’m super happy to have this opportunity. It’s a really big deal for me, and being the first Norwegian factory rider in the United States is very special to me. I am super thankful to have this opportunity, and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Dan Fahie: “We’re really looking forward to having Cornelius join the team. We believe that with his valuable experience and insights, he’ll be an asset to the team. We appreciate his willingness to step in and look forward to seeing what he can accomplish.”