By John Hopkins
Former Canadian road racing regular Dan Kruger picked up his first podium in the third round of the Pan Delta Series at the Zhuhai circuit in China Oct. 17-18.
Racing a Kawasaki ZX-6R entered by BG Performance in the 600 Supersport class, the onetime Montrealer has been working under the tutelage of U.S. racing ace Dave Sadowski in China.
Kruger has also received a wildcard entry for the final round of the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship, back at the Zhuhai track on Dec. 11-13. He is reportedly the first North American to be accepted into the series.
"I'm not planning on a podium for this one but just being in the race is quite interesting," Kruger said in an email to Inside Motorcycles. "This series is a stepping stone to FIM World Supersport so these guys are really quite intense.
"They had to push hard to let me race in the upcoming event since it has up until now been riders from only Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India and China. I had to go through a physical, and lots of red tape to even get into this event.
"Former AMA Daytona 200 Champion David Sadowski has really taken me under his wing in terms of getting me up to speed. It seems to be working. There has also been a lot of money invested by Kawasaki, BG, as well as supporting sponsors. This has been and is a really cool experience."
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