Caolan Irwin will join the Astro-JJR Racing team for the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship this season as the team bid to go one better in the title chase.
Irwin claimed a victory and podium finishes last year and will replace Shane Richardson, who moves up to the Superstock 1000 series with Stuart Tromans’ squad.
Irwin said: “I am delighted to be joining the Astro-JJR team for the 2020 Superstock Championship. Last season I saw the team as being the gold standard and they were very unlucky not to win the title.
“It is really a dream come true. I spoke with Stuart before the end of last season and again late December. I flew over to see him and I felt at home straight away. It’s also a great chance for me to work with James Jackson he done a great job last year with Shane in getting the new ZX6 working so I am grateful to have his experience behind me.
“The team has a proven pedigree working with riders like Sam Lowes, Peter Hickman and recently Shane Richardson to name but a few so I’m delighted to be able to add my name to this list.
“I’m also really excited to be teammates with Shane I learned a lot from him last year and we had a good friendship off track. I am excited to work together and bring the team the best results.”