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Sheridan Morais (FIM<br />
Endurance World<br />
Championship/MotoAmerica<br />
Superstock 1000)<br />
Number: 86<br />
Born: 11/03/1985<br />
From: Johannesburg<br />
Bike(s): YART Yamaha (FIM Endurance<br />
World Championship) Team Rabid Transit<br />
Superstock 1000 Yamaha (MotoAmerica)<br />
Sheridan Morais is no new kid on the<br />
block, he’s been there and done that. Morais<br />
at 31, has experienced racing at the highest<br />
levels having spent much of his career in<br />
World Superbike and the support classes of<br />
World Superbike, such as the Superstock<br />
1000 and World Supersport championships.<br />
Before all that however, he was a force to be<br />
reckoned with in the South African National<br />
championships. He won the Superbike title<br />
in 2006 then again in 2009 while going on<br />
to win the South African Supersport title that<br />
same year. He would defend his Superbike<br />
title the following year. Morais then moved<br />
on to race in the Superstock 1000 cup in<br />
2011and in 2012 would finish an impressive<br />
6th overall in the World Supersport<br />
championship. In 2014 he competed in the<br />
World Superbike championship and finished<br />
18th overall onboard the Grllini Kawasaki.<br />
2015 saw Morias make his debut in<br />
MotoAmerica with Aprilia HSBK Racing and<br />
was also a part of the FIM Endurance World<br />
Championship with YART Yamaha.<br />
2016<br />
Morais was still with the team for the FIM<br />
Endurance World Championship for 2016<br />
while still in MotoAmerica, with Team Rabid<br />
Transit. Injury plagued Sheridan’s season<br />
and unfortunately would not feature much in<br />
the Endurance season, where the Yart team<br />
would finish sixth overall. The 2017 FIM<br />
Endurance World Championship season<br />
has however already kicked off. The first<br />
race of the season was at the 24hour Bal<br />
d’or in France. Morais would ride alongside<br />
Broc Parkes and Josh Hayes, another two<br />
well-known riders. The race would finish<br />
in disappointment for the team as they<br />
retired 15 hours in. Sheridan’s MotoAmerica<br />
season started off strong before injury<br />
halted his progress. Round 1 at the circuit<br />
of the Americas saw him take fifth in race<br />
1 and ninth in race 2. Round 2 at Road<br />
Atlanta, and Sheridan again produced<br />
two top ten performances. Ninth in race 1<br />
and tenth in race 2. Round 3 is where his<br />
season would unfortunately be halted and<br />
he picked up in injury in race 1. Mathew<br />
Scholtz would be brought in to replace<br />
him for the rest of the season. Sheridan<br />
Morais will be back in the World SuperSport<br />
Championship in 2017 on the new Yamaha<br />
R6. He will ride for Team Kallio Yamaha.<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017 45
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