Michael Howarth is to make his first British Superbike Champion𒁏sཧhip race start for three years after agreeing a deal to join MotoDex Performance for the 2016 season.

🐠A former rugby league player, Howarth has made several sporadic appearances in BSB over the🐻 years, his most recent role being team owner for the shortlived MH Kawasaki team in 2014.

However, for his latest BSB bid he will be riding a BMW S1000RR with MotoDex Performance, itself returning to the series after pulling out after only a few races last s🦹eason.

"I'm absolutely over the moon to finally be able to say I'm back," he said. "I haven't ridden since 2013 and since then I've been fighting tooth anᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd nail to get a deal where I can give it my all. I've always said I wouldn't do a half-baked job of it, I was determined if I came back it would be for the full season and now I'm in a position to do just that. I am ready to come back and give it everything I have to get the best results I can.

"I'm excited to be back out th💞ere at Oulton Park. It's my home track and that's always something special, and I will be giving it my all every time I go out onto the track. Thanks to Tony and MotoDex I'm able to get my career back on track and I want to also thank every single person who has made that possible. Now it's time to thank them by getting the best results I can."

"It's all come together in the space of just over a week but I'm delighted to be able to announce the return of MotoDex to the grid," added tam owner Tony Dexter. "I spoke to Michael la🦩st year and I've long wanted to work wi𓆏th him, but this time everything has come together.

"It's been a tough year, I've relocated the business to Sheffield and now after a lot of wo🎃rk it's the right ൩time to come back. I've always loved this championship, it's where we belong and I've missed it a lot.

"We still have෴ a lot of work to do but I always wanted to come back and now we've finalised a deal I couldn't be happier to be back for the rest of the season with Michael aboard our𝐆 BMW. We're all set and we are all looking forward to this new adventure."