{"id":17485,"date":"2026-09-30T19:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/races\/17485\/2026\/09\/29\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:50:50","slug":"john-mcphee-heads-to-suzuka-the-man-taking-on-the-world-returns-to-the-suzuka-stage","status":"publish","type":"races","link":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/races\/17485\/2026\/09\/30\/","title":{"rendered":"JOHN McPHEE heads to Suzuka. The man taking on the world returns to the Suzuka stage!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">TSR and John McPHEE, battle-tested in the World Endurance Championship, take on the JSB1000 challenge at Suzuka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">October 24 (Sat) &amp; 25 (Sun)<br>At Suzuka Circuit<br>\u201c2026 MFJ All Japan Road Race Championship Series Round 7<br>58th MFJ Grand Prix Superbike Race in Suzuka\u201d<br>John McPHEE is confirmed to compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">John has battled against the world\u2019s best in the FIM EWC<br>and pushed his machine to the limit at the Suzuka 8 Hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This time, it\u2019s JSB1000.<br>What it takes is split-second judgment and pure speed over a single lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing the speed honed through endurance racing<br>to the sprint race at Suzuka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">TSR \u00d7 John McPHEE.<br>What kind of performance will a rider who has raced on the world stage<br>deliver at the pinnacle of Japanese motorcycle racing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This October, at Suzuka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t miss the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u25cf Check out the Suzuka Circuit JSB1000 special feature page for more details!<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suzukacircuit.jp\/superbike_s\/feature\/featured-entrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.suzukacircuit.jp\/superbike_s\/feature\/featured-entrants\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1819\" src=\"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1-1024x728.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1-1536x1091.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/\u30ef\u30a4\u30eb\u30c9\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9_\u30d0\u30ca\u30fc-scaled-1-2048x1455.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Message from John McPHEE<\/strong><br>I\u2019m really looking forward to competing in the final round of the All Japan Championship at Suzuka.<br>I had the opportunity to ride at Suzuka for the first time earlier this year, and it quickly became one of my favorite circuits.<br>I\u2019ve had a fantastic and enjoyable EWC season with the TSR\/F.C.C. Honda France team this year, and I\u2019m very happy to have been given the opportunity to race in a sprint race with the team this time.<br>Since 2007, I\u2019ve never had a season without lining up on the grid, so I\u2019m happy to keep that record going this year!<br>I would like to sincerely thank TSR and Honda for giving me this amazing opportunity.<br>Let\u2019s enjoy the race together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17486,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"swell_btn_cv_data":""},"race_info":[],"race_section":[],"class_list":["post-17485","races","type-races","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races\/17485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/races"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/races"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"race_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_info?post=17485"},{"taxonomy":"race_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsrjp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/race_section?post=17485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}