The world's fastest champion is in danger of competing in the World Championships due to financial difficulties!

Codornis Corporation (Location: Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture, CEO: Takushi Chikakane) will start a crowdfunding campaign to support world motorcycle champion Takushi Chikakane on Monday, March 4, 2024.

NSX-52 breaks the world's fastest speed record

Takushi Chikakane, the world champion motorcyclist with six world speed records in the FIM, AMA, 50cc + supercharger, and 125cc + supercharger classes, will not be able to compete in the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials (BMST), a world championship to be held in the US from August 24 this year due to financial difficulties. BMST), a world championship to be held in the U.S. from August 24 this year due to financial difficulties.

The "Super Minimum Challenge Racing Team" (SMC), for which Chikagane serves as rider and project leader, is a team of 30 all-Japanese manufacturing companies bringing together the latest technology and materials to create two original machines, the NSX-51 (50cc + supercharger) and NSX-02 (125cc + turbo), to be launched in 2019. (50cc + supercharger) and NSX-02 (125cc + turbo). They participated in the BMST in the U.S. and surprised the world by setting six world speed records with their two machines.

In 2021, both Chikakane and his staff members traveled to the U.S., but due to shipping disruptions caused by the global coronavirus, the machines failed to arrive in time for the event and they were unable to compete. In 2022, the course was flooded due to heavy rainfall in Bonneville, which is normally in the dry season, and the event was cancelled. The event was cancelled.

During this time, the SMC team developed the new NSX-52 and NSX-03. The cowling was changed from FRP to dry carbon. The frame was newly designed, the front and rear arms were aluminum alloy, and the wheels were magnesium, making the car 15 kg lighter than the 2019 model.

In August 2023, while both staff and cars were waiting for the event to start, the event was canceled due to Hurricane Hilary, which made landfall in Southern California for the first time in 84 years. The SMC lost its place to run.

In November, SMC rented the Oogata-mura Solar Sports Line, a circuit in Akita Prefecture, for three days and set up a special 5-km straight course to show a part of its capabilities. In front of NHK's cameras, he surpassed his own record of the world's fastest 50cc + supercharged motorcycle by more than 15 km/h in 2019, demonstrating that he is the best in the world.

However, due to the bad luck of repeated cancellations while transporting the machine to the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, SMC has suffered tens of millions of yen in losses and is in danger of competing in the U.S. due to a lack of funds.

We have never lost to our rivals," he said. I don't want to finish the challenge defeated by the coronavirus and abnormal weather conditions," Chikanen said, and the desire of those around him to send the champion with the world's fastest record to the World Championships prompted the start of the support project.

First of all, crowdfunding will start on March 4 (Mon.) at 6:00 p.m. on Redifor.

We are also looking for corporate sponsors and individual supporters.

We hope that your support will help us send the world's fastest machine, which is the crystallization of Made in Japan, to the Bonneville World Championship.

This is your chance to see the NSX-52 and NSX-03 in action and hear the sound of their engines!

SMC will have a booth at the "2024 NGK Spark Plugs Suzuka 2&4 Race" to be held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on March 9 (Sat.) and 10 (Sun.), 2024, where we will display actual NSX-52 and NSX-03 cars and demonstrate engine starting for the NSX-52. Don't miss this rare chance to see the world's smallest and fastest machine in person.

Takushi Chikakane holds six world speed records

Outline

SMC support crowdfunding page URL

https://readyfor.jp/projects/SMC2024

Release date

March 4, 2024 18:00

End date of application

April 12, 2024 23:00

Application period

39 days

Target Amount

1,000,000 yen (If not achieved, the amount will be zero.)

About Returns

We have prepared a wide variety of options, such as the 5,000 yen "Feelings" course, which includes the right to watch and support local videos, the 30,000 yen "SMC Team Polo Shirts" with the right to put your name on the car body, and the 1,000,000 yen "Corporate Plan L", which includes the right to put your company's name on the body.

Company Profile

Company name: SMC Headquarters (within Codornis Co., Ltd.)

Representative: Takushi Chikakane, Representative Director

Location: 263-3 Narimatsu, Hikami-cho, Tamba-shi, Hyogo 669-3601

Establishment : August, 2018

Business description: Film production, operation of racing teams

Capital ： 8 million yen

URL ： https://smc.co.jp

For customer inquiries regarding this matter, please contact

Codornis Corporation

https://smc.co.jp

MAIL: contact@smc.co.jp