The former Padbury resident will contest this year’s Australian Superbike Championship, with round one at Phillip Island from February 23 to 26.
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Staring, who won the championship in 2010 before embarking on an international career including Moto GP, has already tested well in the lead-up to the event and will be looking to challenge the likes of defending champion Troy Herfoss, last year’s runners-up and former champions Glenn Allerton and Wayne Maxwell, and two-time champion Josh Waters.
The event will feature 43 riders taking on a trio of 12-lap races, as well as the supersport class with 35 entrants, the new-look super- sport 300 division with 48 riders and the R3 Cup, Moto3/ 125GP and GP juniors.
Last year’s third-place finisher Luke Mitchell is the early favourite in the supersport with last year’s runner-up Sam Clarke, of Edgewater, moving on to new challenges.
The Australian Superbike Championship is a seven-round event that runs until October.