Race History
From a very young age I was fortunate enough to be on a bike riding around a field, so as soon as I was 6 I was riding Youth Motocross. At the age of five my father bought me a Honda 50cc motocrosss bike to ride around on. I was soon to be racing this bike. When I started racing I soon outgrew the 50cc automatic and bought a 60cc manual to race a South Somerset Schoolboy scramble club. After a year I was winning at the club so when I moved to 80cc I started racing nationals.
In 1996 I entered the team Green Challenge at the BSMA Nationals on a Kawasaki. I remained in the Challenge Cup for that and the following season.
In 1999 I set my sights high for the year, to compete in the BYMX youth series, Dutch International Supercross and the British Supercross. At the BYMX Motocross I struggled for the year to learn the new sand tracks but when the season came to a close I started racing Supercross again.
I entered the British Supercross Championship and at the end of the season I was drawing on points for the win with John May and Lewis Gregory but ended up third due to race wins. Soon after the UK Championship I was off to Holland where I finished second and third in the international race.
At the end of 1999 we decided to move to road racing for a fresh challenge where I started to race the Aprilia Superteen Challenge supporting the British Superbike Championship. Having never ridden a road bike before it was a difficult year but was soon in the top 15 scoring points.
The following year we did the same series but also purchased a Honda RS125R GP bike to do the MRO Series. I took to the Honda very well and stopped racing the Aprilia and concentrated on the GP125 class where I was having strong top 10 finishes. In 2002 I carried on racing in the same class.
By the end of 2002 I was outgrowing the 125 so I decided to move up to the new R6 Cup in 2003 supporting the British Superbike Series. During the same time I rode for the Phase One Endurance Junior Team in the World Endurance Championship where myself and my teammate Henry Fincher finished the year in a pleasing 13th place.
In 2004 I rode for myself in the National Superstock Championship on a Ducati 999s. This was a poor year with the Ducati having many technical problems preventing me of any success. I ended up in the Cup race where I managed to get a best result of 4th at Mallory Park.
2005 was my rookie year in Supersport and in 2006 I managed a best qualifying position of 4th and best finish of 8th. In 2007 on the 749RS I finished 2nd at the first round before being excluded for a minor fault, but managed 5th place finishes in a season full of bad luck and bike problems.
