Ben Castleton Rider Profile
23-year-old Ben Castleton from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
is desperately seeking funding and product support for this
years 2006 Road Racing season. Castleton is hoping to compete
in the British Supersport Cup and after a fraught two years
is hoping that his luck will turn for the better and to build
on the potential he has previously shown.
Castleton started his racing career in 2002 and gained a
number of successful results including 57 podiums including
14 race wins at Club Level during 2002 and 2003. Riding on
board a Honda CBR 600 Castleton was carving his way through
the road-racing scene setting lap records and accumulating
race wins at various circuits around the country.
In 2004 and 2005 he rode the ever competitive Virgin Mobile
R6 Cup, a school of excellence for young racers to develop
into future champions. He gained a handful of good results
at the start of 2004 until a huge accident at Croft circuit
saw the youngster suffer seven broken bones in his right wrist.
Playing catch up throughout 2005 Castleton struggled with
the injury. He also suffered a huge financial set-back in
September, when at a track day at Oulton Park his vehicle
caught fire. Destroying all the racing tools he had collected
from the start of his racing career and also his brand new
R6 race bike and also the vehicle that took him to all the
races. Having to borrow a pick up truck from a family friend
for the rest of the season was the only way Ben managed to
carry on. In December 2005 he saw surgeon and Superbike doctor
Toby Branfoot who operated on his injury and realigned the
damaged wrist in order to allow him more strength and to be
fully fit for the 06 season.
With the racing season just around the corner and things
kicking off at the famous circuit Brands Hatch, Kent on March
26th it is necessary for Ben to find the necessary backing
and funding to allow him to complete the full season in the
Championship. With 13 rounds of the Championship and 10 counting
towards their overall result it is necessary for him to find
support that will help him fund his season and hopefully see
him gain a top three result in the overall Supersport Cup
Championship standings.
On average 25’000 spectators attend each British Superbike
Championship event, a series which has been given the title
of the toughest domestic Championship in the World. The British
Supersport Cup will be shown ‘as live’ in 2006
on Sky Sports having just signed another deal with Dorna UK
the promoters of the Bennetts British Superbike series for
the fourth consecutive year running.
As a rapidly growing sport sponsors are eagerly wanting to
be apart of this exciting and dramatic sport. Such companies
as Rizla, Virgin Mobile, Airwaves, Red Bull, HM Plant, Monstermob
and Eddie Stobart have all decided that thrills of two wheeled
action is the place to be to promote their product to the
right people. Now known as a family sport where fans can get
up close and personal with the riders and teams it is becoming
an increasingly sought after environment to be apart of.
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