Dean Ellison

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Dean Ellison is a motorcycle racer from Britain, born 14th November 1977 in Kendal, Cumbria. He now lives in Leicester with his partner Susie. He is the older brother of James Ellison.

He started racing in 1996. In 1997 he entered the Superteen British Championship finishing the season with a number of podiums. In 1998 Dean competed in the Aprilia 250cc Challenge, regularly finishing in the top 5. Halfway through the season he was offered the chance to ride in the 250cc British Championship for D&B Racing, which at the time was his dream.

After proving that Dean could be a contender in the British Championship, D&B owner Danny Gallacher asked him to ride his new 250cc Honda in the 1999 championship. This gave Dean the opportunity to run in the top 5 and at the end of the season he was asked to ride a Superbike as a one off in the British Superbike Championship.

D&B Racing then made the switch to Superbike and asked Dean to go with them, and in 2000 they contensted the British Superbike Cup, Ellison learning his trade on a kit Honda VTR-1000 SP-1. 2001 brought in more consistent results and a hard earned 12th place in the overall British Superbike Championship.

In 2002 equipped with a factory Ducati along with support from Ducati Corse Dean had an exciting year getting to grips with the Ducati and putting in some impressive results. At the end of 2002 he was tenth in the British Superbike Championship and was desperate to get racing again in 2003. During the off season Dean continued to race - taking in Supermoto, motocross and endurance racing, simply to keep on a bike and improve his riding.

2003 brought mixed emotions with top 10 results (most noteably the May Bank Holliday round at oulton) in British and World Superbike rounds and the frustration of mechanical gremlins and lack of power against the opposition.

At the beginning of 2004 Dean was left without a British Superbike ride after D&B Racing pulled out at the last minute. He was asked to help Phase One retain the World Endurance Championship, which Dean had helped them win in 2003. By March 2004 Dean had started developing Yamaha's brand new R1 in preparation for the first race in April. Along the way he competed for RP Bikes Suzuki in the British Superstock Championship, and for IRT Honda in the World Supersport.

In 2005 he took over his brother's former ride in the Jentin Racing Yamaha BSB team, without the same success [1]. He left mid-season to join the Slingshot Racing team [2]. His 2006 season with the SMT Honda team was wrecked by a crash at Oulton Parkin which Dean picked up a serious knee injury.

For 2007 he raced one of Donato Pedercini's Ducatis in the Superbike World Championship [3], usually well down the order. Due to lack of power his season was plauged with mechanical failures [4].

He returned to Britain for 2008, aboard the Co-ordit Yamaha. Dean missed the rescheduled Brands Hatch round after a high speed horror crash at Oulton Park [5]. He took his 1st double point scoring finsh of the season at Donington Park whilst still riding injured.

He entered the New York Marathon in 2006, raising over £8000 for various charities. He has worked as a riding instructor at Donington Park [6].