Gary Mason (motorcycle racer)

Gary Mason

Gary Mason riding the Quay Garage Honda during the 2009 British Superbikes championship at Snetterton
Nationality English
Born (1979-05-04) 4 May 1979
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Current team Jilted Royalty Prime Factors Racing
Bike number 13

Gary Mason is a British motorcycle road racer, born 4 May 1979 in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He is a former British Superbike Championship priveteers cup champion, Mason has previously raced in the British Supersport Championship and the AMA supersport and superstock classes. He currently races a BMW S1000RR in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship.

Career

Starting out

Mason began racing in the 250 Aprilia challenge before moving up to the British Supersport class in 2000.[1]

British Supersport Championship 2000-01

Mason competed in the Supersport class 2000 and 2001, earning his first podium finish (2nd) at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in the penultimate round of the 2000 season, overall Mason finished 8th in the Championship, 2001 saw Mason continue in the Supersport class, he finished the season in 7th after a consistent season.

British Superbike Championship 2002-06

Between 2002 and 2006 Mason competed in the British Superbike Championship, Mason struggled in his first season in the championship, retiring 12 times finishing 14th in the Championship. In 2003, Mason's form improved on the previous season, finishing 8th in the championship, having his career-high 4th-place finish on 3 separate occasions. Mason then finished 11th, 8th and 17th in the next three years of the championship.

AMA 2007-08

Mason then moved to the AMA series for 2 years, but did not really make much of an impact in the Supersport or Superstock classes.

Return to the British Superbike Championship 2008-2012

Mason returned to the British Superbike championship in 2008 racing for the Quay Garage Honda, competing in the priveteers cup finishing 3rd in that championship, Mason was retained at the Quay Garage team for the 2009 the season in which he won the priveteers cup.[2] For 2010 Mason moved to the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team,[3] Mason has had mixed results in the 2010 season with a best finish of 7th place in the first race at Oulton Park. For 2011 Mason stayed with the MSS Kawasaki squad, gaining his first ever full BSB podium in race one at Croft, a race which was full of incident with mixed weather conditions.

Endurance Racing 2013 - 2015

Mason joined Prime Factors Racing in the Endurance World Championship

Return to the British Superbike Championship 2016

Mason will return to BSB in 2016 with Prime Factors Racing[4] & arc-on.[5]

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 9 July 2012

All Time

Series Years Active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
British Superbike (BSB) 2002-Pres 224 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
British Superbike Cup (C) 2008-2009 44 0 34 27 6 1 0 1
Total 2241 0 35 27 6 3 0 1
1.^ – Total includes all British Superbike Championship rides, riding in the Superbike Cup class doesn't count as a separate ride.

By championship

British Superbike Championship & Priveteers' Cup

Year Class Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
2002 BSB Honda SIL
15		 SIL
Ret		 BHI
10		 BHI
10		 DON
Ret		 DON
Ret		 OUL
12		 OUL
13		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
Ret		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
Ret		 ROC
15		 ROC
Ret		 KNO
Ret		 KNO
DNS		 THR
13		 THR
Ret		 CAD
9		 CAD
Ret		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
10		 MAL
13		 MAL
11		 DON
10		 DON
9		 14th 45 [1]
2003 Yamaha SIL
5		 SIL
8		 SNE
8		 SNE
4		 THR
7		 THR
6		 OUL
7		 OUL
9		 KNO
7		 KNO
6		 BHI
4		 BHI
6		 ROC
Ret		 ROC
7		 MON
7		 MON
4		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
Ret		 CAD
4		 CAD
5		 BHGP
6		 BHGP
7		 DON
8		 DON
7		 8th 208 [6]
2004 Yamaha SIL
Ret		 SIL
8		 BHI
5		 BHI
9		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
11		 OUL
7		 OUL
7		 MON
Ret		 MON
Ret		 THR
7		 THR
Ret		 BHGP
10		 BHGP
10		 KNO
6		 KNO
Ret		 MAL
14		 MAL
7		 CRO
Ret		 CRO
6		 CAD
11		 CAD
Ret		 OUL
11		 OUL
Ret		 DON
9		 DON
12		 11th 116 [7]
2005 Honda BHI
Ret		 BHI
10		 THR
12		 THR
13		 MAL
8		 MAL
7		 OUL
7		 OUL
Ret		 MON
8		 MON
9		 CRO
9		 CRO
5		 KNO
9		 KNO
13		 SNE
8		 SNE
8		 SIL
7		 SIL
7		 CAD
11		 CAD
10		 OUL
9		 OUL
9		 DON
10		 DON
7		 BHGP
7		 BHGP
7		 8th 174 [8]
2006 Honda BHI
11		 BHI
14		 DON
13		 DON
4		 THR
17		 THR
12		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
14		 MON
C		 MON
C		 MAL
11		 MAL
13		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
13		 KNO
14		 KNO
17		 OUL
12		 OUL
9		 CRO
18		 CRO
Ret		 CAD
12		 CAD
Ret		 SIL
DNS		 SIL
DNS		 BHGP
 BHGP
 17th 55
2008 BSB Honda THR THR OUL OUL BHGP BHGP DON
18		 DON
10		 SNE
14		 SNE
12		 MAL
13		 MAL
23		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
14		 KNO
10		 KNO
17		 CAD
10		 CAD
Ret		 CRO
11		 CRO
11		 SIL
DSQ		 SIL
DSQ		 BHI
11		 BHI
9		 16th 51 [9]
C DON
18		 DON
10		 SNE
14		 SNE
12		 MAL
13		 MAL
23		 OUL
14		 KNO
10		 KNO
17		 CAD
10		 CRO
11		 CRO
11		 BHI
11		 BHI
9		 3rd 307
2009 BSB Honda BHI
6		 BHI
9		 OUL
9		 OUL
7		 DON
12		 DON
7		 THR
9		 THR
12		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
14		 KNO
Ret		 KNO
10		 MAL
6		 MAL
18		 BHGP
13		 BHGP
14		 BHGP
15		 CAD
10		 CAD
9		 CRO
8		 CRO
8		 SIL
14		 SIL
Ret		 OUL
13		 OUL
12		 OUL
10		 13th 125 [10]
C BHI
6		 BHI
9		 OUL
9		 OUL
7		 DON
12		 DON
7		 THR
9		 THR
12		 SNE
14		 KNO
10		 MAL
6		 MAL
18		 BHGP
13		 BHGP
14		 BHGP
15		 CAD
10		 CAD
9		 CRO
8		 CRO
8		 SIL
14		 OUL
13		 OUL
12		 OUL
10		 1st 535.5
2010 BSB Kawasaki BHI
13		 BHI
Ret		 THR
8		 THR
10		 OUL
7		 OUL
Ret		 CAD
DNS		 CAD
DNS		 MAL
12		 MAL
14		 KNO
8		 KNO
C		 SNE
9		 SNE
11		 SNE
9		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
10		 BHGP
Ret		 CAD
Ret		 CAD
10		 CRO
10		 CRO
11		 SIL
14		 SIL
7		 OUL
8		 OUL
14		 OUL
Ret		 12th 104 [11]
2011 BSB BHI
18		 BHI
10		 OUL
9		 OUL
10		 CRO
3		 CRO
7		 THR
Ret		 THR
14		 KNO
4		 KNO
6		 SNE
11		 SNE
11		 OUL
5		 OUL
C		 BHGP
3		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
7		 CAD
6		 CAD
10		 CAD
12		 DON
17		 DON
17		 SIL
14		 SIL
14		 BHGP
Ret		 BHGP
DNS		 BHGP
DNS		 10th 139 [12]
2012 BSB BHI
5		 BHI
C		 THR
13		 THR
Ret		 OUL
DNS		 OUL
18		 OUL
Ret		 SNE
Ret		 SNE
Ret		 KNO KNO OUL
Ret		 OUL
Ret		 OUL
18		 BHGP BHGP CAD CAD DON DON ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP BHGP BHGP 22nd* 14* [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Error
  2. ↑ Gary Mason crowned winner of the 2009 Mirror.co.uk Cup - British Superbikes - BSB Blog - Mirror.co.uk
  3. ↑ Mason signs for MSS Kawasaki - News | Motorcycle Sport | BSB Results | MCN
  4. ↑ "The Online Home of Prime Factors Racing". Prime Factor. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. ↑ "arc-on high-performance motorcycle clothing, race suits & accessories". arc-on high-performance motorcycle clothing, race suits & accessories. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. ↑ british-superbikes
  7. ↑ british-superbikes
  8. ↑ british-superbikes
  9. ↑ round-12-brandshatch-race Archived 24 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Round 12 - Standings: Oulton Park, 9–11 October 2009" (PDF). British Superbike Championship. MotorSport Vision. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  13. ↑ "Round 7 - Standings" (PDF). MotorSportVision Racing. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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