Dean Thomas (motorcyclist)

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Dean Thomas
Nationality Australian
Born (1973-01-04) 4 January 1973 (age 52)
Port Macquarie, Australia

Dean Thomas (born 4 January 1973[ citation needed ]) is a motorcycle racer from Australia. He won his home country's Supersport championship in 1995 after two other top 5 championship finishes, and was 4th in the Australian Superbike Championship series a year later; however, for 1997 he headed for the United Kingdom to race. He came 4th in the country's Supersport series that year, the first of 4 successive top-6 championship finishes highlighted by a run of 11 front-row starts out of 12 in 2000, and a victory as a European Supersport wild card. For 2001 he raced in Supersport World Championship, and struggled on largely unfamiliar circuits. He was 16th overall, and tellingly took his best result of 6th at Phillip Island.

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British Superbike Championship 2002-2006

He first raced in the British Superbike series in 2002 for the Dienza Performance team, finishing 11th overall in a season hampered by several oil leaks. In 2003 he stepped back down to Supersport, but returned to BSB for 2004 on a Ducati. He came 7th overall, again qualifying better than he raced on occasion. A pair of 4th place finishes at Oulton Park were a highlight. Fittingly, in the final round he qualified 7th and finished both races in 7th.

He moved to the Hawk Kawasaki team for 2005, noting that the bike is "very different to the Ducati where you have to be very fierce with the throttle... on the Kawasaki you have to be much smoother, which I'm learning quickly." He was 6th overall, finishing every race with a best result of 4th. The first half of 2006 was less encouraging, until a huge crash at Snetterton left him with fractured ribs and a punctured lung, missing several races. For 2007 he raced a Samsung-backed Suzuki.

Beyond racing

In 2008, he did not race, instead managing the career of Yamaha R1 Cup rider Sam Warren.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

YearClassBike12345678910111213PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2004 BSB Ducati SIL
8
SIL
6
BHI
Ret
BHI
8
SNE
6
SNE
5
OUL
4
OUL
4
MON
5
MON
Ret
THR
5
THR
Ret
BHGP
10
BHGP
Ret
KNO
Ret
KNO
9
MAL
8
MAL
8
CRO
8
CRO
Ret
CAD
6
CAD
4
OUL
7
OUL
5
DON
7
DON
7
7th193
PosRiderBike BHI
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THR
Flag of England.svg
MAL
Flag of England.svg
OUL
Flag of England.svg
MOP
Flag of Ireland.svg
CRO
Flag of England.svg
KNO
Flag of Scotland.svg
SNE
Flag of England.svg
SIL
Flag of England.svg
CAD
Flag of England.svg
OUL
Flag of England.svg
DON
Flag of England.svg
BHGP
Flag of England.svg
PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2005 BSB Kawasaki 811866461515131061010119669711796556th198
PosRiderBike BHI
Flag of England.svg
DON
Flag of England.svg
THR
Flag of England.svg
OUL
Flag of England.svg
MAL
Flag of England.svg
SNE
Flag of England.svg
KNO
Flag of Scotland.svg
OUL
Flag of England.svg
CRO
Flag of England.svg
CAD
Flag of England.svg
SIL
Flag of England.svg
BHGP
Flag of England.svg
PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
2006 BSB Kawasaki 889Ret9612Ret8911Ret12128118811th109
Honda 1113

FIM World Endurance Championship

By team

YearTeamBikeRiderTC
2004 Flag of Austria.svg Yamaha Austria Racing Team Yamaha YZF-R1 Flag of Slovenia.svg Igor Jerman
Flag of Austria.svg Horst Saiger
Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Hinterreiter
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Ellison
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Edwards

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Mason
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dean Thomas
Flag of France.svg Marc Garcia

4th

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