Career
He competes in the Australian Superbike Championship as a privateer in the Jon Daniels Racing Team aboard the Caterpillar Juris Doctor Racing Yamaha YZF-R1. The same year, he was also a contestant on the One HD television program, The Ultimate Rider. In 2013 he moved up to the highly contested Supersport category with hopes of finishing in the top 5.
As the rookie in the class, he surprised everyone by leading every round and eventually winning the Supersport Championship.
One of the youngest riders to have ever done southern In addition, he competed in the high exposure Phillip Island Championship which is run in conjunction with the Australian rounds of the World Superbike (WSBK) and MotoGP Championships.
†Result at the point at which the championship was abandoned
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2008- Collingrove Hillclimb Junior - 1st Place2009- Collingrove Hillclimb Junior - 1st Place2009- George Carrick Open Championship - 2nd Place2009- Phillip Island 6Hr Endurance Race (Superstock 600) - 1st Place2011- Nominated as South Australian Male Youth Athlete of the Year2012- Was one of 7 contestants on the Channel One HD reality television series, The Ultimate Rider.2013- Finalist for South Australian Athlete of the Year. Daniel holds official lap records at the following tracks in the listed classes.Hidden Valley Raceway - Superstock 600 - 1:11.891 Queensland Raceway - Superstock 600 - 1:12.833 Mallala Motor Sport Park - Superstock 600 - 1:09.791 Hidden Valley Raceway - Supersport 600 - 1:09.458
In October 2012, Daniel was selected as one of seven contestants to take part in the first season of a new reality television series called, The Ultimate Rider.
The program was broadcast on Channel One HD in October 2012 and repeated in March 2013.
In October 2013, the Jon Daniels Racing Team were contacted by the Technomag-CarXpert Moto2 Team to have Daniel replace injured rider, Randy Krummenacher in the Australian round of the 2013 MotoGP Championship. Although the offer was accepted, the opportunity was lost when the Moto2 bike was damaged beyond repair in a large accident during the Malaysian MotoGP race just one week prior to the Australian round. (Motorsport Table Legend)
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
†Results when championship was abandoned
2015
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