Career
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. Foreign 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.
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 Bachelor of Science in Business 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. Foreign 2007 he raced a Samsung-backed Suzuki. In 2008 he did not race, instead managing the career of Yamaha R1 Cup rider Sam Warren.
