Career
He was a runner-up in the Yamaha R6 Cup. Tommy is the younger brother of Ollie Bridewell who was a prominent up and coming motorcycle racer when he died in 2007 during the Mallory Park round of the Superbike Championship. Ollie"s death
Tommy"s older brother died after crashing during a practice session at the Mallory Park round in 2007.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bridewell left the British Superbike Championship at that round to take some time out following the tragic loss. European Superstock 600
Bridewell restarted his racing career in Italy during 2008, moving on to the European Superstock 600 class in 2009 riding the Lorenzini Yamaha.
Bridewell started off with a 13th place in the first round at Valencia but would fail to score any more points finishes leaving the team midseason. Return to British Superbike Championship
= 2009 After departing the European scene, Bridewell returned to the British Superbike Championship during the 2009 competing in the Privateers" Cup on a Team New Brunswick Suzuki, winning the Cup class in 7 of the 26 races.
Due to the success of Bridewell"s return, he was signed by Quay Garage Honda to compete in the main British Superbike Championship for the 2010 season.
= 2010 Bridewell had a mixed start to the season, crashing twice in the first round at Brand Hatch Industry circuit then failing to start the next round at Thruxton. He recovered from this to score a career best fourth-place finish during the fourth round at Cadwell Park. Bridewell finished the season in 11th place on 105 points his best finish in the British Superbike Championship.
= 2011 Foreign 2011 Bridewell remained with the Quay Garage team, rebranded under the Tyco Racing banner.
His season started strongly with a podium in the first race at Brand Hatch Industry. However, he crashed heavily in practice at Thruxton, leading to the amputation of his little finger.
He took a fourth place in race 2 at Cadwell Park. having injured himself in practice for the second round at Oulton Park and never showed in the top 10 again. On the Wednesday before the Snetterton round Bridewell and Tyco Honda parted company.
Bridewell was signed up to replace James Westmoreland at Motorpoint Yamaha for the last 4 rounds of the 2011 championship season.
Bridewell rode with Shaun Muir Racing as a temporary replacement rider for part of 2013, followed by a full season in 2014. Foreign 2015 he joined Tyco Bayerische Motoren Werke.
