Brief history & experience

Ste and Phil met by chance in the mid nineties, after Ste had won a competition to go to the Cadbury's Boost Race School at Cadwell Park. Ste was bitten by the bug and never looked back completing his first full year of competition the very next year, which was a season of mixed luck due to a combination of solid results and machine failures. A mutual friend took Phil along to one of Ste’s meetings one weekend, and fate and destiny had weaved their magic and the team was born, albeit in a very infantile form.

They spent the next decade living the dream, along with Ste’s wife and Family, club racing all over the UK, in tents, and more recently in motor homes and caravans. Many wins and rostrums later, Ste finally won a National Championship in ’99 and they turned their full attentions to the roads in 2000. Ste took on the challenge of the Mountain Course in the Isle of Man as a true novice in 2000, having never seen the 37.75 mile road circuit until they drove off the ferry on that cold August morning.

A solid 6th place finish in the newcomers’ race was well earned after a tough fortnights practice and racing. The 2001 Manx Grand Prix was cancelled due to a foot and mouth outbreak and the team returned to the island in ’02 to race in the lightweight/ultra lightweight class. The team then took a two year sabbatical due to career changes, returning in 2005 to take on several Irish Road Races (Multiple top 20 finishes) and the Manx GP, again securing a very creditable 32nd place after starting 89th.


2006 saw the team run for the first time with some financial backing, which gave them the ability to compete on bigger machinery and at more meetings. Again the roads were a priority and the Irish Road Races paved the way for Ste’s first assault at the Junior and Senior Manx. Top 50 finishes from start positions outside the top 80, started to make people and investors sit up and take notice.

2007 and the team joined forces with one of the biggest outfits in the paddock and although they had many solid results in Ireland (just outside the top ten); they divided their attention between both Ireland and the UK short circuits (again regularly running in the top 15). The Manx GP was a mixed affair due to poor weather and his top 50 finish in the Junior was the highlight as the Senior race got cancelled due to the weather.
2008 and new machinery saw regular top 10 finishes in Ireland and the UK and set the team up for their best Manx yet, 17th in the Junior and 23rd in the Senior. This has now given Ste the option to fulfil his dream of a TT start in ’09.

2008 also saw the start of Phil’s racing career, having hidden behind the spanners and pits for too long. He put all his knowledge and years of experience to good use and reached all his goals and targets, culminating with 7th place in his championship in his debut season.