Name: Damian Rowley
Date of Birth: 23rd June                                 Star Sign: Cancer
Nationality: British
Nickname: ‘demon’
E-mail: demon@damianrowley.com
Height: 5ft 11″
Weight: 77kg
Hair Colour: Brown
Eyes: brown

Other occupation: Virgin Limobike rider www.virginlimobike.com

Country of residence: England

Sporting Hero: Kevin Schwantz.

Hobbies: Snowboarding, trail riding, World War Two jeeps, classic Mustangs and anything with an engine.

Most important person to you: Yvane… she has supported me through everything

Best Quality: I love a challenge

Worst fault: Under estimating myself.

Worst habit: Not listening enough.

Personal items I always take to races: My leathers & lucky ‘South Park’ socks but I think these should retired soon as they’re about walk on their own!

Favorite circuit: UK would have to be Cadwell & Oulton Park & in Europe Assen, Albacete & Oscherlaben. Asia is Suzuka.

A bit about my racing career

I started racing in 1993 on an RD350. Over the years I raced several different classes at club level with a varying degrees of success.

In 1997 I stepped up to the British Championship and raced the CB500 National Cup along side James Toseland.

In 1998 I stayed with the one make series for another year then in 1999 I moved to the Honda Hornet Cup but after two seasons of injuries and very little funds I decided to retire from racing.

From 2001 to 2004 I worked as a professional Motor Sport instructor at the Ron Haslam Racing Academy.

2004 was my return to racing in the UK KRC Endurance Championship where I was to learn the craft of endurance racing.

2006 would see me making my World Endurance debut riding for the Phase One Shell Endurance Academy team.

This was big learning year for me riding the European tracks I had only seen on television and riding a Super bike for the first time.

After a little bit of a slow start to the championship we managed to pull it together and finished 9th overall in the Endurance World Championship.

Achievements

2008 Endurance World Championship                                                                 Albacete 6 hour 15th

2007 Endurance World Championship
Le Mans 24 hour 23rd-8th SSP
Albacete 6 hour 23rd-10th SSP
Suzuka 8 hour 35th-9th EWC -2nd SSP                                                                                                                                                   Bol d’Or 24 hour 17th-7th SSP                                                                                                                                                      Silverstone 6 hour UK National Endurance 1st place

2006 9th overall in ‘Endurance World Championship’
Le Mans 24 hour 23rd
Albacete 8 hour 14th
Zolder 6 hour 8th
Oscherlaben 24hour 11th
Bol d’Or 24 hour 13th

2005 2nd in Class D &10th overall KRC UK Endurance Championship
2004 7th in Class C & 17th overall KRC UK Endurance Championship
2001/02/03 Motor sport instructor at the Ron Haslam Racing Academy
1999 16th Honda Hornet Cup
1998 20th Honda CB500 National Cup
1997 13th Honda CB500 National Cup
1996 7th Bemsee 600 Super Sport
1995 12th Bemsee 600 Super Sport
1994 5th KRC 250cc Single Cylinder Championship
1993 12th Bemsee Novice Championship

Injuries

Broken left ankle with two screws, torn ligaments in both ankles, 5 broken ribs, shattered knuckle on left ring finger, shattered ring finger tip and middle finger, dislocated and broken right thumb, 3 broken metacarpals in right hand, broken left & right wrist, 2 fractured vertebrae in neck, 2 broken bones in right foot, concussion on several occasions.