Gary Mason (motorcyclist)

Gary Mason
Gary Mason riding the Quay Garage Honda during the 2009 British Superbikes championship at Snetterton
Nationality	English
Born	(1979-05-04) 4 May 1979 (age 45) Tamworth, Staffordshire
Current team	Jilted Royalty Prime Factors Racing
Bike number	13

Gary Mason is a British motorcycle road racer, born 4 May 1979 in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He is a former British Superbike Championship privateers cup champion. Mason has previously raced in the British Supersport Championship and the AMA supersport and superstock classes. He currently races a BMW S1000RR in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship.

Career

Starting out

Mason began racing in the 250 Aprilia challenge before moving up to the British Supersport class in 2000.[1]

British Supersport Championship (2000–2001)

Mason competed in the Supersport class 2000 and 2001, earning his first podium finish (2nd) at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in the penultimate round of the 2000 season, overall Mason finished 8th in the Championship, 2001 saw Mason continue in the Supersport class, he finished the season in 7th after a consistent season.

British Superbike Championship (2002–2006)

Between 2002 and 2006 Mason competed in the British Superbike Championship, Mason struggled in his first season in the championship, retiring 12 times finishing 14th in the Championship. In 2003, Mason's form improved on the previous season, finishing 8th in the championship, having his career-high 4th-place finish on 3 occasions. Mason then finished 11th, 8th and 17th in the next three years of the championship.

AMA (2007–2008)

Mason then moved to the AMA series for 2 years, but did not really make much of an impact in the Supersport or Superstock classes.

Return to the British Superbike Championship (2008–2012)

Mason returned to the British Superbike championship in 2008 racing for the Quay Garage Honda, competing in the privateers cup finishing 3rd in that championship, Mason was retained at the Quay Garage team for the 2009 the season in which he won the privateers cup.[2] For 2010 Mason moved to the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team,[3] Mason has had mixed results in the 2010 season with a best finish of 7th place in the first race at Oulton Park. For 2011 Mason stayed with the MSS Kawasaki squad, gaining his first ever full BSB podium in race one at Croft, a race which was full of incident with mixed weather conditions.

Endurance Racing (2013–2015)

Mason joined Prime Factors Racing in the Endurance World Championship

Return to the British Superbike Championship (2016)

Mason will return to BSB in 2016 with Prime Factors Racing[4] & arc-on.[5]

Career statistics

Stats correct as of 9 July 2012

All Time

Series		Years Active	Races	Poles	Podiums	Wins	2nd place	3rd place	Fast Laps	Titles
British Superbike (BSB)		^2002-Pres	224	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
British Superbike Cup (C)		^2008–2009	44	0	34	27	6	1	0	1
Total			224^1	0	35	27	6	3	0	1

1.^ – Total includes all British Superbike Championship rides, riding in the Superbike Cup class doesn't count as a separate ride.

By championship

British Superbike Championship & Privateers' Cup

Year	Class	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			13		Pos	Pts	Ref
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2
2002	BSB	Honda	SIL 15	SIL Ret	BHI 10	BHI 10	DON Ret	DON Ret		OUL 12	OUL 13	SNE Ret	SNE Ret	BHGP Ret	BHGP Ret		ROC 15	ROC Ret		KNO Ret	KNO DNS		THR 13	THR Ret		CAD 9	CAD Ret	OUL Ret	OUL 10	MAL 13	MAL 11		DON 10	DON 9	14th	45	[1]
2003		Yamaha	SIL 5	SIL 8	SNE 8	SNE 4	THR 7	THR 6		OUL 7	OUL 9	KNO 7	KNO 6	BHI 4	BHI 6		ROC Ret	ROC 7		MON 7	MON 4		OUL Ret	OUL Ret		CAD 4	CAD 5	BHGP 6	BHGP 7	DON 8	DON 7				8th	208	[6]
2004		Yamaha	SIL Ret	SIL 8	BHI 5	BHI 9	SNE Ret	SNE 11		OUL 7	OUL 7	MON Ret	MON Ret	THR 7	THR Ret		BHGP 10	BHGP 10		KNO 6	KNO Ret		MAL 14	MAL 7		CRO Ret	CRO 6	CAD 11	CAD Ret	OUL 11	OUL Ret		DON 9	DON 12	11th	116	[7]
2005		Honda	BHI Ret	BHI 10	THR 12	THR 13	MAL 8	MAL 7		OUL 7	OUL Ret	MON 8	MON 9	CRO 9	CRO 5		KNO 9	KNO 13		SNE 8	SNE 8		SIL 7	SIL 7		CAD 11	CAD 10	OUL 9	OUL 9	DON 10	DON 7		BHGP 7	BHGP 7	8th	174	[8]
2006		Honda	BHI 11	BHI 14	DON 13	DON 4	THR 17	THR 12		OUL Ret	OUL 14	MON C	MON C	MAL 11	MAL 13		SNE Ret	SNE 13		KNO 14	KNO 17		OUL 12	OUL 9		CRO 18	CRO Ret	CAD 12	CAD Ret	SIL DNS	SIL DNS		BHGP	BHGP	17th	55
2008	BSB	Honda	THR	THR	OUL	OUL	BHGP	BHGP		DON 18	DON 10	SNE 14	SNE 12	MAL 13	MAL 23		OUL Ret	OUL 14		KNO 10	KNO 17		CAD 10	CAD Ret		CRO 11	CRO 11	SIL DSQ	SIL DSQ	BHI 11	BHI 9				16th	51	[9]
	C									DON 18	DON 10	SNE 14	SNE 12	MAL 13	MAL 23			OUL 14		KNO 10	KNO 17		CAD 10			CRO 11	CRO 11			BHI 11	BHI 9				3rd	307
2009	BSB	Honda	BHI 6	BHI 9	OUL 9	OUL 7	DON 12	DON 7		THR 9	THR 12	SNE Ret	SNE 14	KNO Ret	KNO 10		MAL 6	MAL 18		BHGP 13	BHGP 14	BHGP 15	CAD 10	CAD 9		CRO 8	CRO 8	SIL 14	SIL Ret	OUL 13	OUL 12	OUL 10			13th	125	[10]
	C		BHI 6	BHI 9	OUL 9	OUL 7	DON 12	DON 7		THR 9	THR 12		SNE 14		KNO 10		MAL 6	MAL 18		BHGP 13	BHGP 14	BHGP 15	CAD 10	CAD 9		CRO 8	CRO 8	SIL 14		OUL 13	OUL 12	OUL 10			1st	535.5
2010	BSB	Kawasaki	BHI 13	BHI Ret	THR 8	THR 10	OUL 7	OUL Ret		CAD DNS	CAD DNS	MAL 12	MAL 14	KNO 8	KNO C		SNE 9	SNE 11	SNE 9	BHGP Ret	BHGP 10	BHGP Ret	CAD Ret	CAD 10		CRO 10	CRO 11	SIL 14	SIL 7	OUL 8	OUL 14	OUL Ret			12th	104	[11]
2011	BSB		BHI 18	BHI 10	OUL 9	OUL 10	CRO 3	CRO 7		THR Ret	THR 14	KNO 4	KNO 6	SNE 11	SNE 11		OUL 5	OUL C		BHGP 3	BHGP Ret	BHGP 7	CAD 6	CAD 10	CAD 12	DON 17	DON 17	SIL 14	SIL 14	BHGP Ret	BHGP DNS	BHGP DNS			10th	139	[12]
2012	BSB		BHI 5	BHI C	THR 13	THR Ret	OUL DNS	OUL 18	OUL Ret	SNE Ret	SNE Ret	KNO	KNO	OUL Ret	OUL Ret	OUL 18	BHGP	BHGP		CAD 20	CAD 20		DON 20	DON Ret		ASS	ASS	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP			25th	14	[13]

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