Welcome to Gareth Jones
Racing
(More content coming soon)
Gareth Jones embarked on his official racing career in 2003 aged 16. Despite being the youngest rider in the class, he placed 2nd in the Australian 250cc Production Championship.
Building on his first season, Gareth finished
runner up in the 2004 National Superstock Cup, to his friend and
fellow Superbike ace Brendon Roberts, currently riding for the
Ducati Xerox team in
In 2005, at the age of 18, Gareth was awarded the inaugural Reece Bancell Scholarship and became the first superstock rider to place in the Top 10 of the Australian Supersport Championship in his first year.
Gareth completed three successful seasons as a privateer in the Australian Supersport Championship culminating in 7th place overall in 2007, in a field dominated by factory teams.
In January 2008 Gareth earned his first works sponsored ride with the Brian Bernard Yamaha Team in the New Zealand Superbike Championship.
Gareth placed 3rd overall in the
five race New Zealand Superbike series and in addition won the “King
of the Streets” title, winning all three Superbike races at the
Paeroa street circuit, setting a new lap record in the process. In
addition he finished 2nd at the famous Wanganui Cemetery Circuit
(the southern hemisphere’s
The beginning of something new...
Gareth arrives in Europe off the back of a
successful winter’s racing in
Looking to the future...
The current season will be a long, hard and not to mention, expensive one and as a privateer, Gareth will, along with the help of his parents, be fronting all the costs himself. Any support Gareth can get to aid him in his endeavors will massively help his chances of success.