Casey Stoner |
 Casey Stoner Date of Birth: 16th October 1985
Latest Updates on Casey Stoner: The young star put all his critics to rest, some were claiming the Australian only looks as good as he does because the Ducati he's riding on is that much better than the chasing pack's. By un-characteristically starting the (very) wet British Moto GP badly and then not only proceeding to stay atop his Ducati but also going on to actually win the race, anyone and everyone cannot doubt Casey Stoner's talents.
We've all heard the phrase "Racing's in his blood"... A true testament to that fact is the Moto GP rider Casey Stoner. If you take a look at his date of birth, you can see that he's currently only 21, and he's already been in the Moto GP class for a full year. He just won the Catalunya Moto Grand Prix, in a dog fight with Valentino Rossi he proved to all and sundry he can mix it up with the best. Let's take a look at how he got to where he is: His first race was when he was four years old, in an under nine years old race at the Hatcher's dirt racing track on the Gold Coast of Australia - he'd already been riding bikes since the age of four. Between his very first race win at the age of nine and the age of fourteen, young Master Stoner won 41 dirt and long track titles and 70 state titles. One feat he achieved that illustrates his passion and "need" for racing was done at age twelve. Over one weekend he raced in 5 different categories in all 7 rounds of each capacity. A mild restful weekend only consisting of 35 different races... Not much for a twelve year old. Not only did he compete in all these categories and different capacities, the young Casey Stoner went on to win 32 out of the 35 races. Yes, you read write. There were five Australian titles to be won that weekend, Casey won all 5! The legal age to enter into road races in Oz is 16, at 14 years old Casey Stoner and his parents agreed he was ready to move up onto road racing so they packed up the family and moved to England- reason being that the legal age for road racing in that country is 14. In his first year of road racing, 2000, Casey won the Aprillia 125cc championship, his achievement led him to be noticed by many people and the interested parties happened to include on Alberto Puig - the GP racing great. Alberto asked Casey to come on over across the channel to take part in the Spanish Championship riding for the Telefonica Movistar team. He obliged, of course. As usual young Stoner wanted to take on as much riding as he possibly could so he raced in both the English and Spanish championships - despite not being able to race in all the races due to conflicting race meet dates Casey still finished second in both championships in 2001. At only 16 years old 2002 Casey got a seat with Safilo Oxydo LCRin the GP, and no not in the 125cc category but rather straight onto a 250cc bike. The following year he rode in the 125cc category for both Lucio and Safilo Oxydo LCR and at the end of the year at Valencia he took his frist race win. From there he raced for first KTM, helping the team develop a bike that could finish on the podium and also giving them their first win ever. The next season he went to race for Lucio Cecchinello's team again, this time on a Aprillia 250cc. He battled with Dani Pedrosa taking various podiums and wins in the season. In 2006 Stoner finally realized his dream of racing in the Moto GP, only 20 years old, he finished eighth in the champioship as a rookie. 2007 has seen him take his first win already, so there's obviously much more to come. It's going to be a great season to watch, and it's also going to be great watching the youngster Casey Stoner challenge for the championship. So when's the next race then? Elias ninth in fan vote. (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)Toni Elias ranked ninth in your vote for the MotoGP star of 2008. Melbourne posts three-game sweep of Flippin (Baxter Bulletin)The Melbourne Bearkatz improved to 7-1 with a 70-56 win over the Flippin Bobcats at Bobcat Country on Tuesday night. Red Team (U-14 boys) 5 Darien 0 (New Canaan Advertiser)New Canaan improved its record to 4-0-3 with a resounding 5-0 win over Darien. Neal Koller got things started with a blast into the left corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. 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MOTOGP: Bike electronics set to be restricted (autosport.com)Carmelo Ezpeleta, head of MotoGP commercial rights-holder Dorna, has hinted that the next major regulation change will be to decrease the importance of rider aid electronics in the championship Hang on, Tests against India are not a one-way street (Guyra Argus)AUSTRALIA have won two Test series in India in the past 40 years. We have won seven Tests in India in the past 40 years of Test cricket in India. India, equally, have never won a Test series in Australia. India have lost the past two series they've played before this one against Australia. Rossi will dominate MotoGP: crew chief (The West Australian)Australia MotoGP star Casey Stoner has been warned that new tyre rules for 2009 will make world champion Valentino Rossi virtually unbeatable. The caution comes from Stoner's compatriot Jerry Burgess Rossi 'unbeatable' under new tyre rules (Adelaide Now)AUSSIE MotoGP star Casey Stoner has been warned that new tyre rules for 2009 will make world champion Valentino Rossi virtually unbeatable. Motorsport: New rules will make Rossi 'virtually unbeatable' (The New Zealand Herald)Australia MotoGP star Casey Stoner has been warned that new tyre rules for 2009 will make world champion Valentino Rossi virtually unbeatable. The caution comes from Stoner's compatriot Jerry Burgess, the South Australian who has been the mastermind behind title wins by Rossi and Mick Doohan. For the latest news on Casey Stoner check out http://www.caseystoner.info/
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