Dean Thomas (motorcyclist)
Australian motorcycle racer
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Dean Thomas (born 4 January 1973[citation needed]) is a motorcycle racer from Australia. He won his home country's Supersport championship in 1995 after two other top-five championship finishes, and was fourth in the Australian Superbike Championship series a year later; however, for 1997 he headed for the United Kingdom to race. He came fourth in the country's Supersport series that year, the first of four successive top-six championship finishes highlighted by a run of 11 front-row starts out of 12 in 2000, and a victory as a European Supersport wild card. For 2001, he raced in Supersport World Championship, and struggled on largely unfamiliar circuits. He was 16th overall, and tellingly took his best result of sixth at Phillip Island.
Port Macquarie, Australia
| Dean Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 4 January 1973 Port Macquarie, Australia |
British Superbike Championship 2002-2006
Thomas first raced in the British Superbike series in 2002 for the Dienza Performance team, finishing 11th overall in a season hampered by several oil leaks. In 2003, he stepped back down to Supersport, but returned to BSB for 2004 on a Ducati. He came seventh overall, again qualifying better than he raced on occasion. A pair of fourth place finishes at Oulton Park were a highlight. Fittingly, in the final round he qualified seventh and finished both races in seventh.
Thomas moved to the Hawk Kawasaki team for 2005, noting that the bike is "very different to the Ducati where you have to be very fierce with the throttle... on the Kawasaki you have to be much smoother, which I'm learning quickly." He was sixth overall, finishing every race with a best result of fourth. The first half of 2006 was less encouraging, until a huge crash at Snetterton left him with fractured ribs and a punctured lung, missing several races. For 2007, he raced a Samsung-backed Suzuki.
Beyond racing
In 2008, Thomas did not race, instead managing the career of Yamaha R1 Cup rider Sam Warren.[citation needed]
Career statistics
British Superbike Championship
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||||
| 2004 | BSB | Ducati | SIL 8 |
SIL 6 |
BHI Ret |
BHI 8 |
SNE 6 |
SNE 5 |
OUL 4 |
OUL 4 |
MON 5 |
MON Ret |
THR 5 |
THR Ret |
BHGP 10 |
BHGP Ret |
KNO Ret |
KNO 9 |
MAL 8 |
MAL 8 |
CRO 8 |
CRO Ret |
CAD 6 |
CAD 4 |
OUL 7 |
OUL 5 |
DON 7 |
DON 7 |
7th | 193 |
FIM World Endurance Championship
By team
| Year | Team | Bike | Rider | TC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Yamaha Austria Racing Team |
Yamaha YZF-R1 |  Igor Jerman Horst Saiger Thomas Hinterreiter  James Ellison Mike Edwards Gary Mason  Dean Thomas  Marc Garcia |
4th |