Gary Mason

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.

British Supersport Championship (2000–2001) Mason competed in the Supersport class 2000 and 2001, earning his first podium finish (second) at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in the penultimate round of the 2000 season, overall Mason finished eighth in the Championship, 2001 saw Mason continue in the Supersport class, he finished the season in seventh 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 fourth-place finish on three occasions. Mason then finished 11th, eighth 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 third in that championship, Mason was retained at the Quay Garage team for the 2009 the season in which he won the privateers cup. For 2010, Mason moved to the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team, 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 & arc-on.

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 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.

Superstock European Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Pts 2000 Aprilia/Kawasaki DON MNZ HOC SMR VAL BRA6 OSCRet NED BRA21 13th 35 2001 Honda VAL MNZ DON6 LAU SMR BRA OSC NED IMO 25th 10

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 SIL15 SILRet BHI10 BHI10 DONRet DONRet OUL12 OUL13 SNERet SNERet BHGPRet BHGPRet ROC15 ROCRet KNORet KNODNS THR13 THRRet CAD9 CADRet OULRet OUL10 MAL13 MAL11 DON10 DON9 14th 45 2004 Yamaha SILRet SIL8 BHI5 BHI9 SNERet SNE11 OUL7 OUL7 MONRet MONRet THR7 THRRet BHGP10 BHGP10 KNO6 KNORet MAL14 MAL7 CRORet CRO6 CAD11 CADRet OUL11 OULRet DON9 DON12 11th 116 2005 Honda BHIRet BHI10 THR12 THR13 MAL8 MAL7 OUL7 OULRet MON8 MON9 CRO9 CRO5 KNO9 KNO13 SNE8 SNE8 SIL7 SIL7 CAD11 CAD10 OUL9 OUL9 DON10 DON7 BHGP7 BHGP7 8th 174 2006 Honda BHI11 BHI14 DON13 DON4 THR17 THR12 OULRet OUL14MONCMONC MAL11 MAL13 SNERet SNE13 KNO14 KNO17 OUL12 OUL9 CRO18 CRORet CAD12 CADRetSILDNSSILDNSBHGPBHGP 17th 55 2008 BSB Honda THR THR OUL OUL BHGP BHGP DON18 DON10 SNE14 SNE12 MAL13 MAL23 OULRet OUL14 KNO10 KNO17 CAD10 CADRet CRO11 CRO11 SILDSQ SILDSQ BHI11 BHI9 16th 51 C DON18 DON10 SNE14 SNE12 MAL13 MAL23 OUL14 KNO10 KNO17 CAD10 CRO11 CRO11 BHI11 BHI9 3rd 307 2009 BSB Honda BHI6 BHI9 OUL9 OUL7 DON12 DON7 THR9 THR12 SNERet SNE14 KNORet KNO10 MAL6 MAL18 BHGP13 BHGP14 BHGP15 CAD10 CAD9 CRO8 CRO8 SIL14 SILRet OUL13 OUL12 OUL10 13th 125 C BHI6 BHI9 OUL9 OUL7 DON12 DON7 THR9 THR12 SNE14 KNO10 MAL6 MAL18 BHGP13 BHGP14 BHGP15 CAD10 CAD9 CRO8 CRO8 SIL14 OUL13 OUL12 OUL10 1st 535.5 2010 BSB Kawasaki BHI13 BHIRet THR8 THR10 OUL7 OULRet CADDNS CADDNS MAL12 MAL14 KNO8 KNOC SNE9 SNE11 SNE9 BHGPRet BHGP10 BHGPRet CADRet CAD10 CRO10 CRO11 SIL14 SIL7 OUL8 OUL14 OULRet 12th 104 2011 BSB BHI18 BHI10 OUL9 OUL10 CRO3 CRO7 THRRet THR14 KNO4 KNO6 SNE11 SNE11 OUL5 OULC BHGP3 BHGPRet BHGP7 CAD6 CAD10 CAD12 DON17 DON17 SIL14 SIL14 BHGPRet BHGPDNS BHGPDNS 10th 139 2012 BSB BHI5 BHIC THR13 THRRet OULDNS OUL18 OULRet SNERet SNERet KNO KNO OULRet OULRet OUL18 BHGP BHGP CAD20 CAD20 DON20 DONRet ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP BHGP BHGP 25th 14 Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 2014 Kawasaki BHI BHI OUL OUL SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGPRet BHGP11 THR THR OULRet OUL17 OUL18 CAD16 CAD4 DONRet DONRet ASS11 ASSRet SIL15 SILRet BHGP11 BHGPDNS BHGPDNS 21st 29

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Races by year

MotoAmerica Superstock Championship By year

FIM World Endurance Championship By team Year Team Bike Rider 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