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Daniel Hegarty is a Nottingham based rider who will be competing in the the National Superstock 600 Championship, one of the most exciting key support classes within the British Superbike Championship.
Dan’s career began at the Derby Phoenix Motorcycle Club at the age of sixteen when in his first season of competitive racing, Dan won the Novice Trophy. He went on to progress with Derby Phoenix, ending his second year with them in a fantastic 2nd place overall in the Championship riding a Yamaha R6.
Following his success on the R6, Dan then entered the Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup and during his first competing at National Level, recorded 2 fastest laps,
1 lap record and a podium finish!! Dan’s season was cut short due to injury but he still finished the year in 12th place overall.
During 2006, Dan moved up to the National Superstock 1000 Championship. Over the course of the past three years, Dan has steadily progressed within this class moving from 20th overall in his first year to 11th in 2008 and 13th overall in 2009.
2009 was also beset with financial problems for Dan and his small team, however, despite missing 4 rounds mid-season, Dan’s overall 13th position at the end of the year was an amazing achievement. For his team, this just confirmed Dan’s talent, ambition and drive to continue despite the set backs he had suffered earlier in the year.
The following season started with a new Suzuki GSX-R which literally arrived from Japan the week before the first race of the season, giving the team just about enough time to get the bike ready although testing was limited to more or less one day! Despite this, Dan raced competitively against the larger teams despite being beset by a few mechanical problems until the season cme to an unfortunate end at Thruxton when a fall resulted in a serious elbow injury.
The new year brings a new bike, a larger team and a new challenge in the highly competitive National Superstock 600 Championship and the team is really looking forward to a competitive and successful new season.
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