Racing Career Summary
Aaron has achieved an incredible amount in his first year of racing. He had been riding for less than a year when he entered his first race, become National Novice Champion in his first competitive year and taken the National GP 50 Runner Up title 10 months after having ridden a gearbox bike for the first time.
He did this with precision and focussed determination, and taught himself to work through problems and never give up. He achieved his results riding machines that were well maintained and set up, nevertheless they were older, less competitive bikes than many on the grid.
Aaron uses practise and testing days precisely for their objective. He pushes the bike to its limit, makes changes where required and learns the track. Occasionally this has resulted in damage to the machine, however it has worked for him during racing.
During 2009, Aaron gained pole position on four occasions but the GP50 classes show that he is also capable of starting further back and finishing on the podium.
Aaron has set the fastest lap on six occasions in his first year, the most notable being Round 3 when regaining his position after the crash.
Aaron was part of a Team challenge in 2009, which ran along side the classes he was entered for. This involved 2 teams as he raced in two classes: Junior Novice and GP 50.
In the GP 50 team, unfortunately the 3rd member did not continue in the championship, however the ‘team of two’ managed to gain 12th out of 22 teams. In the GRC team, the three riders gained 2nd out of 22 teams. They would have won had one member not already won his championship title and decide to abstain from two races!
Aaron has been unlucky this year off track. He has sustained a broken wrist from falling from a push bike, and rode in Round 4 three weeks later. He rode at Llandow Long with a swollen eye after he was hit with a hockey stick at school, and was hit by a car whilst standing on a pavement resulting in whiplash. None of the incidents stopped him racing — in fact not being able to race was his worst fear.
