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Bradley Ray (born 16 May 1997 in
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, England is a British
motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Ot ...
. After winning the 2022 BSB Championship, for 2023 Ray is contracted to ride in European rounds of
World Superbikes Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...
. In November 2020 Ray joined the OMG Racing team for the 2021 season, and was contracted to ride for the same team during 2022, switching from BMW to Yamaha machinery as used in 2021 by the McAMS team. In November 2019 Ray confirmed that he would join
Taylor Mackenzie Taylor Mackenzie is a former Grand Prix motorcycle racer based in Leicestershire, England. In late 2021, Mackenzie announced his intended retirement from racing at the end of the season. Shortly afterwards, it was announced that from the 202 ...
at TAS BMW for the 2020
British Superbike Championship The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...
season. From 2017 he raced in the
British Superbike Championship The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...
aboard a
Suzuki GSX-R1000 The Suzuki GSX-R1000 is a supersport motorcycle made by Suzuki. It was introduced in 2001 to replace the GSX-R1100 and is powered by a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder, four-stroke engine although originally from 2001 to 2004. History 2 ...
for Hawk Racing sponsored by Buildbase, continuing for the 2018 and 2019 seasons, winning his first Superbike-level race on 1 April at
Donington Park Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned b ...
. He had one ride in the
Moto2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...
class at the 2015 British GP, as
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entry.Meet the wildcards: Silverstone
MotoGP.com Retrieved 22 June 2018
Ray had another wildcard entry in early 2018 at the UK round of the
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at Donington Park, finishing Race 1 in 14th place, and 15th in Race 2.


Selected racing achievements

* 2011 - 6th, British 125cc Championship #128 (
Honda RS125R The Honda RS125R was a 125 Cubic centimetre, cc Two-stroke engine, two-stroke Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix racing motorcycle manufactured by Honda Racing Corporation for Motorcycle racing, racing purposes only. It debuted in 1980, r ...
) * 2012 - 7th,
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rook ...
#28 ( KTM FRR 125) * 2012 - 2nd, British MotoStar Championship #28 (
Honda RS125R The Honda RS125R was a 125 Cubic centimetre, cc Two-stroke engine, two-stroke Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix racing motorcycle manufactured by Honda Racing Corporation for Motorcycle racing, racing purposes only. It debuted in 1980, r ...
) * 2013 - 11th,
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rook ...
#28 (
KTM RC250GP The RC250GP is a Grand Prix racing motorcycle designed and built by KTM for the Moto3 class, introduced in 2012. It is also used in the Moto3 Junior World Championship. The RC250GP is raced by KTM's factory racing program (Red Bull KTM Ajo) as w ...
) * 2013 - 15th, CEV Moto3 Championship #82 (
Honda NSF250R The Honda NSF250R is a four-stroke race motorcycle from HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) developed in 2011 to replace the outgoing two-stroke Honda RS125R. Honda's NSF250R joined the newly-created Moto3 World Championship in 2012. An updated model, ...
) * 2014 - 4th,
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rook ...
#28 (
KTM RC250GP The RC250GP is a Grand Prix racing motorcycle designed and built by KTM for the Moto3 class, introduced in 2012. It is also used in the Moto3 Junior World Championship. The RC250GP is raced by KTM's factory racing program (Red Bull KTM Ajo) as w ...
) * 2014 - 11th, CEV Moto3 Championship #28 ( FTR/KTM Moto3) * 2015 - NC, FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship #82 ( FTR Moto2) * 2015 - 13th, National Superstock 600 Championship #82 (
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) * 2016 - 3rd,
British Supersport Championship British Supersport Championship is a support series to the British Superbike Championship (BSB) for engine capacities smaller than Superbike. British Supersport runs one or two rounds per weekend at each BSB event. The BSS championship is seen as ...
#28 (
Yamaha YZF-R6 The Yamaha YZF-R6 is a sport bike, produced by Yamaha as a 600 class from 1999 to 2020. From 2021, production availability is limited to race-only specification in most global markets, causing race organisers to re-align their engine eligibility ...
) * 2017 - 11th,
British Superbike Championship The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...
#28 (
Suzuki GSX-R1000 The Suzuki GSX-R1000 is a supersport motorcycle made by Suzuki. It was introduced in 2001 to replace the GSX-R1100 and is powered by a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder, four-stroke engine although originally from 2001 to 2004. History 2 ...
) * 2018 - 6th,
British Superbike Championship The British Superbike Championship (BSB), currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Bennetts British Superbike Championship, is the leading road racing superbike championship in the United Kingdom, and was once widely acknowledged as the p ...
#28 (
Suzuki GSX-R1000 The Suzuki GSX-R1000 is a supersport motorcycle made by Suzuki. It was introduced in 2001 to replace the GSX-R1100 and is powered by a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder, four-stroke engine although originally from 2001 to 2004. History 2 ...
)


Career statistics


Grand Prix motorcycle racing


By season


Races by year

(
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


British Superbike


References


External links


Bradley Ray at MotoGP.comBradley Ray at Red Bull Rookies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Bradley 1997 births Living people British motorcycle racers Moto2 World Championship riders People from Ashford, Kent