Australian Cameron Donald burst onto the road racing scene in 2005 with some tremendous results at both national and international level. Especially eye catching was Cameron’s performance in his first TT on board a standard 600, bagging the Best Newcomer award along the way.
Often riding as a newcomer, Cameron was the sensation of 2006 racking up 10 wins at national level and becoming an instant folk hero with the thousands of fans who flocked to see him. Amongst these successes, there were wins at both the famous Skerries 100 and the Championship race at the Southern 100. These feats were only out done by his performances at the international races and the Isle of Man TT in particular.
Cameron first defied the sceptics at the North West 200, scoring a brace of 4th places whilst riding with broken heels from an earlier practice accident. Just three weeks later, Cameron finished an amazing 5th place in only his 4th ever TT race, but more was to come. Fully up to speed by the end of the week, Cameron pushed 11 times winner John McGuinness all the way in a sensational Senior TT race. Voted the ride of the year by popular website real road racing.com, Cameron secured 2nd place with laps in excess of 128mph. Indeed, Cameron is now the 3rd fastest rider ever around the daunting Mountain Circuit – and all this in just two visits to the Island!