Jamie Hamilton joins Burrows Engineering Racing for 2015 campaign
Thursday 27 November 2014
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Northern
Ireland based road racing team owner John Burrows has moved quickly to replace
Dan Kneen who moved to pastures new after spearheading the team's 2014 Irish
Superbike title winning efforts.
Burrows
has confirmed that Ulsterman Jamie Hamilton, who has a wealth of experience
despite only being 23-years-old, will be his rider for the 2015 Isle of Man TT
Races fuelled by Monster Energy and other international as well as a full Irish
championship campaign. He will race the team's Superbike, Supersport and
Supertwin machines.
Hamilton
will bring an impressive CV with him to Burrows Engineering Racing. His initial
successes came in the short circuit arena where he captured the 2009 British
Superstock 600 title. Ironically, the man who finished fourth in that
championship tussle was Manxman Kneen and the two men are destined to lock
horns again next year on a regular basis.
Since
Hamilton vacated the short circuit world for a road-racing career he has left
his mark at both national and international level. In 2012 he won the
prestigious Best Newcomer award at the Isle of Man TT and has been on the
rostrum at both the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix meetings thanks to his
Supertwins efforts. In 2013
Hamilton completed a fine Irish title double, finishing top of the Supersport
600 and Supertwins points tables.
Burrows
spoke about his new arrival:
"I'm
delighted to have found a rider of Jamie Hamilton's calibre to lead Burrows
Engineering Racing's national and international road campaigns in 2015. He's
the ideal man for the job and it's a bonus that he's a local man too. He's a
proven race and title winner and although 2014 didn't work out particularly well
for him he showed what he is capable of on a number of occasions, especially at
Bush where he scored four wins and denied my team two Superbike wins."
He
continued:
"Burrows
Engineering Racing was at the forefront of road racing in 2014 and with Jamie
onboard some very competitive machinery I'm confident we can again be a top
privateer team and give the factory boys something to worry about in 2015. It's great to have all the team's 2015
plans sorted this far ahead of next year, everyone can get focused and have a
happy Christmas. All our sponsors will be announced in due course, there will
be some loyal and familiar names on the side of the bike as well as some
exciting new ones."
Jamie
Hamilton said:
"I'm
very happy that I have secured a ride with one of the most professional teams
in the sport of road racing. I was very impressed with what John and his team
achieved in 2014 and I hope my efforts will bring more success for the team in
the coming season. The bikes will definitely be ultra competitive and I'm
confident that I'm capable of taking them to top results. Roll on
Cookstown."
Picture Credit: Baylon McCaughey
at Irishracephotography.com