Anthony West (motorcyclist)

Anthony West
West in 2005
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981 (age 43) Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Current team	EAB antwest Racing & Webike IKAZUCHI Racing
Bike number	13
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2007–2008, 2015 Manufacturers Kawasaki, Honda Championships 0 2015 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 0 0 0 0 109 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2016 Manufacturers MZ-RE Honda, Moriwaki, Speed Up, Suter Championships 0 2016 championship position 27th (6 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 99 1 1 0 0 193 500cc World Championship Active years 2001 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 2001 championship position 18th (27 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 27 250cc World Championship Active years 1999–2000, 2003–2007 Manufacturers Honda, Aprilia, KTM Championships 0 2007 championship position 19th (25 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 92 1 5 0 1 578 125cc World Championship Active years 1998 Manufacturers Honda Championships 0 1998 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 Superbike World Championship Active years 2016–2017 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2017 championship position 27th (13 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 16 0 0 0 0 77 Supersport World Championship Active years 2004, 2007, 2009, 2016–2018 Manufacturers Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki Championships 0 2018 championship position 10th (51 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 33 2 9 0 2 330

Anthony Keith West,^[1] (born 17 July 1981 in Maryborough, Queensland), is an Australian motorcycle road racer. He most recently raced in the 2019 Brazilian Superbike Championship for the Kawasaki Racing Team.^[2] West was suspended from participating at any FIM sanctioned events for 24 months due to testing positive for banned substances from 8 July 2018 to 14 September 2020.^[3] In 2018 he competed in the Supersport World Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R and in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.

During 2017 he has raced in the Supersport World Championship (600 cc) and the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship initially aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6 followed by a Kawasaki ZX-6R, and also selected events in the Superbike World Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-10R as a stand-in rider for Puccetti Kawasaki.

West has won two races in Grands Prix, the 2003 Dutch TT in the 250 cc class, and the 2014 Dutch TT in the Moto2 class. He is known as "The Rain Man" because of his ability to ride well in the extreme wet, which he attributes to a dirt track racing background.^[4] He currently^[when?] races in the Australian Superbike Championship.