James Ellison (motorcyclist)

For other people named James Ellison, see James Ellison (disambiguation).

James Ellison
Ellison signing autographs during the 2009 BSB championship at Snetterton
NationalityEnglish
Born (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 44)
Lancaster, Lancashire, England

James Desmond Ellison (born 19 September 1980) is an English motorcycle racer. After two seasons (2017 with McCams and 2018 with Tag) on a Yamaha R1,[1] Ellison expected to retire at the end of 2018, but in 2019 again competed in the British Superbike Championship series aboard a BMW S1000RR,[2] before parting company with his team half-way through the season in August.[3] He then joined another British Superbike team for the remainder of the 2019 season, starting from the September event at Oulton Park, on the ex-Danny Kent machine, previously an ex-Leon Camier 2016 MV Agusta F4.[4]

After racing during 2013 with Milwaukee Yamaha run by Shaun Muir Racing in British Superbikes, for 2014 Ellison joined Lloyds British GBmoto team, and rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R alongside veteran Chris Walker.[5]

Ellison is a double European Superstock champion, World Endurance champion and has previously participated in World Supersport, MotoGP, and the American AMA Superbike series. His brother Dean is a former motorcycle racer.

  1. ^ BSB: Ellison confirmed at TAG Yamaha for final year in BSB Motorcycle News, 24 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019
  2. ^ BSB: James Ellison Why I'm coming back for another year in BSB Motorcycle News, 27 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference exit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ellison joins Bike Devil MV Agusta for remainder of 2019 bikesportnews, 3 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019
  5. ^ [1] Bennetts News, racing Retrieved 26 November 2013