Stuart Easton

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Stuart Easton
Stuart Easton riding a Hydrex Honda during the Snetterton 2009 BSB championship
Born	(1983-07-21) 21 July 1983 (age 41) Hawick, Scotland
Motorcycle racing career statistics Superbike World Championship Active years 2009 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2009 championship position N/A Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 0

Stuart Easton (born 21 July 1983 in Hawick) is a British former professional motorcycle racer. He announced his retirement from racing in December 2016.^[1]

For the first part of 2016, Easton rode in the British Superbike Championship for Tommy Hill's Yamaha team, but was replaced by Broc Parkes from August.^[2][3] For the second part of the 2016 season Easton intended to race aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale, but having competed in three events, announced in September that he would miss the last two rounds.^[4]

Affectionately known as 'Rat Boy',^[5] he won the 2002 British Supersport Championship riding for Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati team. He subsequently rode in the British Superbike Championship on Kawasaki and Hydrex Honda motorcycles, gaining his first Superbike win in 2009 at Croft. He also contested one Superbike World Championship and six Supersport World Championship events.

For 2015 Easton was contracted to ride with the Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki squad until November's Macau Grand Prix but, unexpectedly switched to a Yamaha provided by SMT Racing for the race in which he failed to finish.