Stacey Nesbitt Explained

Stacey Nesbitt
Nationality:Canadian, British, Irish
Birth Date:10 March 1997
Birth Place:Antrim, Northern Ireland
Current Team:Statoni Racing
Bike Number:316
Website:StatoniRacing.com

Stacey Nesbitt (born March 10, 1997, in Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Canadian motorcycle road racer. She won her first Canadian National Road Racing Championship aged 14 that was open to men and women. Nesbitt is the first woman and Canadian to compete in the Asia Dream Cup. She is currently the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship the Pro-Am Lightweight Pro Champion.

Career

Nesbitt competed in her first race at the end of 2009 having no prior motorcycling experience.[1] In 2011, she won her first national championship, the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) Honda CBR125R National Challenge, winning five of the ten races. She also won the RACE Superseries Honda CBR125R Cup regional championship.

Nesbitt won her second national championship in 2012, the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) inaugural Honda CBR250R National Challenge, winning two races and finishing on the podium in all rounds. She was invited to compete as a wild card entry in the final round of the 2012 Asia Dream Cup, an FIM Asia Road Racing Championship class, held under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit, Qatar. Nesbitt was selected for the Red Bull Rookies Cup tryouts in 2013 and 2014.[2]

Nesbitt was runner up in the 2014 Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) AM Sportbike class and third in AM Superbike. She won the RACE Superseries AM600 and AM Superbike regional championships.

Nesbitt's first Pro race was the final AMA Supersport Championship round at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, New Jersey in the United States in September 2014.[3]

In 2015 Nesbitt was the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) Sunoco/Brooklin Cycle Racing Pro Rookie Of The Year, finishing 8th overall in the Mopar Pro Superbike class. She also finished 6th overall in the Hindle Exhaust Pro Sport Bike class, racing on the Statoni Racing Honda CBR600RR in both categories. Nesbitt is the first female to win Pro Rookie.

In 2023 Nesbitt won the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) EBC brakes PRO-AM Lightweight Pro championship after taking a six year hiatus from racing to attend university and obtaining her bachelor's degree.

Career statistics

Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK)

YearClassBike12345PosPtsRef
R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R1R2
2010CBR125RHonda CBR125RICA
14
ICA
15
RCM
12
RCM
DNS
RCM
10
MOS
12
MOS
16
MOS
23
AMP
18
AMP
18
18th95[4]
2011CBR125RHonda CBR125RICA
5
ICA
1
SMP
12
SMP
6
ASE
2
ASE
2
AMP
1
AMP
1
MOS
1
MOS
1
1st421[5]
2012CBR250RHonda CBR250RSMP
3
SMP
2
ASE
1
ASE
2
AMP
2
AMP
1
MTT
3
MTT
2
MOS
2
MOS
2
1st448[6]
2013AM SportbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
-
ASE
18
AMP
-
CTM
-
CTM
-
MTT
9
25th25[7]
AM SuperbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
-
ASE
15
AMP
-
CTM
-
CTM
-
MTT
13
23rd25[8]
2014AM SportbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
1
ASE
4
AMP
1
CTM
3
CTM
2
2nd219[9]
AM SuperbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
5
ASE
2
AMP
DNS
CTM
9
CTM
8
3rd120[10]
2015PRO SportbikeHonda CBR600RRCMP
9
ASE
6
CRW
8
CRW
8
AMP
7
CTM
13
CTM
11
6th149[11]
PRO SuperbikeHonda CBR600RRCMP
14
ASE
8
CRW
12
CRW
10
AMP
8
CTM
18
CTM
15
8th106[12]
2016PRO SportbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
-
ASE
-
AMP
6
AMP
4
CTM
11
CTM
8
9th99[13]
PRO SuperbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
-
ASE
17
ASE
-
AMP
11
AMP
12
CTM
20
CTM
-
20th39[14]
2023PRO LightweightKawasaki Ninja 400SMP
1
SMP
2
GB
1
GB
1
AMP
-
AMP
-
MOS
3
MOS
3
SMP
1
SMP
2
1st182[15]

European Junior Cup (EJC)

YearClassBikePosPts
R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R2
2016European Junior CupHonda CBR650FESP
27
NLD
DNF
GBR
24
SMR
17
DEU
22
FRA
21
ESP
21
ESP
28
33rd-
European Women's CupHonda CBR650FESP
2
NLD
DNF
GBR
3
SMR
2
DEU
4
FRA
2
ESP
2
ESP
5
2nd116

R.A.C.E. Superseries Championship

YearClassBikePosPts
R1R1R1R1R1R1
2011CBR125R CupHonda CBR125RSMP
3
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
3
SMP
3
1st 132
2013Mwt Sptman Honda RS250RSMP
3
SMP
2
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
-
2nd104
AM SuperbikeHonda RS250RSMP
-
SMP
-
SMP
4
SMP
4
SMP
2
5th46
2014AM 600Honda CBR600RRSMP
3
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
1
SMP
2
1st114
AM SuperbikeHonda CBR600RRSMP
4
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
2
1st107

AMA Pro Road Racing Championship (AMA)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Motor Mouth: Stacey Nesbitt, 14, first woman to reach podium in Honda CBR125R Challenge.
  2. Web site: New Stars to be Found - the Selection Event for 2014 . 16 October 2013 . 8 August 2016.
  3. Web site: AMA Pro Road Racing Event Standings - 2014 AMA Pro SuperSport. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417062230/http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/events/standings.cfm?class=ss&year=2014. 2015-04-17.
  4. Web site: CSBK - 2010 Honda CBR125R Challenge Cup Final Point Standings.
  5. Web site: CSBK - 2011 Honda CBR125R Challenge Final Point Standings.
  6. Web site: CSBK - 2012 Honda CBR250R National Race Series Final Point Standings.
  7. Web site: CSBK - 2013 Bazzaz / Inside Motorcycles Amateur Sport Bike Final Point Standings.
  8. Web site: CSBK - 2013 Magneti Marelli Amateur Superbike Final Point Standings.
  9. Web site: CSBK - 2014 Bell Helmets Amateur Sport Bike Point Standings.
  10. Web site: CSBK - 2014 Magneti Marelli Amateur Superbike Point Standings.
  11. Web site: CSBK - 2015 Hindle Exhaust Pro Sport Bike Point Standings.
  12. Web site: CSBK - 2015 Mopar Pro Superbike Point Standings.
  13. Web site: CSBK - 2016 Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike Point Standings.
  14. Web site: CSBK - 2016 Mopar Pro Superbike Point Standings.
  15. Web site: CSBK - 2023 Point Standings . 2023-10-19 . www.csbk.ca.
  16. Web site: 2012 Round 6: Losail International Circuit . 2015-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150417073123/http://asiaroadracing.com/index.php/result/2012/item/371-2012-round-6-losail-international-circuit . 2015-04-17 . dead .
  17. Web site: AMA Pro Road Racing Event Standings - 2014 AMA Pro SuperSport. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150419033015/http://www.amaproracing.com/rr/events/standings.cfm?class=ss&c=ss&year=2014. 2015-04-19.