| Date of Birth: 16th October 1985 | | | | In his first year of road racing, 2000, Casey won |
| Country: Australia | | | | the Aprilia 125cc championship, his achievement |
| Team: Ducati | | | | led him to be noticed by many people and the |
| We've all heard the phrase "Racing's in his blood"... | | | | interested parties happened to include on Alberto |
| A true testament to that fact is the Moto GP | | | | Puig - the GP racing great. Alberto asked Casey |
| rider Casey Stoner. If you take a look at his date | | | | to come on over across the channel to take part |
| of birth, you can see that he's currently only 21, | | | | in the Spanish Championship riding for the |
| and he's already been in the Moto GP class for a | | | | Telefonica Movistar team. He obliged, of course. |
| full year. He just won the Catalunya Moto Grand | | | | As usual young Stoner wanted to take on as |
| Prix, in a dog fight with Valentino Rossi he proved | | | | much riding as he possibly could so he raced in |
| to all and sundry he can mix it up with the best. | | | | both the English and Spanish championships - |
| Let's take a look at how he got to where he is: | | | | despite not being able to race in all the races due |
| His first race was when he was four years old, in | | | | to conflicting race meet dates Casey still finished |
| an under nine years old race at the Hatcher's dirt | | | | second in both championships in 2001. |
| racing track on the Gold Coast of Australia - he'd | | | | At only 16 years old 2002 Casey got a seat with |
| already been riding bikes since the age of four. | | | | Safilo Oxydo LCR in the GP, and no not in the |
| Between his very first race win at the age of | | | | 12cc category but rather straight onto a 250cc |
| nine and the age of fourteen, young Master | | | | bike. The following year he rode in the 125cc |
| Stoner won 41 dirt and long track titles and 70 | | | | category for both Lucio and Safilo Oxydo LCR |
| state titles. One feat he achieved that illustrates | | | | and at the end of the year at Valencia he took |
| his passion and "need" for racing was done at age | | | | his first race win. From there he raced for first |
| twelve. Over one weekend he raced in 5 different | | | | KTM, helping the team develop a bike that could |
| categories in all 7 rounds of each capacity. A mild | | | | finish on the podium and also giving them their |
| restful weekend only consisting of 35 different | | | | first win ever. The next season he went to race |
| races... Not much for a twelve year old. Not only | | | | for Lucio Cecchinello's team again, this time on a |
| did he compete in all these categories and | | | | Aprilia 250cc. He battled with Dani Pedrosa taking |
| different capacities, the young Casey Stoner | | | | various podiums and wins in the season. In 2006 hi |
| went on to win 32 out of the 35 races. Yes, you | | | | finally realized his dream of racing in the Moto GP, |
| read write. There were five Australian titles to be | | | | only 20 years old, he finished eighth in the |
| won that weekend, Casey won all 5! | | | | championship as a rookie. |
| The legal age to enter into road races in Oz is 16, | | | | 2007 has seen him take his first win already, so |
| at 14 years old Casey Stoner and his parents | | | | there's obviously much more to come. It's going |
| agreed he was ready to move up onto road | | | | to be a great season to watch, and it's also going |
| racing so they packed up the family and moved | | | | to be great watching the youngster Casey |
| to England- reason being that the legal age for | | | | Stoner challenge for the championship. So when's |
| road racing in that country is 14. | | | | the next race then? |