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