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Rider Profile – Loris Hunt

RIDER NUMBER –   65

NAME –  Loris Hunt

NICKNAME – Loz

D.O.B – 21 Jan 1995

REAL AGE – 16

PLACE OF BIRTH – Harrogate

CURRENT HOME TOWN – Walshford, Wetherby

HEIGHT – 180cm

WEIGHT – 66.8 kgs

EYES – blue 

HAIR – fair

MARITAL STATUS – single

HOBBIES – computer games, mechanics

FAV FOOD & DRINK – eats everything

MUSIC – listens to everything

WHAT CAR DO YOU DRIVE – If only I was old enough…!

TEAM FOR 2011 – European Junior Cup

LIKES –  engines & computers

DISLIKES – none

FIRST RACE –   Grasstrack on a small wheel Kawasaki 85 at the age of 12

FIRST BIKE – Yamaha TY80

FIRST WIN – Yorkshire Junior Grass Track Club race 2008

FAVOURITE TRACK IN UK – Three Sisters

FAVOURITE TRACK ABROAD – only ridden at Gaudix, Spain (so far)

WHEN DID YOU START RIDING?  7 years old

HOW DID YOU GET INTO BIKES? Parents are both bikers

WHO ARE YOU SPONSORS? Mum & Dad

RACING HEROS? Loris Capirossi & Valentino Rossi

MOST RESPECTED RACING RIVAL?  Matt Davies

BEST MEMORIES? When my dad gave me my first bike

HOPES FOR 2011 –I hope to do well in the European Junior Cup

CAREER HISTORY -

2007 –  Raced grass track MX class at Yorkshire Junior Grass Track Club.  Achieved 4th in the British Junior GT Championship

2008 – Raced grass track MX class at Yorks, Lancs & Pickering grass track clubs.

Achieved 2nd in the British Junior GT Championship

2009 – Raced grass track MX class at Yorks, Lancs & Pickering grass track clubs.

Achieved 2nd in the British Junior GT Championship, again.  2nd in Yorks Club and 1st in Lancs Club championships.

Rode various Motocross races.

2010 – Raced grass track MX class at Yorks & Lancs grass track clubs.

Achieved 2nd in the British Junior GT Championship, yet again.  3rd in Yorks Club and 1st in Lancs Club championships.

Raced short track, coming 2nd in the British Junior Short Track Championship and 2nd in the Short Track UK Championship.

Also raced supermoto achieving 4th in the British Supermoto Junior Championship.