Stacey Nesbitt

Stacey Nesbitt

Stacey Nesbitt at NJMP, 2014
Nationality

Canada Canadian

United Kingdom British Republic of Ireland Irish
Born (1997-03-10) March 10, 1997
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Current team Statoni Racing
Bike number 3
Website StatoniRacing.com

Stacey Nesbitt (born March 10, 1997 in Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Canadian motorcycle road racer. She is the first woman in Canada to win a national road racing championship (then aged 14) that was open to men and women. Nesbitt is the first woman and Canadian to compete in the Asia Dream Cup. She currently races in the European Junior Cup aboard a Honda CBR650F.

Career

Nesbitt competed in her first race at the end of 2009 having no prior motorcycling experience. 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, a 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.[1]

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[2] round at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, New Jersey in the United States in September 2014.

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.

Career statistics

Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) Canada

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2
2010 CBR125R Honda CBR125R ICA
14
ICA
15
RCM
12
RCM
DNS
RCM
10
MOS
12
MOS
16
MOS
23
AMP
18
AMP
18
18th 95 [3]
2011 CBR125R Honda CBR125R ICA
5
ICA
1
SMP
12
SMP
6
ASE
2
ASE
2
AMP
1
AMP
1
MOS
1
MOS
1
1st 421 [4]
2012 CBR250R Honda CBR250R SMP
3
SMP
2
ASE
1
ASE
2
AMP
2
AMP
1
MTT
3
MTT
2
MOS
2
MOS
2
1st 448 [5]
2013 AM Sportbike Honda CBR600RR SMP
-
ASE
18
AMP
-
CTM
-
CTM
-
MTT
9
25th 25 [6]
AM Superbike Honda CBR600RR SMP
-
ASE
15
AMP
-
CTM
-
CTM
-
MTT
13
23rd 25 [7]
2014 AM Sportbike Honda CBR600RR SMP
1
ASE
4
AMP
1
CTM
3
CTM
2
2nd 219 [8]
AM Superbike Honda CBR600RR SMP
5
ASE
2
AMP
DNS
CTM
9
CTM
8
3rd 120 [9]
2015 PRO Sportbike Honda CBR600RR CMP
9
ASE
6
CRW
8
CRW
8
AMP
7
CTM
13
CTM
11
6th 149 [10]
PRO Superbike Honda CBR600RR CMP
14
ASE
8
CRW
12
CRW
10
AMP
8
CTM
18
CTM
15
8th 106 [11]

Asia Dream Cup Championship Qatar

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2012 CBR250R Honda CBR250R SEP
-
SEP
-
SEN
-
SEN
-
ZIC
-
ZIC
-
AUT
-
AUT
-
PBY
-
PBY
-
LOS
13
LOS
11
17th 8 [12]

RACE Superseries Championship Ontario

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos Pts
R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
2011 CBR125R Cup Honda CBR125R SMP
3
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
3
SMP
3
1st 132
2013 Mwt Sptman Honda RS250R SMP
3
SMP
2
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
-
2nd 104
AM Superbike Honda RS250R SMP
-
SMP
-
SMP
4
SMP
4
SMP
2
5th 46
2014 AM 600 Honda CBR600RR SMP
3
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
1
SMP
2
1st 114
AM Superbike Honda CBR600RR SMP
4
SMP
1
SMP
1
SMP
2
SMP
2
1st 107

AMA Pro Road Racing Championship United States

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2014 SuperSport Honda CBR600RR DIS
-
DIS
-
RAM
-
RAM
-
BMP
-
BMP
-
MOC
-
MOC
-
NJM
41
NJM
36
86th 0 [13]

References

[1]

  1. http://www.roadracingworld.com/members/staceynesbitt/resume/road-racing/
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