Racing History

Tom Young started riding Motocross in 2004 at the age of 13 and raced competitively in the YMSA series in 2005. Having always wanted to race track, he moved onto tarmac in 2007 and competed in the Aprilia 125 Superteens series He quickly established himself in the first third of the pack before moving up to the CB500 as soon as old enough on his 16th birthday.

Although it was too late into the season to compete for the championship, Tom raced 7 out of 24 weekends in the New Era Club and Superclub series at major tracks around the country - gaining 8 podium positions. He finished the year by winning in the club series and achieving a 2nd position in the Superclub series. In Tom's first season on tracks largely new to him, he posted some faster lap times than some known Moto GP riders in their CB500 days.
  

2008 was Tom's first full season on the track and he won the New Era CB500 Superclub Championship title with three races in hand. Throughout the season, he totalled 17 podium finishes out of a possible 22, received 13 fastest lap awards and 7 wins. He also broke existing CB500 lap records at Anglesey, Brands Hatch and Snetterton. In the latter stages of the championship, veteran race commentator Fred Clarke described Tom's battles as some of the best he'd ever seen.

With the 2008 CB500 Superclub Championship in the bag and the racing season drawing to a close, attention moved immediately to gaining track time on the Yamaha R6 in preparation for the 2009 MRO Superstock series. On his first outing on a very different bike he achieved two 4th positions at the Dave Holland Memorial festival (Cadwell Park), before setting the fastest lap and winning his class by 2 clear laps at the Silverstone Hottrax 3 Hour Endurance race.
 
For his final race of the season he entered the Thundersport GB 600 Supersport round at Donington, moving straight to the first third of the pack as a rookie in the closing race of a very competitive series.

Tom competed in the 2009 National SuperStock 600 support series in the British Superbikes Championship. The year was a tough learning season. The year started slow with Tom taking his time to get used to the new bike. Towards the mid way point in the year, Tom began to show some of his true potential by running within the top 10 positions on numerous occasions. The year was at a turning point until a badly broken collarbone put Tom out of action for 8 weeks and then to be hit down by a virus which failed to clear until the season had ended.