About Paul

Biography

PAUL OWEN started racing motorcycles in 1992 after watching and helping his father Gerallt race for many years. Gerallt's race number was 98, which is where the team name originates.
Gerallt still plays an active role in the team and helps Paul with mechanical advice and learning new tracks.

Paul started his racing career on a production based YAMAHA TZR 125 and since then has ridden many race prepared machines, a list of which follows:

1978 YAMAHA maxton TZ 350cc (ex charlie williams)
1990 YAMAHA TZR 125cc
1990 J.P.S NORTON 800cc (ex robert dunlop)
1991 HONDA RS 125cc (ex neil hodgson / darren barton)
1991 YAMAHA TZ b 250cc (ex ian lougher)
1992 HONDA NC30 400cc (ex nigel cap davies)
1993 HONDA RS 250cc
1994 HONDA RS 125cc (ex mark norman)
1994 YAMAHA TZ f 250cc
1996 HONDA 80cc
1997 HONDA RS 125cc (ex steve patrickson)
1997 HONDA CBR600cc (ex alan jackson)
1998 YAMAHA R1 1000cc (ex barry middleton)
2000 HONDA RS 250cc
2004 HONDA CBR 600RR (ex andy jackson)
2004 KAWASAKI ZX10R 1000cc NINJA (ex shaun harris)
2007 KAWASAKI ZX10R 1000cc NINJA (ex john powers)
2008 YAMAHA R6 600cc (ex ollie linsdell / ian lougher)
2009 KAWASAKI ZX10R 1000cc NINJA
2009 YAMAHA R1 1000cc (BIG BANG)  
2009 EVO DESIGNS electric bike
2009 YAMAHA WR450cc SUPER MONO  
2010 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY electric bike


Paul has raced allover the U.K. including IRELAND & the ISLE OF MAN and has also raced in BELGIUM.

Paul has 4 caps for his country, including being appointed captain of the welsh team; he has won 5 championships and has held the LAP and RACE records at 3 different tracks.
In one sesson Paul entered 28 races with:
23 X 1st places
2 X 2nd places
3 X 3rd places

Paul is very popular and highly respected rider within the road racing scene: he has maintained a high standard and is consistently amongst the top privateer teams in road racing.

Below is a list of many race tracks and top results from pauls racing career:

3 SISTERS (WIGAN): 4th. mini stock championship 1992
5 wins 125cc class 1993
2 wins / 2 2nd 125cc class 1994

TY-CROES (now The Anglesey Circuit): 2ND 125cc championship 1993
125cc CHAMPION 1994
Race / lap record 1994
6th forgoten era race, J.P.S NORTON 2010.

TONFANUA (WALES): 4th 125cc championship 1993
125cc CHAMPION 1994
Race / lap record 1994

AINTREE (LIVERPOOL): 6th 125cc championship 1995
2nd 250cc championship 1996
3rd 250cc race 2007

OULTON PARK (CHESHIRE): 4th 125cc championship 1993
125cc CHAMPION 1994
Race / lap record 1994
3rd 125cc championship 1995
250cc CHAMPION 1996
400cc CHAMPION 1996
14TH BRITISH 250cc CHAMPIOSHIP 1996
3rd 1300cc open race (250cc)

NEW BRIGHTON PROMENADE: 2nd 125cc 1994
2nd 125cc 1995
2nd 250cc 1996
1st 250cc 1998

KNOCKHILL (SCOTLAND): 3RD Celtic Match Races 1300cc 1996
9th Nippon Denso Cup 1300cc open


OLIVERS MOUNT (Scarborough): 8th 125cc championship 1994
8th 125cc championship 1995
7th 250cc championship 1996
5th SUPERBIKE “B” FINAL (250cc) 2005
9th 600cc FINAL 2005
3rd 250cc final 2008
3rd SUPERBIKE ”B” FINAL (600cc) 2008
1st SUPERBIKE ”B” FINAL (600cc) 2009
3rd 250cc final 2009
12th 600cc FINAL 2009
11th 600cc FINAL 2010
6th 250cc FINAL 2010

ELVINGTON (YORK): 3rd 250cc 1997

MALLORY PARK (MIDLANDS): 9TH 125cc NATIONAL SUPERCLUB 1994


PEMBREY (WALES): 5th 250cc 1998
1st CELTIC MATCH RACES 1300cc 1999
9th 250cc 1999

ABERDARE PARK (WALES): 4th 250cc 1999
BEST NEWCOMER 1999
BEST YOUNG WELSH RIDER 1999
4th 250cc 2000
4th 250cc 2001
4th 250cc 2002
5th 125cc 2002
7th WELSH OPEN FINAL 2002
6th 250cc 2003
5th 125cc 2003
6th 250cc 2005
8th WELSH OPEN FINAL 2005
4th 250cc 2006
4th 250cc 2007
2nd 80cc 2007
4th WELSH OPEN FINAL 2008
1st 250cc 2009 “fastest lap”
3rd WELSH OPEN FINAL 2009


MONDELLO PARK (IRELAND): 5th 250cc 2002
3rd CELTIC MATCH RACES 1300cc 2002
7th 1300cc open 2002
6th 250cc 2003

MONAGHAN (IRELAND): 7th 125cc 2002

BISHOPS COURTS (IRELAND): 9th 250cc International Sunflower Meeting 1997


INTERNATIONAL NORTH WEST 200 (IRELAND): 19th 125cc 1994
11th 125cc 1995
15th 250cc 1997
16th 250cc 1999
4th 250cc 2000
19th 1000cc 2002
25th 1000cc 2003
10th 400cc 2004
6th 250cc 2005
5th 250cc 2006
8th 250cc 2007
21st 1000cc 2007
11th 250cc 2008
9th 250cc 2009


INTERNATIONAL ULSTER G.P. (IRELAND): 20th 125cc 1994
20th 125cc 1995
13th 250cc 1996
19th 250cc 1997
12th 250cc 1998
2nd 250cc 1999
7th 250cc 2000
7th 125cc 2002
11th 250cc 2005
7th 1000cc national race (600cc) 2005
15th 600cc 2005
9th 250cc 2006
5th 250cc 2007
8th 250cc 2008
3rd 250cc 2009
16th 600cc 2010
17th 1000cc 2010
8th 250cc 2010

CROFT (NEWCASTLE): 6th 250cc 1997
4th 250cc 1998


SKERRIES 100 (IRELAND): 9th 250cc 2005
INTERNATIONAL BEST NEWCOMER 2005
“GARY DYNES MEMORIAL CUP”
5th 250cc 2006


CHIMAY (BELGIUM): 6th 250cc 2001

ISLE OF MAN - MANX GRAND PRIX: 4th 250cc 2009

ISLE OF MAN - T.T. RACES: 40th 250cc 1996
BEST NEWCOMER 250cc 1996
25th 250cc 1998
24th 125cc 1998
14th 250cc 2000
27th 600cc 2000
7th 250cc 2002
19th 1000cc 2002
6th 125cc 2003
2nd 250cc 2003
27th 600cc 2003
2nd 250cc 2004
27th 600cc 2004
20th 400cc 2004
1st 250cc (1000cc open)2004
39th 1000cc open 2004
19th 600cc race “A” 2005
15th 600cc race”B” 2005
19TH 1000cc open 2005
Isle of man t.t. continue: 23rd 1000cc superbike 2006
26th 600cc 2006
27th 600cc 2007
28th 1000cc superstock 2007
6th 250cc 2008
21st 600cc 2008
21st superstock 2008
23rd superbike 2008
19th 1000cc senior 2008
6th 250cc 2009
23rd 600cc 2009
24th superstock 2009
29th superbike 2009
13th 1000cc senior 2009
20th 600cc 2010
Awarded the inaugural SPIRIT OF THE T.T. TROPHY 2010
FASTEST LAP (2009): 18mins 27sec - AVERAGE SPEED: 122.97mph

TANDRAGEE (IRELAND): 3rd 250cc 2007

SOUTHERN 100 (ISLE OF MAN): 2nd 250cc 2003
3rd 250cc/600cc 2003
5th 250cc/400cc 2003
BEST NEWCOMER in all races

JURBY AIRFIELD (ISLE OF MAN): 9th 1000cc open 2002
3rd CELTIC MATCH RACES 2002.


In addition to his racing career, Paul was a mechanic for the HONDA BRITAIN RACE TEAM / VIMTO HONDA in 1998 and instructed at the RON HASLEM HONDA RACING SCHOOL in 2001, 2002 & 2003.

In 2009 Paul was selected to become one of the virtual racers in the “TT Superbike Challenge 2” Playstation game produced by Jester. You can experience some of the thrills of racing by riding as him on all 3 of his racing bikes at a selection of road circuits around the UK.