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In 2024, Triumph Racing and Macadam Racing joined forces to compete in the Quattro Group British Supersport Championship. The Macadam Triumph Factory Racing team contested the championship with two riders in the ultra-competitive domestic series with the intention of mounting a championship challenge. The team and Luke Stapleford delivered on that goal, winning six races aboard the Triumph Street Triple 765 and standing on the podium 16 times to be crowned vice-champion at the season finale.
The team returns in 2025 with the same rider lineup in Luke Stapleford and Max Wadsworth.
In 2022, Macadam Racing took over the Appleyard Macadam Racing team, who won an unprecedented four titles in the British Supersport series previously. The team secured a handful of podiums in its second year under the ownership of Dave Wadsworth and in 2024, joined forces with Triumph Racing to build on that success utilising the platform of the Street Triple 765
The Macadam Triumph Factory Racing team also fields a four-rider outfit in the National Sportbike series. Utilising the championship-winning Triumph Daytona 660, the Lincolnshire-based arm of the Macadam squad is focused on developing young talent and challenging for podium finishes in the ultra-competitive series. Triumph Racing also supports PHR Performance racing’s Harrison Dessoy and Structural Repairs Triumph Racing’s Thomas Strudwick, with a number of additional riders in the field also choosing to compete with Daytona 660 machinery.
The Daytona 660 race kit was developed for the National Sportbike Championship in conjunction with PHR Performance. The PHR outfit, headed by TT-ace and BSB race-winner Peter Hickman, won the first ever National Sportbike Championship in 2024 with Richard Cooper on board the Daytona 660.
Luke Stapleford
Nation: UK
Hometown: Hinckley
Race number: 8
Hobbies - MX, Gym, Trucks
Height – 168cm
Weight - 70kg
One thing you might not know about me: I like proving people wrong
2024 - British Supersport Championship - Vice-Champion with six wins and 16 podiums
2023 - British Supersport Championship, numerous podiums
2022 - Stand in rider British Supersport - numerous podiums
2021 - Two rounds in British Superstock, Thruxton two x 2nd’s
2019 - British Superbike Championship, best finish 4th
2017-2018 - World Supersport Championship
2016 - World Supersport Championship - pole position at Qatar
2015 - British Supersport Champion
2010 - 2nd British Superstock 600
Max Wadsworth
Birthday: 20/11/1994
Nation: UK
Hometown: Halifax
Race number: 72
Hobbies: Walking my dog, Gym, Gaming
Height: 175cm
Weight: 78kg
One thing you might know about me: I work in cyber security performing ‘penetration testing’
2024 - Multiple top 15 positions and a best finish of eighth
2023 - Partial BSS season due to injury
2022 - Partial BSS season due to injury
2021 - 2nd in Thundersport Elite 600
2015-2020 - Thundersport Elite 600
2011 - WSBK - Superstock 600 - P20 best result
2009 – Buckler CEV 125GP - P16 best result
2008 – Catalan PRE125GP – 5th in championship
Katie Hand
Birthday: 31/05/2005
Nation: UK
Hometown: Caistor
Race number: 66
Hobbies: Racing, running
One thing you might know about me: I used to be an Irish dancer
2024 - First season in National Sportbike on the Daytona 660 with a best finish of 13th before breaking her collarbone but Katie is back fighting fit for 2025
2023 - 2023 Ladies flat track champion
2023 - First full season in BSB Junior Supersport consistently point scoring with a best finish of eighth
2022 - First dabble at BSB in COVID-interrupted Junior Supersport Championship
2021 - First female superteen champion at Thundersport
2019 - Junior champion at Darley Moore in my first year on the tarmac
Brodie Gawith
Birthday: 28/11/2004
Nation: Australia
Hometown: Geelong, Victoria
Race number: 27
Hobbies: Motocross and golf
One thing you might know about me: My first time on a road bike was in 2020
2024 - BSB Superteen championship 2nd place
2023 - ASBK R3 cup 2nd place
2023 - Victorian & South Australian State, SSP 300 champion
2022 - First full year racing road bikes; 2nd in Victorian state championship
2022 - ASBK R3 cup 8th
2021 - Limited riding (due to COVID)
2020 - Selected for Oceania Jr Cup (2 rounds due to COVID)
Jayden Martin
Birthday: 31/12/2007
Nation: Australia
Hometown: Perth
Race number: 85
Hobbies: I like fishing and riding MTB
One thing you might know about me: I started racing dirt bikes at age 5
2024 - British Sportbike Championship 11th overall
2023 - European R3 Championship alongside Superbike World Championship, finished in 17th overall
2022 - WA 150 Champion and 2nd in Supersport 300
2021 - WA 2nd Supersport 300
2019 - 150 state champion
Lewis Smart
Birthday: 21/07/2003
Nation: UK
Hometown: Sandy, Bedfordshire
Race number: 32
Hobbies: Training in the gym and riding bikes
One thing you might know about me: I have only been riding bikes for four years.
2024 - Kawasaki Superteens at BSB, 3rd in the championship, 4 wins and numerous podiums. No Limits National 600 endurance champions
2023 - Junior supersport at BSB, 6th in the championship, best finishes 1st and 3rd. No Limits Clubman 600 endurance champions
2022 - Junior supersport at BSB, best finish 13th. Thundersport CB500 sportsman champion
2021 - Thundersport CB500 sportsman, 5th in championship
2020 - Thundersport CB500 freshman, 3rd in championship
