Marshall Neill Profile

Profile

Name: Marshall Neill

Date Of Birth: 9/11/75

Marital status: Married

Lives: Portadown, NI

First Race: 250 Aprilia Challenge 1999

Occupation: Digger Driver

Favourite Track: Snetterton

Favourite Rider: Mick Doohan

Ambition: To become British Superstock Champion

Likes: Mountain Biking, Road Cycling, Winning Races and Not Crashing.

History

“At the age of 16 i got my first taste of two wheel racing when i took part in a motocross race. It took a few years before i made the big step up to track racing.”

“Woolsey Coulter, a former British 250cc champion was to influence me and in 1999 he encouraged me to take on the RS250 Aprilia Challenge in England. My first race was at Cadwell Park – i qualified 17^th but in the race i had a DNF- great start eh! In the championship i finished 24^th that year.”

“In April 2000, i won my first race at Aghadowey, NI – So the trips to England paid off! I continued with the 250 challenge in the mainland finishing 11^th overall in the championship.”

“2001 i had a RSV1000 Aprilia for the British MILLE championship and again the RS250 machine. I lifted the MILLE title and ended up 5^th in the MRO RS250 championship. I added this to the Irish RS250 championship. To top it all off it was great to win the high-prized champion of champions crown at Kirkistown beating the Superbikes to the line.”

“2002 gave me 6^th place in the MRO Superstock championship riding a Suzuki and also lifted the MILLE championship for the second year in a row.”

“2003 unfortunately was a year plagued by bad luck and injuries, however there were some good results towards the end of the season.”

“2005 i returned to the British Superstock after an injury early on spoilt my 2004 debut year in the class. In ’05 i ended up 9^th in the championship with a best result of 4^th at Mallory Park.”

“2006 in Superstock again i finished *th in the title race and my best results were 2^nd at Knockhill and 3^rd at Donington Park with a new lap record. I also had a run out in the British Superbike Cup at Silverstone and won both races.”

“2007 I just took part in the end of season races in the Superstock 1000 and i had my first win in the class at Croft. Also i had the fastest lap round Croft and ended up 12^th in the championship.”

“2008 was to bring me another race win in the Superstock 1000 at Donington Park. I followed this up with a 3^rd at Brands Hatch, a 4^th at Thruxton and ended up 7^th in the championship table.”

“2009 in the Superstock 1000 class i had a 3^rd at Oulton Park, a 4^th at Silverstone and 8^th overall in the championship. At the end season Sunflower International races at home i had a win in the 1^st 600 race, a 2^nd in race 2 and a 2^nd in the Sunflower feature race – beating a lot of British Superbike regulars. In the 2 Irish Superbike races i finished in 3^rd – this left me with podium finished in all my races.”

“2010 due to lack of funds we decided the best move was to stay in Ireland and race for the year which turned out to be very successful…”

• Sunflower international races 2010: In the Sunflower feature race i finished 3^rd behind M. Laverty and I. Lowry and in front of Buildbase rider J. Laverty and Relentless Suzuki Rider A. Seeley. The highlight of the day was winning the 2 600cc races and finishing in front of the 2 Parkalgar Honda riders – British Supersport champion Sam Lowes and James Ellison as well as Ben Wilson and Billy McConnell. I received the ‘Man Of The Meeting’ award.

Kingsbury Packaging Suzuki :

Irish SC Superbike champion 2010

Ulster SC Superbike Champion 2010

Mondello Park Superbike Champion 2010

Enkalon Trophy Winner

Mayor’s Trophy Winner

Leinster 200 Trophy winner

Monarch of Mondello Trophy Winner

King of Kirkistown Trophy Winner.

Wilson Craig Hondas:

British Supersport race – Oulton Park – 7^th

Sunflower Trophy Race – 3^rd

Sunflower Superbike race 1 – 2^nd

Sunflower Supersport 600 race 1 – 1^st

Sunflower Supersport 600 race 2 – 1^st

New Supersport Lap Record – Bishopscourt

Thankyou for taking the time to read about my racing career so far. I hope you have enjoyed reading it as much as i have enjoyed taking part.

Marshall Neill.



2 Responses to “Marshall Neill Profile”

1. Kathryn Neill says:

   October 26, 2011 at 10:43 am

   You’re so cool! You’re so cool!!! But seriously, the things people do to get attention like coming off the bike at 140 odd mph! What a Racing career though, my goodness!!! Amazing achievements!!! Amazing!!!
2. Iain mcadam says:

   August 20, 2012 at 4:39 pm

   Good to see you back on the bike and winnig keep er lit