A Brief Overview:
Personal details;
Date of birth: 10.07.66
Place of birth: Cardiff, South Wales
Home town: Dromara, Northern Ireland
Marital status: Partner - Jo-Anne
Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 10st 5lb
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Blue
Hobbies: Skiing, All Motorsport, Music
Own car: BMW 330D
Own motorcycles: Honda Varadero/ 1997 Honda RS250/ 1987 Honda RS250
First road race: Llandow (S.Wales) 1982
First win: Pembrey (South Wales) 1983
Favourite circuits: Isle of Man TT Course/Assen
Best moment: Beating D.J. (David Jefferies) at 2001 Ulster Grand Prix in Superbike Race.
Ambition: To win a 'BIG BIKE' race at the TT & break lap record
Likes: Winning/Led Zeppelin/Ice Cream
Dislikes: Cabbage/ Arrogance/Ant & Dec
Favourite all-time riders: Wayne Rainey/Mike Hailwood/Steve Hislop
Most respected rivals: John McGuinness/Michael Rutter/Bruce Anstey
Helmet: Arai
Leathers: Joe Rocket
Boots: Joe Rocket
Gloves: Joe Rocket
1982 -1989 - Club meetings
1989 : - 3rd in the 125cc British Championships, 2nd in the Isle of Man Ultra lightweight TT.
1990:- 1st in the Isle of Man 250cc TT, also setting a new race and lap record, 10th in the125cc European Championships
1991:- 1st and 3rd in the 250cc classes at the North West 200 and set a new lap record, 2nd in the 250cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix.
1992:- 1st in the Welsh Open at Aberdare Park, 5th in the Isle of Man 250TT.
1993:- 1st in the 250cc Scarborough Championships, 6th in the 125cc British Championships.
1994:- 2nd in the 250cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st and 2nd in the 125cc and 250ccc Scarborough Championships, 5th 125cc class in the British Championships(Pembrey), 2nd in the 125 class at the Ulster Grand Prix.
1995 :- 6th in the 125cc British Championships, 1st in the New Zealand 125cc Grand Prix
1996:- 1st in the Isle of Man ProductionTT on a 750cc machine, 1st in the250cc class at the Southern 100 Road Races Isle of Man, 4th in the Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT.
1997:- 1st in the Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT. Setting new race and lap records, 2nd in the Schleiz Road Races Germany, 1st in both 125cc and 250cc Scarborough Championships.
1998: - 2nd in the 250cc class at the North West 200, 2nd in the Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT, 1st in the 250cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 2nd in 125cc British Championships, (most race wins of season), 1st in both 125cc and 250cc Scarborough Championships, 1st in the New Zealand 125cc Grand Prix, 1st in the 125cc New Zealand TT, 2nd in the New Zealand 400cc class.
1999:- 1st in the 125cc class at the North West 200, 2nd in the 250cc class at the North West 200 and set a new lap record, 1st in Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT, 3rd in the Isle of Man Senior TT, 5th in the 250cc Class at Schleiz Road Races Germany, 1st in the 250cc class at the Southern 100 Road Races Isle of Man, 3rd 125cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 2nd in the 250cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix.
2000 :- 1st in the 125cc class at the North West 200, 3rd in the Superbike class at the North West 200, 4th in the 600cc class at the North West 200, 3rd in the Isle of Man Lightweight TT, 3rd in the Isle of Man 600cc TT, 4th in Isle of Man F1 TT, 1st in the International Gold Cup at Scarborough Road Races, 1st in the 250cc class at the Southern 100 Road Races Isle of Man, 1st in the Supersport 600ccclass at the Ulster Grand Prix, 3rd in the Superbike Class at the Ulster Grand Prix.
2001:- 1st in the 600cc class Scarborough Road Races, 2nd in the Superbike Class at Darley Moor, 3rd in the125cc class at Schleiz Road Races Germany, 7th Macau Grand Prix
2002 :- 1st in the 125cc class at the North West 200, 1st in the 600cc Supersport class at the North West 200, 1st in the Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT and set a new lap record, 1st in theIsle of Man 600cc Production TT and set a new lap record, 2nd in the Isle of Man 1000cc Production TT, 2nd in the Isle of Man 600cc Junior TT (Supersport), 2nd in the Isle of Man Senior TT, 4th in Isle of Man F1 TT, 2nd in the 125cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the Superbike Class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the 600cc Production class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the 125cc class at the Scarborough Championships, 1st in the 250cc class at the Scarborough Championships, 1st in the 600cc class at the Scarborough Championships, 1st in the Superbike class at the Southern 100 Isle of Man.
2003:- 1st in the 125cc class at the North West 200, 2nd and 3rd in the 600 Supersport class at the North West, 2nd in the Isle of Man 600cc Production TT, 2nd in the Isle of Man 600cc Supersport TT, 3rd in the Isle of Man F1 TT, 2nd in the Isle of Man Senior TT, 3rd in the Isle of Man Ultra Lightweight TT, 1st in the 600cc class at the Southern 100 Road Races Isle of Man. 1st in the 250cc class at the Southern 100 Road Races Isle of Man, 2nd in the 125cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the Superbike class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the Supersport 600cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 2nd in the Production 600cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 1st in the 250cc class at Scarborough Road Races, 1st in the 600cc class at Scarborough Road Races, 2nd in the Superbike Class at Darley Moor, 6th at the Macau Grand Prix
2004:- 1st in the 125cc class at the North West 200, 2nd in the Superstock class at the North West 200 and set a new lap record. Set a new lap record in Supersport 600 race, 2nd in the Superbike race at the North West 200, 1st in the 125cc class at the Scarborough Road Races, 1st in the 250cc class at Scarborough Road Races, 1st in the "Cock O' The North" Superbike Race at Scarborough Road Races, 4th in the Isle of Man 1000cc Production TT, 5th in the Isle of Man F1 TT, 2nd in the 125cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 4th in the Superstock class at the Ulster Grand Prix.
5th in the Supersport 600cc class at the Ulster Grand Prix, 2nd in the 125cc class at Schleiz in the German Championships, 1st in the 250cc class at Frohburg Road Races Germany, 1st in the Superbike class at Frohburg Road Races Germany (On Superstock Fireblade), 3rd in the 125cc class at Frohburg Road Races Germany, 6th in the 250cc European Championship at Schleiz Germany, 1st Production bike in the Stars at Darley feature race.
Ian Lougher has been a fully professional motorcycle racer for 12 years.
He is a six times Isle of Man TT Winner and current Isle of Man Production 600TT lap record holder.
Ian has also notched up the most number of 120+ mph TT laps ever ridden in the 97 year history of the Isle of Man TT races. He is also the 2nd most visited rider to the Isle of Man TT winners rostrum (2nd only to his friend, the late Joey Dunlop), and currently the fourth fastest man ever to circulate the TT course.
A seven times North West 200 Winner, Ian holds the 250cc North West 200 outright lap record and this year set two new lap records in the 1000cc Production class on board the Blackhorse Motorcycle Finance Ltd Honda CBR1000RR Superstock Fireblade, and also on the Crossan Motorcycles Honda CBR600RR in the Supersport 600cc Class.
Ian is a nine times Ulster Grand Prix Winner.
And in 2004, the Welshman increased his circuit record to a staggering eighty three race wins at the Oliver's Mount Circuit in Scarborough, England's only pure road race circuit.
Taking victory in the Superbike class made Lougher a thirty times Isle of Man Southern 100 Winner.
Ian also went on to equal Carl Fogarty's record of triple race wins in front of his home crowd at Aberdare Park, the only "pure" road race event in Wales.
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