Featured rider - Paul Seward BSS #84 - 6/6/04
Paul Seward is making his first appearance of the season in the British Supersport Championship this weekend ( 6 / 6 / 04) at Thruxton. The 28 year old IT company director from Waterlooville is currently leading the MRO SS championship, thanks to a dominant display at Brands GP last w/e. Not only did he win all the Bemsee events he entered on the Saturday and Sunday ( 2 races each day), he won the MRO race on bank holiday Monday by over 6 seconds. He triumphed over a decent field including Mike Goodfellow, Danny Fowler and Richard Wren (who was over 30 seconds adrift), and set a new MRO lap record of 1.33.02 in the process.
Paul started racing in moto cross as a 6 year old. He reached national level by 17, but a surfeit of injuries lead him to try his hand at karting for a couple of seasons. A new job and an injection of cash gave him the chance to take up road racing bikes four years ago at the age of 24. One week after buying his first race bike, he was competing at Pembrey. He put himself on the map in October last year with a stunning ride at the final MRO round of the season at Brands Indy, where he opened a huge gap on a quality field including Chris Platt, Kenny Burns, Danny Fowler and Richard Wren, and cruised to victory.
The Pompey Tyres backed R6 he is riding is a four year old caburated model. Paul is hoping a decent performance this Sunday may attract a sponsor to help him enter more rounds of BSS this year and ideally an entire season in 2005.
Twowheelsontrack 20 Questions - Paul Seward - MRO & BSS #84
1 - Where do you live? Waterlooville, Hants
2 - Where did you grow up? Horndean, Hants
3 - What school did you go to & how many GCSEs did you get? Horndean school, 6 or 7 but only one was above C - metalwork !
4 - How old are you ? 28
5 - How long have you been racing? 4 years
6 - Whats the worst job you've ever done? When I had to artificially inseminate cows! Not really, selling frozen food.
7 - Whats the best bike you've ever ridden? Current R6
8 - Whats the worst bike you've ever ridden? Old CBR600
9 - Whats your favourite track? Brands Hatch
10 - Whats your favourite pastime? Playing with my little boy
11 - Whats your favourite website? Twowheelsontrack.com
12 - Whats your favourite book? Ive never read a book, except Bill Ivy's "No Time To Lose", which was the only book I could find when I had a broken arm.
13 - Who's the best rider you've ever raced against? The nipper on the Ducati - Stuart Easton
14 - What was the best race you've been in? Last race of last season - MRO Brands Indy when I won by a mile - good one.
15 - How many crashes have you had? 15 or so
16 - What was the most painful crash? When I broke my foot at Snetterton earlier this year ( Paul had a big crash in practice and was taken to hospital. He kept the break a secret ,donned an oversize boot on raceday and battled through the pain to win the race)
17 - What do you drive on the road? Citroen Berlingo Van
18 - Fogarty or Doohan? Doohan
19 - Favourite TV programme? Wurzel Gummidge
20 - If we gave you a cruise missile, what would you fire it at? Everyone trying to beat me!
This article and picture was kindly provided by Pete Morrison of www.twowheelsontrack.com
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