CLIENTS
SHAKEY Says
“For 2025 I foresee a fantastic season for my two riders Bradley Ray and Rhys Irwin, Brad returns after two tough seasons in the World Superbike Championship where on numerous occasions he showed incredible speed on a machine that proved to be not as competitive as we would have liked, the lessons, speed and overall professionalism Brad’s picked up in those two years mean we’re almost guaranteed a return to winning ways this year in BSB.. Brad wants a second BSB title so bad and we hope to deliver that and a return to the World Championship for 2026 with it!!
As for Rhys Irwin, a 2nd year with us means great consistency for the young Irish rider, news of Rhys’s 2025 plans will be announced soon and I fully expect him to be right back at the sharp end and fighting for wins in the British Supersport Championship, he will be a title contender!! I’d also like to wish the best of luck going forward to previous Sixty Seven sports athlete Brandon Paasch over in MotoAmerica.. the podium beckons!!”
BRADLEY RAY
- British Superbike Champion 2022
SHAKEY Says
“Moving up to the World Superbike Championship last year was exactly what Bradley deserved after winning the British Superbike Championship in 2022, Bradley has learnt a lot during the course of 2023 regarding riding his Yamaha R1 on full WSB spec electronics and I look forward to seeing him consistently progress and show what he’s made of, despite probably one of the strongest depth of talent grid’s in many years there’s no reason why Bradley can’t fight for top 10 finishes all season long and hopefully pull off a few top 5’s, there’s no doubting his speed and ability!!”
That incredible form, which also included two further podiums, was confirmation of the prodigious talent Brad has displayed ever since he started riding minimotos at the age of six, winning multiple national championships at junior level before being selected to the prestigious Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2012, where he finished seventh overall in his first season.
Racing against a fiercely competitive field that included future MotoGP World Champion Joan Mir, Brad took a dominant first victory in Austin, Texas, in 2013 and was fourth in the championship in 2014.
Already an an established presence at the front of the British Superbike pack and a multiple BSB race winner, Brad put together an absolutely outstanding season aboard the Rich Energy OMG Racing Team Yamaha, riding a very similar spec bike to last year’s championship-winning Yamaha R1 saw Brad achieve 9 overall wins and a total of 23 podium finishes, his strongest season to date by far, in fact such a strong season that SSSM is looking to up the anti in 2023 with a view to taking Brad up in to the super competitive World Superbike Championship.
Brad has a strong history with Yamaha, having sensationally won six of the last ten races of the British Supersport Championship on an R6 in 2016, when he made a late entry to the domestic season following two frustrating years on uncompetitive machinery at European level.
His sensational return to the UK in 2016 caught the attention of the Hawk Racing team, who gave him the opportunity to ride a Suzuki in the British Superbike Championship in 2017, when he finished a creditable eleventh in his rookie campaign.
In 2018 he stormed to a maiden double victory in the opening round of the British Superbike season at Donington Park, becoming one of the youngest ever winners of a BSB race at the age of just 20.
Still aged just 25 and yet to reach his racing peak, the clear goal for Brad in 2023 is to reproduce his very best form and establish himself as one of the brightest emerging talents from the British Superbike paddock when he attempts to step up to the World Championship for 2023!
Rhys Irwin
SHAKEY Says
“As the newest member of the team I’m really looking forward to spending a bit of time working with Rhys in 2024, Rhys showed last year that he can fight for the British Supersport Championship and with the continuity of working with the same team and the confidence that he CAN win races learning that sometimes a podium or a top 5 will help maintain a strong Championship challenge is exactly how he needs to approach 2024, the plan is to put some routine into his weekends and to keep his feet on the ground and not get flustered when things aren’t going so well, it’s all a part of the challenge and it’s a challenge I’m certain he can overcome!!”
The latest rider to sign up to SixtySeven sports management program is the super talented smiling assasin as Shane calls him Rhys Irwin, the 21 year old from Donegal in Ireland caught Shane’s eye over the 2023 season.
Rhys’s ruthless demeanour on track couldn’t be a bigger contrast to the happy go lucky chap that Shane regularly got to interview throughout the 2023 season. Rhys has a wealth of accolades and experience with countless podiums, race wins and lap records from the British Supersport Championship, Pirelli British Superstock 600 Championship, The Road To MotoGP
Rhys has raced motocross from 2008-2014 “you had to be 6 to race I had my birthday on a Thursday and first race on a Saturday” Over those few years he managed to win 10 championships along the way and in my final year in 2014 I was supported by Husqvarna UK through HTM off road and won 3 out of 4 championships that year.
British Talent cup, British Motostar Championship, British Superteens and the Irish
Superbike Championship in his career to date and has come a very long way in a very short space of time, one to watch for the future!!