Shingoi Is please to announce they have tied up a Sponsorship deal with local motorcycle ace Steve Austin. Steve Austin currently works as a service manager for WR Fork trucks where he has worked for over 17 years. Having owned a variety of Road Bikes Steve decided in 1998 to have a go at road racing due to the number of accidents on the road. The first bike he bought was a road based Honda NSR250 and having converted it for the track he raced in his first meeting at Cadwell Park. This was a real baptism of fire as he was lapped and soon realised that both bike and rider were easily outclassed and were well off the pace. Following his experience in this first meeting Steve bought a 1991 Yamaha TZ250 from Padgett’s of Batley (a real racer) and finished the season with this machine with the best result being a 3rd place and also winning ‘novice of the meeting’. Early in 1999 Steve sold the TZ250 purchasing his next bike, a 1993 Honda RS250 (ex Joey Dunlop Machine) and continued with this machine until the end of the 2001 season finishing 9th in the New Era Championship even though after breaking some ribs in a crash at the foot of the mountain (Cadwell Park) in May 2001 resulted in Steve missing out on half of the championship races and had he been fit to compete would have surely finished higher in the rankings. Steve had his highest ever finish at Anglesey in Wales with a very creditable second place finish. The 1993 RS250 was sold at the end of the season and a newer 2000 specification machine was purchased for 2002. In 2003 Steve won the Derby Phoenix Championship. Steve is coming out of retirement to ride a two day event at Cadwell Park, Louth in Lincolnshire on 23rd - 24th September. He will be riding under the Shingoi brand. Back to News Headlines