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Welcome to the PMT-Racing website, online home
of Deb Cartwright who has gained THIRD place in her
Rookie year racing an RVF400. There are profiles of
Debs and her Bike, an explanation of the
championship she is racing in, her results,
pictures of some of those races, and details of her
sponsors and the team behind the name.
Her love of biking started on a family holiday
to Cornwall. There was a small oval track where
Puch twist and go kid's bikes could be hired. Deb
spent every bit of pocket money on riding these
bikes throughout the 2 week holiday and spent the
next few months, after the family returned home,
pestering her dad to get her one, until he relented
and bought her a Yamaha TY80. As soon as she was
16, Saturday money bought her a DT50 for the road
and 18 months later, she passed her test on her
much loved Honda NSR125. She now rides, on the
road, the bike she always dreamed of having: a '94
fox-eye Fireblade.
Debs did a few trackdays on the Fireblade and
was addicted. After crashing it twice, she took
advice and bought a dedicated track bike, a Honda
VFR400 NC30. She spent the rest of the year doing
as many trackdays as she could afford. Although her
trackdays fulfilled her need for excessive speeds,
she was missing competitive sports.
Her competitive nature blossomed whilst at
school, playing in all school sports teams and
studying karate gaining her 1st Dan at 13 and
competing in national level competitions. This
continued when she joined the army, taking part in
just about any sport available including
basketball, football, triathalon, athletics,
skiing, but most enjoyable: boxing! Takingup full
time training for the twilight of her years in the
army competing un amateur bouts.
Deb left a successful 6 year career as a
military radio operator to become a radio planning
engineer and is currently working for a brand new
technology mobile telecommunications provider.
High Points of Last Season
Getting 2nd place at Cadwell on my new,
bog-standard, much loved RVF. I took it out to
compare with my race bike during practise and ended
up racing it, head lights and all! The only thing
it had that wasn't standard was a different
end-can.
Low Points of Last Season
The Mudguard half falling off during the 1st
race at Brands GP circuit whilst running 3rd
causing a DNF, resulting in a back row start for
race 2.
Aims for This Season
Top 5 championship finish in the SS400
nationwide championship. She also wants to compete
in the MRO SS400, which is considered to the
British Championship for 400's. She has no high
expectations in this championship, it being only
her second year of racing. It will however give her
the experience needed to keep moving up the ranks.
Competing in the MRO will very much depend on
funding which will need to be raised through
sponsorship.
Name Deb Cartwright
Date of Birth 04 October 1974
Home Town Reading
Height 5 foot 4 inches
Racing Debut Rookie 400, Brands March 2003
Best finish 2nd
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