Russ Bennett a brief history
After a horrific bike accident at the age of 17 where no less than 13 major bones were broken, it's a miracle that Russ or Rusty ever wanted to ride a motorcycle again, but he did. It was always on the cards for a come back although the right leg needed lots of protection. In the summer of 2000 riding an out of date 6 year old CBR600 it happened the first win at Elvington Park, from then on we had 4 years of racing never quite getting the right sponsorship deal's to go big time but we enjoyed our racing and that was the main thing.
The highlight was to win the Derby Phoenix championship in 2003, after missing the first rounds we had to come from behind all season. We won the title at Snettorton at the final round riding the trusty GSXR750. The following year we only managed the runner up spot but still we enjoyed our racing. In two seasons with Derby Phoenix we managed 30 race wins which is some achievement, Rusty was one of the smoothest riders I've seen and his understanding of the bike was second to non maybe all that family knowledge did pay off!
Jon Marshall. (team sponsor)