Brent George’s first adventure on two wheels started with a QR50 he scored for his 5th birthday. He enjoyed sports such as foot ball during his formative years, but not half as much as he enjoyed playing around on motocross bikes near the family caravan at Lake Eppolock.

The competition bug bit at age 13.

In 1997 Brent came 2nd in the Victorian Junior Motocross Titles and 9th in the Australian Championships. But Brent found himself a bit short in the leg department for the 125cc motocross machines.

After badly breaking an arm in 1998 he made the switch to road racing and won two Hartwell Club Championships in that debut year.

Brent then made the commitment to get serious about road racing and set out on a major diet and exercise regime to get down to a competitive race weight. An essential ingredient to success in the 250 Production ranks.

With the Cooper Racing Team Brent won the Victorian 250 Production Championship in 2001 and came home 5th overall in the Australian Championship. In the FX Aprilia Challenge series Brent finished second overall to Queensland’s Brendan Clarke.

Brent also came second in the 2001 GP support races behind Liam Magee. One of Brent’s scariest moments came at that GP meeting, he explains. “I was leading the race but lost the rear heading in to the ultra-fast turn 12 at Phillip Island and ran off the track at nearly 200kph.

“I managed to keep it upright through the gravel trap and rejoined the race halfway down the main straight!”

2002 saw the Narre-Warren resident join the Brown Gouge Team to race both 250 Production and Supersport. An up and down year saw Brent eventually finish 5th overall in the Lazer Helmets Australian 250 Production Championship and 5th also in the FX Aprilia series. He managed 7th overall on the 600cc supersport machine.

This year Brent joins with fellow Victorian Scott Charlton to spearhead the Brown Gouge Nova Honda Team. Brent’s wish was to ride the new Honda CBR600RR in Australian Supersport competition this year. But the bikes were not yet in the country when the season started so Brent instead elected to campaign a CBR954 Fireblade in the Shell Advance Australian Superbike Championship.

Brent has adapted well to the power of the superbike and has recorded some good results this year.

The 21-year-old jointly leads the privateer race with team-mate Scott Charlton in the Shell Advance Australian Superbike Championship, and holds down equal 6th place overall in the championship standings.