29 Facts About Troy Bayliss

Troy Bayliss finished his career after winning the 2008 World Superbike title.

Troy Bayliss did much of his growing up in the Northwest NSW town of Warialda.

Troy Bayliss's father, Warren, was a baker, and his mother Lorraine drove a local school bus part-time.

The family moved to Taree when Troy Bayliss was about 11 years old.

Troy Bayliss showed much promise as a youngster in the sport, however when he entered his teens his enthusiasm for racing waned.

Troy Bayliss commenced an apprenticeship as a spraypainter at Joe Berry's and commuted to work by bicycle.

On this daily commute Troy Bayliss would pass a motorcycle dealership and finally was tempted enough to obtain a loan to purchase a Kawasaki ZXR 750 on which he commenced racing.

Troy Bayliss won the first race he entered on the bike and performed well in subsequent events.

Troy Bayliss began the 2000 season competing for Ducati in the US's AMA Superbike Championship, but was called in to replace Carl Fogarty in the Superbike World Championship when the latter was injured at Philip Island.

Troy Bayliss started 2002 in dominant form breaking the record for most race wins in a season, but Edwards thanks to his consistency in usually minimizing the points lost when Troy Bayliss won by finishing second overturned the advantage, Edwards won his second title at a thrilling final round in Imola.

Troy Bayliss crossed the line first in race one, but lost on aggregate, as the first part of race one being red flagged because of an oil leak by Peter Goddard's Benelli.

Troy Bayliss was injured at Brands Hatch when colliding with his teammate Ruben Xaus, whilst Xaus was swerving to bring heat into his tyres, and after the Laguna Seca round, Ducati changed the frame.

In Ducati's first season in the class their bike was highly competitive, with Troy Bayliss taking three third places and finishing sixth overall in the championship.

Troy Bayliss briefly led at Philip Island, Brno and Welkom, and only narrowly losing the rookie of the year race to Nicky Hayden.

However, Troy Bayliss is much older than Capirossi, and had not been as close to him in 2004 as he had in 2003, so some questioned whether he had any more to offer the team.

Troy Bayliss did give an insight as to his inability to crack into the upper echelons of Grand Prix racing, describing the Honda MotoGP bike and MotoGP bikes in general as too inflexible, rigid, and like a 250 for his style.

Troy Bayliss started 2006 in dominant fashion, leading the points table after the first 5 rounds with seven consecutive race wins and additional podiums.

Troy Bayliss's form continued to the point that he went into round 10 at Lausitzring with a chance of clinching the title with 3 rounds to go.

Troy Bayliss duly won the title at Imola with a fifth place in Race 1, which was enough as James Toseland did not win.

On 1 April 2007, at Donington Park, Troy Bayliss crashed at Coppice corner on lap six of the first Superbike race of the day.

Troy Bayliss' injury prevented him from competing in the second Donington race.

At the season opener at the Losail circuit in Qatar, Troy Bayliss won the race one to give Ducati their first win with the new 1098 model.

Troy Bayliss won both races at Philip Island on what was his final appearance at his home round.

Troy Bayliss came within three corners of clinching the title at Vallelunga, but crashed out at a low-speed corner which meant that Troy Corser and Noriyuki Haga retained a mathematical hope.

Troy Bayliss took a double victory in his final World Superbike meeting at Portimao.

Troy Bayliss tested a Ducati 1198 in a special private test at Mugello in May 2010, setting impressive times and leading to speculation that he would make a comeback to racing.

Troy Bayliss has since embarked on a new career after signing to drive as co-driver for Triple F Racing in the domestic V8 Supercar touring car series.

Troy Bayliss teamed with their regular driver Dean Fiore at the Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 long distance events.

Troy Bayliss has raced as a co-driver in the 2013 and 2014 Australian Porsche Carrera Cup Championship.