Jason O'Halloran; Hot From Down Under

Hailing from Wollongong, home of former World Champion Wayne Gardner, Jason O’Halloran began racing in 2002 and success soon followed, finishing runner-up in the 125cc Australian Championship a year later. He soon progressed into the Australian Supersport Championship, and, after placing 7th and 3rd in 2005 and 2006, he dominated the 2007 series, taking 7 race wins and 3 lap records on board the Yamaha Racing Team YZF-R6.
He also deputised for injured countryman Kevin Curtain in the Yamaha World Supersport Team, finishing a highly creditable 12th at the Czech Republic round at Brno.

For 2008, O’Halloran competed in the Australian Superbike Championship for the Teknic Honda Racing squad, his fifth year as part of an official distributor backed team.
In addition, he impressed the Japanese hierarchy greatly at the Suzuka 8-Hours, where he finished 6th on the Moriwaki-backed machine alongside current BSB star Cal Crutchlow and Tetsuya Yamaguchi. He also rode for SMT Honda in the 2008 season in British Superbikes, where he continues in 2009.