Steve Plater

Steve Plater

Nation:	United Kingdom

Steve Plater (born August 22, 1972 in Luton ) is a retired British motorcycle racer .

Career

As a teenager, the trained bricklayer appeared at speedway events before mainly taking part in road races from 1994 onwards. He also took part successfully in the British Superbike Championship and in endurance races such as the one at Le Mans .

Steve Plater had a serious accident at the North West 200 in 2010. A complicated fracture of the forearm that he suffered forced him to end his active career.

Plater has two daughters and runs a property development company with his father at his home in Woodhall Spa .

Victory statistics

Platter at the 2009 British Superbike Championship

year	class	machine	run
2000	Solo motorcycle	Kawasaki	Mallory Park Race of the Year
2006	Solo motorcycle	Yamaha	Macau Grand Prix
2006	Superbike race 1	Honda	North west 200
2006	Superbike race 2	Honda	North west 200
2007	Solo motorcycle	Yamaha	Macau Grand Prix
2006	Superbike race 2	Yamaha	North west 200
2008	Junior race A	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
2008	600 race 1	Yamaha	North west 200
2008	600 race 2	Yamaha	North west 200
2008	Superbike race 2	Yamaha	North west 200
2009	Senior	Honda	Isle of Man TT
2009	Superbike	Honda	North west 200
2009	Super sport	Honda	North west 200
2010	British champion	Honda	British Supersport Championship

Web links

• "Plater wins at Isle of Man", crash.net, accessed October 24, 2015
• "Steve Plater" on islandracer.co.uk, accessed October 24, 2015
• Driver portrait on the Isle of Man website, accessed October 24, 2015]

Individual evidence

1. ^ North West 200: Horror crash crushes Plater's dream. The Belfast Telegraph, May 14, 2010, accessed October 24, 2015 .