James Westmoreland

James Westmoreland, also known as Westy, is an English motorcycle racer, born on 24 June 1988 at Wyton in East Yorkshire. He began racing motocross in 1995, switched to circuit racing in 2001 and was runner-up in the British 125cc championship in both 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he moved up to the British Supersport Championship with Centurion Racing and won the privateers' Cup that year. He spent several seasons near the front of the main supersport class, with fourteen podiums and four wins and a best championship position of second. In 2012 he rode in the British Superbike Championship with Team WFR and finished seventh. He finished third in the British Supersport Championship in 2018 with Gearlink Kawasaki, and in April 2019 he won the Superstock class of the 24 Hours Le Mans, seventh overall, with Team 50 Motors Events. In the 2024 season he rode a Honda CBR 1000RR in the World Endurance Championship for Honda Viltais Racing.