Aiden Wagner wins RK Chains Samurai

Aiden Wagner wins 2014 Season RK Chains Samurai Award

Rising star Aiden Wagner has won the most prestigious Rider Encouragement Award in Australia, the RK Chains Samurai Award.

Now in its 26th Year, riders such as Daryl Beattie, Mat Mladin, Troy Corser, Anthony Gobert, Ant West, Broc Parkes, Kevin Curtain, Mike Jones, Josh Hook and many more riders that have gone on to be top Internationals have won the RK Chains Samurai Award.

Aiden Wagner - Portimao FIM 1000 STK — Aiden Wagner – Portimao FIM 1000 STK

A panel of racing industry experts and riders vote on the award each year at the end of the season. For the 2014 season, Aiden scored the majority of votes, prior to his win on the Team Honda superbike in his debut superbike race.

Wagner, the 2014 Australasian Supersport Champion, celebrates his 21st birthday this weekend.

The Brisbane resident started racing motocross in 2005 and continued until 2010 when he started road racing in the 2011 GP125 class. In 2012 Aiden competed in Superstock in the ASC as well as FX600, winning the Superstock class at Phillip Island during the MotoGP round.

In 2013 Wagner won the C Grade FX600 title and again won at the MotoGP round.

It was 2014, however, that Wagner really shone as his experience grew, winning the ASC Supersport title, finishing second in the ASBK Supersport class and competing in Moto2 at Phillip Island as a wildcard on the Marc VDS Moto2 machine.

Early this year, Wagner competed in his very first superbike race, taking a win on the Team Honda Racing CBR1000RR.

Aiden Wagner leads Cru Halliday and Troy Herfoss

Wagner is currently in Europe riding in SSTK 1000 for Team Suzuki Europe after the World Supersport team he recently signed with fell apart.

Aiden Wagner, “It is a real honour to win this award. I’m very excited. Myself and everyone involved in my racing from family to friends, team members and sponsors, have been so supportive of me over the years. To win this award means a lot to me and is a great motivator. So many great riders come from Australia and I hope to be one of them!