BSB Rider Makes Surprising Retirement Call
BSB racer Danny Buchan has called time on his career after admitting “my body is smashed”
Danny Buchan has announced his retirement from racing after more than 231 British Superbike races and six wins in the class.
Buchan, just 31 years of age, made his first BSB appearance in 2012 and for a long stretch was a consistent top-ten finisher.
But the last couple of seasons have proved difficult for the British rider who has admitted the toll racing has taken on his body has predominantly led to this decision.
“2024 will be my last season racing motorcycles,” Buchan wrote on his social media channels. “I am closing the curtain on my 25-year-long career. My body is smashed and it wants/needs looking after.
“Life is long after racing and I have so much to live for! One day I will talk about it all, my journey, but for now I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me live out my boyhood dream.
“I mean being paid to race motorcycles, how cool is that? And I’ve been rewarded with a good life and base to start life after racing.
“I can’t begin to tell you how many life lessons I have learned along the way which will enable me to go on and be great in my next ventures, the people I have been lucky enough to meet and friends I have made for life who really have become family. I really mean it, I am grateful.
“Thank you to my family, who have sacrificed so much over the years to get to where I got to, it’s such a big effort by everyone and you won’t believe what people sacrifice in order for me to live out my dream.
“One example, just so people are aware of what parents do, my dad’s business in the middle of a recession couldn’t pay his guys on time so the men were working 4/5 weeks before being paid, [but] I was still racing.
“Why? Because we were all in! Thankfully all the guys were paid and no harm was done (some of the guys are still with us now in the company) but that’s just one example of what it takes from everyone.”
In terms of what will follow for Buchan post-racing, the DAO Kawasaki rider in 2024 has confirmed he hopes to remain in racing.
Buchan said: “Although I won’t be racing [or] competing anymore I do want to be involved somehow. How and where I don’t know yet, but just know I’m working on some things behind the scenes.”
Buchan finished the 2024 season in a disappointing 19th and recently admitted that if he could not grab hold of a competitive package he would not continue.
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