Name: Benny Solis Jr.
Date of Birth: October 19th 1994
Age 14 during the 2009 Cup season.
Born: Beverly Hills, California, USA
Lives: North Hollywood, California USA
Height: 1 m 55 cm / 5 ft 1 in
Weight: 51 kg / 112 lb

Motorcycle experience:

1999 Started riding a KTM 50cc dirt bike
2003 Started racing a Kawasaki 65cc dirt bike
2004 Saw my dad roadracing in an RS125 national level class
2005 50cc roadrace bike / 65cc roadrace bike
2006 Won the 80cc shifter class in SC Mini GP Championship
2007 First time on a Honda RS125cc road race bike and won the West Coast National championship and placed 3rd in the national championship
2008 1st Red Bull AMA U.S. Rookies Cup. 4 early season victories demonstrated great speed and with consistency to support it he was favourite for the title from early on.


"I know that it's going to be a hard year, a lot of new tracks and very fast riders like Sturla and Danny Kent. It is not going to be easy but I hope to run in the top 8 for the championship."

"I've got to learn the tracks and move up a level with my riding. The tracks here are safer than they are back home in the US and that's good so I am going to try and be more aggressive, I need to be."

"Through the off-season I've still been riding, I've been on a Honda 125 as much as I can. I've also been riding a bicycle on the road for fitness, it's all part of wanting to improve."

"I'm looking forward to being at the GPs and watching those guys like Rossi and Simoncelli, there are so many good riders we can learn from. There are a lot of good tracks and I think that Sachsenring looks like a lot of fun. 2 years in a row an American has won there so we'll have to see if we can keep that going."

Race Results:

RACE CITY NATION POS. POINTS
 
Jerez | Spain - Results Race 01 JEREZ 20   0    
Jerez | Spain - Results Race 02 JEREZ DNF   0    
Mugello | Italy - Results Race MUGELLO 12   4    
Assen | Netherlands - Results Race ASSEN 20   0    
Sachsenring | Germany - Results Race SACHSENRING 15   1    
Donington | Great Britain - Race DONINGTON PARK DNF   0    
Brno | Czech Republic - Race 1 BRNO 17   0    
Brno | Czech Republic - Race 2 BRNO 15   1