Who is Sam Pezzetta?

I was 13 the first time I lined up on a grid. I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew I wanted to do my best, have some fun, and win. Seven years later, that hasn't changed. I've just gotten a lot faster.

But the story starts before that.

Where it began- I grew up a city kid until we moved to a property in the Adelaide Hills when I was seven. Suddenly my whole world opened up — trees to climb, cubbies to build, a creek to get muddy in. That Christmas I got my first dirt bike. I barely rode it at first, but every time I did, something about it stuck.

The year it all broke- When I was 12, everything fell apart. I was bullied badly, knocked out three times in one year, and I walked away from football and tennis hating all of it. I ended up with no friends and feeling safest on my own. Riding became my escape. I rode every single day for the rest of that year. It was the one thing that made me feel like myself.

The Friday that changed everything- At the end of 2018, the Australian Superbikes came to The Bend for the first time, and we went to watch. After the year I'd had, it was the highlight of my life, bikes racing at speeds I'd never seen. It flipped a switch in me. I read, watched and absorbed everything I could get my hands on. I knew, instantly: this was going to be the rest of my life.

The first time on track- New school, new friends who actually respected me (friends I still have today). And on 7th July 2019, was the best day of my life: my first track day, on a little CBR150 I could barely touch the ground on (top right photo). Pulling out of the pits, I knew it was a fresh start. A month later, my first race, which I got second place.

The climb- From there it became real. State titles in the juniors and the 300s. In 2021 I lined up in the Australian Superbike paddock, the exact series I'd watched from the fence three years earlier, and won the South Australian Rising Star Award. 2022 was the breakout: a state title, a national race win, seven podiums, and tryout invites for the Red Bull Rookies Cup in Italy and the Asia Talent Cup in Malaysia. I didn't get the seat, but I came home with a stack of lessons.

The setbacks- 2023 brought my first real year of struggle, big crashes after going in as a championship favourite. In 2024 I stepped up to the 600 as a learning year and finished runner-up in the state titles, just 19 points off a far more experienced rider. 2025 got hammered by blown motors and crashes from lack of track time, but I still was lucky enough to win the Master of Mac Park, against the superbikes, plus two more state titles.

Now in 2026- My first national 600 top 5, and then the breakthrough, my first-ever national 600 podiums, a 2nd and a 3rd in the same weekend. Taking me to 10 national podiums in total. I'm 20, still that same kid riding because I love it. The one obstacle now isn't on the track, it's the cost. So this is the year I crack the sponsorship game and get good enough at it, that it never stops me racing again. Then I’ll help other riders do the same.

Today I race in the Australian Supersport Championship, with 2 national wins, 10 podiums, 6 state titles, and international experience across Europe and Asia behind me. But the trophies aren't the point; what they took to get was the lesson. Racing is brutal on a kid with a big dream and no blank cheque, so I stopped treating it like a sport and started treating it like a profession. I train like an athlete, study every way to get better, and show up prepared every single weekend.

That's what a partner gets: not just a logo on the bike, but a relentless professional who treats your investment like my own shot at the top.

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