Andrew Stroud (born 31 December 1967)) is a champion New Zealand motorcycle racer.[1]
Stroud was born in Auckland. He was educated at St Peter's College. His height is 185cm and his weight is 74kg. He resides in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Stroud started racing in 1986 and won his first championship in 1988 in the NZ 250 Production class. He then raced at Bathurst where he finished 2nd in the 1988 Arai 500km Superbike race.
In 1988, Stroud raced in the US Endurance series and the Suzuka 8 Hours. For the next ten years he competed internationally, riding for various Superbike and Grand Prix teams.
Stroud first rode the New Zealand-built Britten V1000 at Daytona in 1992 where the bike stopped with a couple of laps remaining. However, he won both Daytona races in 1994 on the Britten bike while setting the fastest top speed recorded by any motorcycle at Daytona (189 mph or 305km/h). One of the few people to have had the privilege of racing one of John Britten's superbikes, Stroud won the Battle-of-the-Twins at Daytona in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998.[2]
In 1995, Stroud won the inaugral World B.E.A.R.S Series (British European American Racing Series, now part of AHMRA) on a Britten bike, three weeks before his friend, John Britten died. Also in 1995 and on a Britten, Straud won the European Pro-Twins at Assen.
Stroud has competed in 41 World Superbike races, 20 FIM 500 GP races, 4 Suzuka 8 Hours races, 1 Isle of Man races and 3 24hours World endurance races.
He has also won 7 New Zealand superbike national championships. He accomplished this in 1995 and 1998 (riding a Britten V1000) and, riding a Suzuki GSX-R1000, in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. In 2010 he is the current New Zealand superbike national champion. During the past decade he has ridden a Suzuki superbike, currently the GSXR1000K9.[3] [4]