Rob Phillis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Rob Phillis

Australian motorcycle racer

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1956

Place of Birth: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: motorcycle racer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Rob Phillis

  • Rob Phillis (born 27 April 1956) is a retired motorcycle road racer from Australia.
  • He began his motorcycling career competing in dirt bike and motocross events before crossing over to road racing in 1974.
  • He won the Australian Superbike and Australian Endurance title in 1987 and also won the Australian 1000cc title in 1989 riding a ZXR750 Kawasaki winning himself a sponsorship from Team Kawasaki Australia in the 1990 Superbike World Championship. He began competing at the international level full-time, finishing third overall in 1991 and 1992 on a Kawasaki.
  • In his career, he totalled 4 wins, 23 other podiums, 3 poles and 6 fastest laps.
  • He remained close friends with Aaron Slight, his teammate at the time, and was Slight's first visitor following his near-fatal brain problem in 2000.
  • Phillis retired from top-level racing in 1998 at the age of 42.

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