team

The PTR Triumph Factory Racing team, which is based in Lincolnshire, UK, is managed by Simon Buckmaster, who has been involved in racing from a young age both as a competitor and manager; in fact, in the earlier years of Buckmaster’s racing career he competed on a Triumph Bonneville. 

Following wins in both the domestic series’ and on the world stage, injury cut Buckmaster’s career short and he eventually went into the management side of the industry, leading a number of successful manufacturer-backed teams to British and World Championship glory. Today Simon manages the PTR Racing squad, which is a partner of Triumph’s Racing programme in the WorldSSP category competing as PTR Triumph Factory Racing with the Triumph Street Triple 765 RS.

PTR Triumph have been regularly competing in the top five in the Supersport World Championship in 2023 and secured a podium finish in Mandalika. The team have race-winning provenance, having brought Triumph the honours of their first ever World Supersport victory, and the first of the ‘Next Generation’ formula, in 2022.

In 2025 the team fields Tom Booth-Amos, from Newport, Shropshire for a second season and Australia’s Oli Bayliss.

Booth-Amos has vast experience having raced in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, followed by an entry in Grand Prix in 2019. In 2020 and 2021 the #69 racer competed in the Supersport 300 World Championship category, finishing runner-up in the series in his second season. In 2023 Booth-Amos finished second overall in the British Supersport Championship, while also winning the World Supersport Challenge Championship. In 2024 Booth-Amos took a podium finish in Cremona, Italy, and looks to build on his experience with the PTR team for 2025.

Bayliss starts his first full season with PTR Triumph for his fourth full season in the World Supersport series. With a handful of top six finishes to his name, Oli is looking forward to switching to Triumph machinery for 2025, kicking off his campaign at his home round in Australia.