Raffa Racing

Louie Andrew Raffa

Date of birth: January 8th
Residence: Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec
Family: married to Anny ; sons, Matthew & Aaron
Began riding: age of 11; motocross
Team: Raffa Racing
Training: Motocross, biking, weightlifting
Hobbies: Motocross, biking, study racing, home renovations
Manager / publicist / umbrella girl: Anny Raffa
Mechanic & Suspension: Scott Miller (Fast Company)
Crew chief: Dave Oakley
Crew: Mike Garneau
Webmaster and photographer: Anthony Migas

2004

In 2004, Louie ran in the ASM series as an amateur in three classes; 600, Open & Superbike. He finished overall 5^th in the 600 class with 70 points & a 2^nd place podium on the last round. In the Open class he finished in 9^th place with 48 points. He also finished 9^th in the Superbike class with 43 points. That was our first year of serious competition. He ran on a 2002 Yamaha R6, some of our sponsors at the time were Litho Select & Moto Mirabel.

2005

Second year of amateur racing in the Quebec series. Louie ran the year with the same 2002 Yamaha R6. Finished 1^st in the 600 class with 143 points with 7 podiums out of 8 rounds; 3 wins, 1 second place, 3 third places & 1 DNF. In the Open class he finished 2^nd with 112 points, 3 podiums; 1 win, 2 second places & 5 top five’s. Some of our new sponsors were EBC Brakes & Vortex.

2006

First year as a pro racer. Brand new 2006 Yamaha R6. In the Quebec series Louie finished 5th in Pro 600 with 1 second place, 3 DNF’s & 4 top five’s. In the Pro Superbike class he finished 7th with 1 third place, 4 top  five’s & 3 DNF’s.

First year competing at Shannonville RACE super series. Finished 11th overall in the Pro 600 class. Parts Canada Shannonville round 1, qualified 15th in the Pro 600 class.

The season started well but unfortunately was flooded with crashes, poor results as well as some serious carpal tunnel syndrom. Louie had surgery to resolve the problem.

Some more new sponsors joined the team; Yamaha Canada, Nadon Sport, K&N, Sharkskinz, Shoei helmets.

2007

For the 2007 season we purchased a 2nd ’06 R6 as a backup bike. We had the “A” bike slightly built to be more competitive. That year we competed in the Ontario regional R.A.C.E series where Louie finished 10th overall in the Pro 600 championship.

We competed in the Mont-Tremblant Parts Canada round where Louie qualified 28th of 38 racers & finished 18th. We also competed in the Shannonville Parts Canada round labor day weekend, where Louie qualified 24th & finished 15th in the race.

2008

For the 2008 season we opted to build up our “A” bike. We had some great weekend at the R.A.C.E. regional series, including a couple of top five finishes & some front row qualifying starts.

As for the Parts Canada series we competed in the Mosport double header where Louie qualified 12th for the 2 Pro 600 races, he finished 11th in round 3 & 8th in round 4, with only those 2 round completed that put Louie 15th overall in the running for the Pro 600 championship & 5th in the HJC Pro rookie of the year award.