[2] However in July, after missing two rounds, Bridewell was able to step into the vacant Ducati Panigale seat at Moto Rapido Racing, caused by Taylor Mackenzie leaving earlier by mutual agreement.
[3] For the remainder of 2018 Bridewell returned the team's best results in the Superbike class, scoring four podium finishes, narrowly missing out on a Showdown place and achieving the Riders' Cup at the season finale.
[6] Tommy is the younger brother of Ollie Bridewell, who was a prominent up-and-coming motorcycle racer when he died in 2007 during the Mallory Park round of the Superbike Championship.
For the 2007 season, Tommy and his older brother Ollie joined forces for the British Superbike Championship in team NB Suzuki.
[16] Bridewell was drafted in to replace injured rider Eugene Laverty on the Go Eleven Ducati in May 2019 for the races at Imola, Italy, on a similar bike to his BSB machine.
[17] In late May, it was confirmed Bridewell would again replace Laverty, at the Jerez, Spain event in June,[18] when he again finished in the points from both full-length races.
Bridewell was entered as a wildcard in the last round of the 2024 season at Jerez, Spain, on his BSB-based Honda Fireblade,[19] crashing in both full-length races,[20][21] and finishing the shorter Superpole event in 20th place.