World Superbike Winners

by Ryder, Julian; Fogarty, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781859606780
• ISBN10: 1859606784
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Haynes Pubns

Summary

This dynamic, all-color volume chronicles every rider and every motorcycle to have won a World Superbike race since the series began in 1988. Packed with action and statistics, career details for each winner, from record four-times World Champion Carl Fogarty, to one-race winners like Gary Goodfellow, Takuma Aoki and Tom Kipp. Complete with highlights of winning manufacturers - the Japanese giants Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, and the all-conquering Ducati, through to the tiny Italian Bimota company. Foreword by Carl Fogarty.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	8	(9)
Foreword	9	(1)
Colin Edwards
Introduction	10	(2)
Ducati's resurrection man	12	(2)
Marco Lucchinelli
The first Champion	14	(4)
Fred Merkel
Green is the colour	18	(2)
Adrien Morillas
From crasher to Ducati's master controller	20	(4)
Davide Tardozzi
First for Suzuki and for New Zealand	24	(2)
Gary Goodfellow
Yes, he won in Superbike as well	26	(2)
Mick Doohan
Small is fast	28	(4)
Fabrizio Pirovano
The first to win on three different bikes	32	(4)
Stephane Mertens
The fans' favourite	36	(4)
Giancarlo Falappa
Ducati's tough guy	40	(4)
Raymond Roche
The unsung hero of Honda's V4 years	44	(2)
Alex Vieira
The dominator	46	(4)
Doug Polen
Aussie elder statesman	50	(2)
Michael Dowson
Been there, won that	52	(4)
Peter Goddard
Britain's first winner	56	(4)
Terry Rymer
America's nearly man	60	(2)
Doug Chandler
Green meanie	62	(4)
Rob Phillis
Canadian boycott victor	66	(1)
Pascal Picotte
American boycott winner	67	(1)
Tom Kipp
Healthy again, and fast too	68	(3)
Kevin Magee
The best man never to become champion	71	(5)
Aaron Slight
The greatest	76	(6)
Carl Fogarty
The only straight-four champ	82	(4)
Scott Russell
The last privateer winner	86	(2)
Andreas Meklau
The people's champion	88	(4)
James Whitham
Motorcycle racing's bad boy	92	(4)
Anthony Gobert
Sacked despite a double	96	(2)
Mauro Lucchiari
Last of the win-or-crash racers	98	(4)
Frankie Chili
The youngest Champion	102	(4)
Troy Corser
Strange but fast, very fast	106	(4)
John Kocinski
The youngest winner	110	(2)
Yuichi Takeda
Japan's lost champion	112	(2)
Takuma Aoki
Kawasaki's consistent contender	114	(2)
Akira Yanagawa
The Samurai of Slide	116	(4)
Noriyuki Haga
The Texas Tornado	120	(4)
Colin Edwards
At last, another Suzuki winner	124	(2)
Keiichi Kitagawa
Evel Knievel rides again	126	(2)
Ben Bostrom
Suzuki strike again	128	(2)
Akira Ryo
Kawasaki's new hope	130	(2)
Hitoyasu Izutsu
Not just a pretty face	132	(2)
Neil Hodgson
Another fast Aussie	134	(2)
Troy Bayliss
Vindication at last	136	(1)
John Reynolds
Appendix: Results	137