"home and play some golf. 1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round The 1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round was the 6th round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 1999 at the Nürburgring. It was highly criticised by the riders after track officials failed to show race flags. Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser won Race 1 and Race 2 respectively. During Race 1, Igor Jerman's Kawasaki dumped oil at the Castrol Curve, causing multiple other riders to crash, including Noriyuki Haga, Akira Yanagawa, Pierfrancesco Chili and Colin Edwards, due to marshals"
"had won a race since Colin Edwards won the 2002 championship until Ben Spies joined the series in 2009, but no Americans competed in the series between 2003 and 2007. British rider Carl Fogarty had long been the most successful rider in the championship's history, winning the championship four times, and amassing a total of 59 race wins. Jonathan Rea cemented his overtaking of Fogarty in the history books by winning his fourth consecutive world championship title in 2018, amassing a new accord amount of race wins, too. Many riders successful in the Superbike World Championship have gone on to"
"1999 Supersport World Championship The 1999 Supersport World Championship was the first season of the Supersport World Championship, the third taking into account the previous two seasons, when the competition was known as ""Supersport World Series"". For the first year, the series was recognised by the FIM as a World Championship instead of as an ""FIM Prize"". The season began on 28 March at Kyalami and finished on 12 September at Hockenheimring after 11 rounds. South African rider Brett MacLeod had a fatal accident at the Kyalami race. Stéphane Chambon won the riders' championship and Yamaha won the manufacturers' championship."
"1999 Supersport World Championship The 1999 Supersport World Championship was the first season of the Supersport World Championship, the third taking into account the previous two seasons, when the competition was known as ""Supersport World Series"". For the first year, the series was recognised by the FIM as a World Championship instead of as an ""FIM Prize"". The season began on 28 March at Kyalami and finished on 12 September at Hockenheimring after 11 rounds. South African rider Brett MacLeod had a fatal accident at the Kyalami race. Stéphane Chambon won the riders' championship and Yamaha won the manufacturers' championship."
"Eric Geboers Eric Geboers (5 August 1962 – 6 May 2018) was a Belgian professional motocross racer and racing driver. Nicknamed ""The Kid"", he was the first person to win world championships in the 125cc, 250cc, and 500cc divisions. He retired from the international competition after his victory in Namur, on 5 August 1990. After his retirement from motocross racing, Geboers began a career in sports car endurance racing, competing in the 2001 and 2002 FIA GT Championship in events such as the 2001 FIA GT Jarama 500km and the Spa 24 Hours in 2001 and 2002. Geboers managed the"
"the rider with most wins that is currently still active. 1998- 26th, All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship #90 Honda RS125R 1999- 23rd, All Japan Road Race GP125 Championship #26 Honda RS125R 2000- 20th, All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship #111 Honda RS250R 2001- 16th, All Japan Road Race GP250 Championship #100 Honda RS250R 2002- 1st, All Japan Road Race ST600 Championship #54 Honda CBR600RR 2003- 20th, MotoGP #23 Honda RC211V 2004- 6th, British Superbike Championship #23 Honda CBR1000RR 2005- 2nd, British Superbike Championship #6 Honda CBR1000RR 2006- 1st, British Superbike Championship #2 Honda CBR1000RR 2007- 1st, British Superbike Championship"
"championship in with Raymond Roche. The title was won by Doug Polen riding for the customer team managed by Eraldo Ferracci. From to Carl Fogarty won the title 4 times on Ducatis. Australian Troy Corser won the title on a factory-spec Ducati fielded by Austrian team Promotor Racing. In Troy Bayliss won the first of his three titles. In , the rule changes in MotoGP allowing 4-stroke engines meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there, leaving the Superbike World Championship with limited factory involvement. Ducati Corse entered the only 2 Ducati 999s in the field, taking 20"
"in 1997 and Colin Edwards in 2000 and 2002. After spending his entire career riding Honda machinery, Rea joined Kawasaki Racing Team as Tom Sykes' new teammate for the 2015 season. Rea dominated the season and won his maiden World Superbike title, with 14 wins. For the 2016 season, Rea remains with Kawasaki. Rea retained the title in 2016, 2017 and 2018, becoming the first man ever to win four successive superbike world championships. On the 9th of June 2018, Rea won the first race at Brno to take his 60th career win and surpass the record of Carl Fogarty."
"2004. Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as """"Jaja"""" (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the"
"Championship in 1990 as a European Championship. The series allows four-cylinder engines up to , three-cylinder engines up to , and twin-cylinder power plants up to . In 1997 the championship became a ""World Series"" and the European title was given to the European Motorcycle Union's European Road Racing Championship. The full title Supersport World Championship was introduced in 1999. Supersport racing has also been one of the most popular classes of national racing for many years. Several riders who were successful in World Supersport have moved on to high-level competitions, notably, Cal Crutchlow, Chaz Davies, and Chris Vermeulen, though"
"in 2005. Christophe Guyot and GMT94 then switched from the World Endurance Championship to World Supersport and World Superbike with David Checa and Sébastien Gimbert. GMT94 returned to World Endurance in 2010, achieving the world title in 2014, and runner-up positions in 2015 and 2016, with Yamaha R-series bikes. The year 2017 was golden: another victory in the Le Mans 24 hours, victories in the Bol d'Or, the Oschersleben 8 hours, and the Slovakia Ring 8 hours – and another World Endurance Championship crown! Christophe Guyot has pursued many activities since he retired from racing. In addition to his role"
"Superbike (matches FIM regulations) Stock 1000 (FIM Superstock 1000) Supersport (FIM Supersport, 400cc to 750cc) Twins (800cc, two cylinder) Junior Cup The most successful riders included Doug Chandler, Scott Russell, Ben Spies, Miguel Duhamel and Mat Mladin, who holds several series records including seven championships. Five non-Americans won the title – Englishman Reg Pridmore, Australians Mat Mladin and Troy Corser, Canadian Miguel Duhamel, and Spainard Toni Elías. Starting in 2016, television rights are held by the Al Jazeera Media Network's beIN Sports brand. AMA Superbike Championship MotoAmerica Superbike Championship is an American motorcycle racing series. It is the premiere superbike"
"Edi Orioli claimed a third title in the bikes category. The 1995 and 1996 events begin in the Spanish city of Granada, with Lartigue racking up wins for Citroen in both years. Peterhansel returned to take a fourth bikes category win in 1995, but lost to Orioli in 1996 because of refuelling problems. The 1997 rally ran exclusively in Africa for the first time, with the route running from Dakar to Agadez, Niger and back to Dakar. Citroen's withdrawal due to a rule change paved the way for Mitsubishi to take a fourth victory. Japan's Kenjiro Shinozuka became the first"
"Danny Kent, Esteve Rabat, Gabor Talmacsi, John Kocinski, Jorge Lorenzo, Julian Simon, Kasuto Sakata, Kenny Roberts Jr, Loris Capirossi, Manuel Poggiali, Marc Marquez, Marco Melandri, Marco Simoncelli, Max Biaggi, Mike De Meglio, Nicolás Terol, Pol Espargaro, Roberto Locatelli, Stefan Bradl, Tetsuyo Harada, Toni Elias, Valentino Rossi and Wayne Rainey. Fred Merkel won the 1986 World Superbike Championship using Öhlins suspension, with additional titles being won by Ben Spies, Carl Fogarty, Carlos Checa, Doug Polen, James Toseland, Max Biaggi, Neil Hodgson, Raymond Roche, Scott Russell, Sylvain Guintoli, Troy Bayliss and Troy Corser. In 1993, Nigel Mansell won the CART IndyCar series"
"250cc Championship #1 Honda RS250R 1998- 30th, 500cc Grand Prix #22 Honda NSR500V 1999- 19th, 500cc Grand Prix #22 Honda NSR500V 2000- 22nd, 500cc Grand Prix #22 Honda NSR500V / 22nd, 250cc World Championship Honda RS250R 2001- French Supersport 600 Championship #22 Honda CBR600RR 2002- 1st, Le Mans 24 Hours / 1st, Bol d'Or Suzuki GSX-R1000 2003- 2nd, Le Mans 24 Hours / 1st, 24 Hours of Spa / 1st, Bol d'Or Suzuki GSX-R1000 2004- 1st, Endurance FIM World Championship #94 Yamaha YZF-R1 2005- 16th, Superbike World Championship #32 Yamaha YZF-R1 2006- 19th, Superbike World Championship #16 Yamaha YZF-R1 2007-"
"Max Biaggi Massimiliano ""Max"" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion and winner of the 2010 and 2012 World Superbike Championship. Throughout his racing career, he has won the 250cc World Championship four consecutive times, and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and MotoGP championships. In 2007 he switched to the World Superbike Championship, finishing third overall as a rookie and earned his first Superbike World Championship in 2010 becoming only the 2nd European from outside the United Kingdom after Raymond Roche to do so. Biaggi"
"1994 Ten Kate entered road racing maintenance. From 1995, the team entered its own team in regional Dutch road racing. Managed by Ronald ten Kate, each season Ten Kate Racing has increased in scope and size, and now takes a team of 28 - including technicians, administrative staff and four riders - to contest the World Superbike and Supersport champ: The team first entered the Supersport World Championship full-time in , using Honda CBR600F4i motorcycles. In Ten Kate rider Fabien Foret won the championship, Honda's first in Supersport. The team went on to win all of the last six Supersport"
"racing became two distinct AMA Pro Racing championships. Tammy Kirk became the first woman to score GNC points in 1983. Scott Parker began his historic championship run for Harley-Davidson in 1988. 1990s - DOMINANCE: HARLEY REIGNS SUPREME: With the exit of Honda, Harley-Davidson dominated the sport relatively unopposed throughout the 1990s. In 1993, the Harley-Davidson 883 Sportster division was introduced, featuring nearly street-legal bikes. Chris Carr won championships in 1992 and 1999, and Scott Parker claimed an unprecedented nine championships by the end of the decade. In 1999, the SuperTracker division was created, introducing a large number of DOT-approved four-stroke,"
"over the three seasons 1991, 1992, 1993 he competed in 16 World Cup races. After three years travelling the world, Christophe returned to France. It proved to be a good decision: he won the France Superbike Championship in 1998. Today, he remains the only ""private"" rider to have won this prestigious competition. And the first rider under his management, Sébastien Scarnato, finished runner-up in the France Supersport 600 cm3. Team GMT94 widened their horizons in 1999 with entry to the World Endurance Championship. Nicolas Dussauge joined Sébastien Scarnato in the team. Success came in the very first races with a"
"2008 and 2011 Superbike World Championship with its 1098 R,(2011 was won by a 1198 by Carlos Checa) along with the 2008 British Superbike Championship. Ducati have won 17 World Championships since the Superbike World Championship was established in 1988. Xavier Siméon won the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup season. Michael Rutter won the Macau Grand Prix in 2011. For 2009, Ducati took the past success of the 1098 and modified it to honour a racing legend and to improve the performance of the Superbike. Key changes include an upgrade into a 180 hp 90° V-twin ""Testastretta Evoluzione"" engine, and"
"models as Emanuele Pirro won in 1994 and 1995 and Rinaldo Capello in 1996. Ex-F1 driver Emanuele Naspetti took BMW's second title in 1997. Alfa Romeo and Nordauto Engineering (the team that became N.Technology) had run the Alfa Romeo 155 during the 1993–1997 years but wouldn't win the series until they introduced their 156 model in 1998. Fabrizio Giovanardi won in that car both in 1998 and 1999. The cancellation of the FIA Super Production championship in 2002 would mean the resumption of the Superturismo championship, albeit now under Super Production rules and named the ""Superproduzione"". The SP cars were"
"Supersport racing with Triumph, but quit the team after just one unsuccessful race. He then joined Daffix Racing BMW for the Endurance World Championship, swapping rides with countryman Matthieu Lagrive. Sébastien Charpentier (motorcyclist) Sébastien Charpentier (born 26 March 1973 in La Rochefoucauld, Charente) is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the first man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and . He made his debut in 1996, when he won the France Honda CB500 Cup. In 1997 he participated in the Supersport European Championship, and since 1998 he has participated in Supersport World Series (that"
"Honda came to win. The RC45 only won one World Superbike championship with American John Kocinski when he won the 1997 FIM Superbike World Championship. Jim Moodie from a standing start, on an RC45 Honda lapped in 18:11.4 seconds, 124.45 mph in the 1999 Isle of Man TT. Miguel Duhamel won the 1995 US AMA Superbike and the 1996 Daytona 200 on an RC45. Miguel came in 2nd in 1996 and 2nd again 1997 on the RC45, then a season ending crash in 1998 injured his leg. However, Ben Bostrom won the 1998 AMA Superbike Championship on an RC45. The"
"John Kocinski John Kocinski (born March 20, 1968 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer whose successes include winning the 1990 250cc World Championship, and the 1997 Superbike World Championship title. At age seventeen, Kocinski was already a factory rider for Yamaha, in the AMA Championship Cup. He won the AMA 250 Grand Prix Championship every year from 1987 to 1989, and won the 1989 Supersport race at Daytona having started 53rd in a field of 80 riders. In 1988, he won the pole position at the 250cc US Grand Prix and finished the race"
"1st, Japan GP125 Super Cup #36 Honda RS125R 1993- 3rd, All Japan GP125 Championship #36 Honda RS125R 1994- 8th, 125cc World Championship #36 Honda RS125R 1995- 7th, 125cc World Championship #8 Honda RS125R 1996- 2nd, 125cc World Championship #7 Aprilia RS 125 R 1997- 5th, 125cc World Championship #2 Aprilia RS 125 R 1998- 7th, 125cc World Championship #5 Aprilia RS 125 R 1999- 18th, 250cc World Championship #36 TSR Honda RS125R 2001- 14th, All Japan GP125 Championship #39 Yamaha TZR125 2002- 12th, All Japan GP250 Championship #36 Yamaha TZR250 2003- 4th, All Japan GP250 Championship #12 Yamaha TZR250 2004-"
"Sébastien Charpentier (motorcyclist) Sébastien Charpentier (born 26 March 1973 in La Rochefoucauld, Charente) is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the first man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and . He made his debut in 1996, when he won the France Honda CB500 Cup. In 1997 he participated in the Supersport European Championship, and since 1998 he has participated in Supersport World Series (that became the Supersport World Championship in ) with Honda. His 2006 title victory came after Yamaha Germany's Kevin Curtain crashed in the final round while looking set for the crown."
"Kirk McCarthy Kirk Richard McCarthy (18 November 1966 – 15 August 2004), in Melbourne Victoria, Australia, was an Australian motorcycle road racer who competed in several major championships both at home and internationally. He was killed in an Australian Superbike Championship race at Queensland Raceway in 2004. McCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992, for the Ansett Suzuki team. In 1994 he joined the crack Winfield Honda team, and went on to win the 1995 title. This earned him a factory Superbike World Championship ride with Suzuki for 1996, finishing 13th overall without a podium. In 1998"
"respectively. Points system from 1969 to 1987: Points system from 1988 to 1991: Points system in 1992: Points system from 1993 onwards: Niall Mackenzie Niall Macfarlane Mackenzie (born 19 July 1961) is a Scottish former professional motorcycle road racer. Mackenzie, who hails from Fankerton, near Denny, Stirlingshire; won the British Superbike Championship three times from 1996 to 1998 with the Rob McElnea-run Yamaha team, and the British 250cc and 350cc titles twice earlier in his career. He had a long career in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing circuit, debuting in 1984 in the 250cc class. He moved up to the"
"#3 Yamaha YZF-R1 2010- 1st, Endurance World Cup #95 Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 1st, QIRRCH #80 Suzuki GSX-R1000 2011- 11th, Endurance World Cup #95 Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 1st, QIRRCH #1 Suzuki GSX-R1000 2012- 7th, Endurance World Cup #95 Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 1st, QIRRCH #01 Suzuki GSX-R1000 2013- 1st, QIRRCH #01 Suzuki GSX-R1000 / 1st, Le Mans 24 Hours Suzuki GSX-R1000 2014- 1st, Qatar Superbike Championship #1 Kawasaki ZX-10R / 2nd, Endurance World Cup #95 Kawasaki ZX-10R 2015- 1st, Qatar Superbike Championship #1 Kawasaki ZX-10R / 11th, Endurance World Cup #95 Kawasaki ZX-10R 2016- 1st, Qatar Superbike Championship #1 Kawasaki ZX-10R /"
"Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as """"Jaja"""" (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the world in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he suffered altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España in 1995; as well as the leader's jersey, he won the sprinter's"
"1999 and was still winning Grand Prix's, he never threatened the top. It was Sweden, represented by Tony Rickardsson, the 1994 champion, who took over. Rickardsson won four titles from 1998 to 2002, only interrupted by Mark Loram in 2000. Englishman Loram has the dubious honour of being the first (and so far only) SGP World Champion not to win a Grand Prix during his championship year, though his consistency in reaching the Semi-final at each event and being runner-up in the first 2 rounds saw him score enough points to defeat Hamill and Rickardsson. Although Dane Nicki Pedersen and"
"under braking). Fred Merkel won the inaugural Superbike World Championship riders and manufacturers titles, and repeated this feat in 1989. Robert Dunlop won the 1989 Macau Grand Prix, and Steve Hislop did the same in 1990. The VFR400R (NC30) closely resembles the VFR750R (RC30). The RC30 was superseded some four years after the last one was built by the Honda RVF750 RC45 in 1994. Honda VFR750R The Honda VFR750R, frame designation 'RC30', was a fully faired solo seat only racing motorcycle created for homologation purposes for the World Superbike Championship by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). It was first released to"
"Championship: Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 2005: 5th, Superbike World Championship: Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki GSX-R1000 2004: 3rd, British Superbike Championship: Rizla Suzuki Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2003: 7th, British Superbike Championship: Rizla Suzuki Crescent Suzuki GSX-R1000 2002: Suzuki MotoGP Test Rider Suzuki GSV-R 2001: 4th, All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike Suzuki GSX-R750 2000: 7th, All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike Suzuki GSX-R750 1999: 16th, All Japan Road Race Championship Superbike Suzuki GSX-R750 1998: 13th, All Japan Road Race Championship GP250 Suzuki RGV250 1997: 3rd, All Japan Road Race Championship GP250 Suzuki RGV250 1996: 11th, All Japan Road"