World Superbikes
The First 15 Years
Published on 14. November 2002
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85960-897-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Brands Hatch round of the World Superbike Championship attracts a huge following. Even without the attraction of four-time champion Carl Fogarty in 2001, over 100,000 fans came through the gate. The second edition of this title brings right up to date the story of the mega-popular WSB series - the riders, machines, politics, and results.
Reviews / Votes
For the past three years the World Superbike Championship has been the UK's biggest one-day sporting event. This fact-packed book brings the story right up to date including, riders, machines, politics and results.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Haynes Publishing Group
Illustrations
200 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 195 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85960-897-5 (9781859608975)
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Persons
Julian Ryder - author of World Superbike Winners: All the men, all the machines - reported on the World Superbike Championship for seven years. He now commentates on the motorcycle Grands Prix for Eurosport. He lives near Crewe in Cheshire.
Content
Introductory chapter on Steve 'Motormouth' McLaughlin and the birth of Superbike. Year-by-year coverage of the Championship including the 2002 shoot-out. Illustrated by Kel Edge, who has photographed every race in the Championship from its inception. Race-by-race results up to the first 15 places. Live TV coverage of World Superbikes on British Eurosport and same-day coverage on the BBC's Sunday Grandstand. Charismatic Champions from Flyin' Fred Merkel to Carl Fogarty and Troy Bayliss. All four Japanese factories - Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha - involved, plus Ducati and Aprilia from Italy.