Has anyone ever won the World Superbike Championship in their rookie year before this year?
Has anyone ever won the World Superbike Championship in their rookie year before this year?
I thought Chandler did... :?:
Thats a negative
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Wrong Doug... :lol:
So here is a list of rookie champs.
Fred Merkel
Doug Polen
Scott Ru$$ell
Arguably, Troy Bayliss
Ben Spies
Ben Spies IS the first rookie to win a SBK title. Check out the fourth paragraph.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...s-to-ben-spies
Bill Burr makes me laugh
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Although ,y short list is wrong, I'm not sure what the criteria is exactly. I was considering people that won the championship in their first full season of WSBK participation.
When Fred Merkel won the first time, it was the first year of WSBK...
I can't find Doug Polen on the rider roster of Race participants in 1990. He won in 1991.
I was way off with Ru$$el...
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Troy Bayliss participated in only 10/13 rounds. He was riding in the AMA that year for Ducati, but replaced Fogarty for the season when he crashed in P.I.
I could very well be missing something. Where are you coming up with the info? Did you look, or just read the article?