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WORLD SUPERBIKE PREV IEW Carl Fogarty lead s the World Superbike Championship coming into the Laguna Seca round of the series, but john Kocinski has closed the gap... AUSTRALIA earl Fogarty john Kocins ki Aa ron Slight Simo n Crafa r Pier-Francesco Chili Scott Russell Colin Edward s jam ie Wh itha m Akira Yanagawa .10. Neil Hodgson I I. l'iergiorgio Bontem pi 12. An d reas Meklau 13. Pere Riba Cabana 14. Mike Hale 15. Troy Bayliss The FlM pays poin ts back to 15th place in World Superbike racing. " H e r e ' s th e brea kdo wn o n th e poi nts payou t. Win 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th . : 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th :: 25 po ints .20 po ints 16 points 13 po ints 11 points .10 points 9 points 8 points .7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point ENGLAND GERMA NY ITALY TOTAl. 20/13 25/9 0/25 16/16 0/0 9/10 0/20 0/5 13 / 0 0/0 0/6 8/3 7/2 0/0 11/11 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. SAN MA RINO 16/16 20/25 13/20 11/9 25/0 0/ 10 10/8 0/0 0/ 11 9/13 8 /0 0/0 7/7 0/ 4 0 /0 20/25 6/11 25/16 16/ 13 0/20 10 / 9 11/1 0 8/6 0/0 13/7 5 /0 0/2 0/1 I /O 0/0 13/25 20/2 25/0 0/10 11/9 16/13 9/11 2/16 8/20 10/8 5 /5 6/6 0/0 7/0 0 /0 16/1 3 25/20 20/11 13/9 9/25 11/ 8 0/0 10/16 8/0 0/0 7/10 5 /0 0/5 6/7 0/0 177 163 155 113 Don't think for a minute that these gu ys race just for cham pio nship poin ts. Here are the payout figures, per leg, based o n conversion figures from Swiss Francs. The total pt=e, per leg, is $77,804. Win 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th-15th 16th-20th 21st-25th 26th-30th 31st-36th : , $9504 $7920 $5544 $4753 $3960 $3168 .$2851 $2520 $2232 $1872 $1728 $1584 .$1296 $1152 $936 99 96 79 63 60 60 46 30 29 25 22 Duca ti is the ail-conqu ering brand in World Superbike racing, but Honda has closed the gap every so Slightly in 1997. Ducati Honda Kawasaki Yamaha 5. Bimota 6. Su zuki 128 wins 31 wins 29 wins 23 wins 10 wins 2 wins Fred Mer kel wo n all 01 his elghl World Supe rblke faces and two World Champ ions hips abo ard Hondas. Fabrizio Pirovano has started in 183 Wor ld Sup erb lke race s In his career. The it ali an now competes In the Sup ers po rt World series on 8 Ducatl. ALL·TIME W R DSUPERBIKE WIN UST OL Ame ricans rul e. Well, at least in th e his tory of Wor ld Superbike r a ci n g ' tha oks to rid e r s li ke Scot t Russell, Fred Merkel, joho Koci ns k i, a nd a m an by th e name of Doug Polen. Again, Carl Fogarty is at the top of the list. Four riders listed are currently active in the series, and Doug Chand ler wou ld like to add two wins at Laguna Sera to bring his total to four. Winning percentages based o n races started are also listed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. earl Fogarty Doug Polen Raym ond Roch eGianca rlo Falappa Scott Russell Tro y Corser Stefane Mert ens Fabrizio Pirovan o Fred Merk el John Kocinski Aaron Sligh t 12. Anthony Gobert Pier-Francesco Chili 14. Davide Tardozzi 15. Rob Phillis 10 wins in 183 starts" (.054) 8 wins in 114 start> (,070) 8 wins in 34 starts (.235) 8 wins in 148 starts (.054) 6 wins in 43 starts (.139) 6 wins in 58 starts (.103) 5 wins in 75 starts (.066) 4 wins in 106 sta rts (.037) "the mos t !'t.l rb in World Superbike history 24 I. United States 2. Great Britain . 3. Italy 4. Au stralia 5. France 6. Belgium 7. N ew Zea land 8. Canada 9. japan 10. Austria 41 wins in 151 starts (.27l) 27 wins in 78 starts (.346) 23 wino; in 97 starts (.23 7) 16 wins in 106 s tarts (.150) 14 wins in 78 starts (,]79 ) 11 wins in 60 starts (.183) 11 wins in 164 starts (.067) 60 wins 44 wins 40 wins 30 wins 25 wins 11 wins 8 'wi ns 2 wins 2 wins 1 wi n ~ \ D1ESEL ~Je ~UPERBI \. ~LD C HA MP ION Dou g Polen leads all America ns w tth 27 Worl d SuperbIke victories.