PREVIEW
ROAD RACE
P54
WORLD SUPERBIKES AT LAGUNA SECA
AND THE WINNER IS…
After 10 rounds and 20 races of World
Superbike racing on the Monterey Peninslua,
who is the winningest World Superbike racer
of all time at Laguna Seca?
Actually, four riders are tied with three race
wins each – Anthony Gobert, Troy Corser,
John Kocinski and Ben Bostrom.
RACE WINS
2004 – V IS FOR VERMEULEN
>>The last World Superbike race was held at Mazda Raceway
Laguna Seca on July 11, 2004 and both races were won by
Ten Kate Honda's Chris Vermeulen, the Aussie beating PierFrancesco Chili in race one and James Toseland in race two.
>>The series was using Pirelli spec tires and for the first time
in 10 years of racing Laguna there were no American wild card
riders in the race.
>>It was the first doubleheader World Superbike sweep for
Vermeulen.
>>The best lap of the weekend for the Dunlop-using AMA
Superbike riders was a 1:24.906 (Ben Bostrom); the best
for the spec-tire Pirelli-mounted World Superbikes was a
1:26.782 (Pier-Francesco Chili).
ANTHONY GOBERT – (3) 1995, 1996 and 1999
TROY CORSER – (3) 1995, 1998 and 2000
JOHN KOCINSKI – (3) 1996 and 1998
BEN BOSTROM – (3) 1999 and 2001
NORIYUKI HAGA – (2) 1998 and 2000
CHRIS VERMEULEN – (2) 2004
TROY BAYLISS – (1) 2002
COLIN EDWARDS – (1) 2002
RUBEN XAUS – (1) 2003
PIER-FRANCESCO CHILI – (1) 2003
John Kocinski (3) leads Doug Chandler
(1) through the Corkscrew en route to
his double win in 1997.
(Top) Chris Vermeulen dominated
the final World Superbike round at
Laguna Seca, winning both times
out on the Ten Kate Honda.
(Bottom) Brit James Toseland (52)
finished second to Vermeulen in
race two.
