Doug Polen

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Doug Polen
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Polen at Suzuka in 1990.
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Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active yearsTemplate:SBK - Template:SBK, Template:SBK - Template:SBK
ManufacturersDucati, Honda
Championships2 (Template:SBK, Template:SBK)
1995 championship position-
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
80 27 40 17 17 1002

Douglas Eugene Polen (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer.[1] Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in Template:SBK and Template:SBK.[2][3] He raced successfully in AMA Superbike, Japanese Superbike Championship, Superbike World Championship and endurance racing. Polen was inducted to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011.[1][4]

Motorcycle racing career

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Polen's family moved to Denton, Texas, where he began his motorcycle road racing career in 1977 as a privateer racer.[1] Injuries sustained in a crash in mid-1982 made Polen decide to quit racing but, friends convinced him to begin racing again in late 1985.[1] In 1986, he competed in the newly created Suzuki GSXR National Cup Series. He was so successful at winning races that in only two years, he earned $260,000 in contingency fees while competing in the Suzuki sponsored series.[5] He earned more money than any privateer rider in the history of American motorcycle racing.[5] His success earned him a contract to race for the Yoshimura Suzuki racing team in 1988.[1][6] With the Yoshimura team, he became the first competitor to win both the AMA 750cc Superbike and the 600cc Supersport titles.[1]

In 1989, Polen had the opportunity to race for the Yoshimura team in Japan, winning the Formula 1 and Formula 3 in the All Japan Road Race Championship, the first time anyone had captured both titles the same season.[1] While in Japan, Polen received a one-time offer to race in the Japanese round of the Template:SBK Superbike World Championship and, made an impressive debut by winning the first race and finishing the second race in fourth place.[2] Polen joined Eraldo Ferracci's "Fast By Ferracci" Ducati racing team to compete in the 1991 Superbike World Championship.[1] He won the championship in a dominating fashion, winning 17 of 24 races in the series and finishing 150 points ahead of his nearest rival, the defending world champion Raymond Roche.[1][2] He also set a World Superbike Championship record by winning 6 consecutive pole positions, a record which stood for 18 years until it was broken by Ben Spies in Template:SBK.[3][7] Polen successfully defended his title by winning the 1992 Superbike World Championship.[1][2] He also finished third overall in the 1992 AMA Superbike national championship.[1]

In 1993, Polen left the world championship to compete exclusively in the United States and won the AMA Superbike national championship.[1] In Template:SBK. he joined the UK-based Castrol Honda team to race the then-new RC45 in the Superbike World Championship, insisting that the team use Dunlop tyres due to his close ties with the company.[8] He left the team abruptly in early Template:SBK but not before teaming up with Aaron Slight to win the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race for Honda.[9][10] He teamed up with Peter Goddard to win the 1997 FIM Endurance World Championship before switching to a Honda to win the 1998 Endurance World Championship with Christian Lavieille.[1]

Polen's total of 18 AMA pole positions was a record until Mat Mladin matched it in 2006. His 13 fastest laps in World Superbike competition in Template:SBK is a single-season championship record.[11] After retiring from racing, Polen formed a road racing school to help motorcyclists improve their skills. In 2011 Polen was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.[1]

Career statistics

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year[2] Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1988 Suzuki GBR
EX 		GBR
EX 		HUN HUN GER GER AUT AUT JPN JPN FRA FRA POR POR AUS AUS NZL NZL NC 0
1989 Suzuki GBR GBR HUN HUN CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT FRA FRA JPN
1 		JPN
4 		GER GER ITA ITA AUS AUS NZL NZL 21st 33
1990 Suzuki SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN
8 		JPN
DNS 		FRA FRA ITA ITA MAL MAL AUS AUS NZL NZL 48th 8
1991 Ducati GBR
1 		GBR
Ret 		SPA
1 		SPA
1 		CAN CAN USA
1 		USA
1 		AUT
2 		AUT
1 		SMR
1 		SMR
1 		SWE
1 		SWE
1 		JPN
1 		JPN
1 		MAL
4 		MAL
5 		GER
1 		GER
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
1 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		AUS
2 		AUS
1 		1st 432
1992 Ducati SPA
2 		SPA
6 		GBR
6 		GBR
4 		GER
1 		GER
1 		BEL
5 		BEL
1 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
1 		AUT
3 		AUT
5 		ITA
2 		ITA
3 		MAL
8 		MAL
1 		JPN
1 		JPN
1 		NED
1 		NED
Ret 		ITA
10 		ITA
5 		AUS
2 		AUS
4 		NZL
1 		NZL
2 		1st 371
1994 Honda GBR
9 		GBR
7 		GER
5 		GER
3 		ITA
12 		ITA
15 		SPA
6 		SPA
7 		AUT
3 		AUT
3 		INA
4 		INA
6 		JPN
10 		JPN
16 		NED
11 		NED
Ret 		SMR
11 		SMR
7 		EUR
12 		EUR
Ret 		AUS
11 		AUS
11 		4th 158
1995 Honda GER GER SMR
17 		SMR
Ret 		GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED INA INA AUS AUS NC 0

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year[12] Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst
1989 500cc Suzuki JPN
Ret 		AUS USA SPA NAT GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR SWE CZE BRA NC 0

FIM Endurance World Championship

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1997 Suzuki Template:Flagicon Doug Polen
Template:Flagicon Peter Goddard 		1st
1998 Honda RC45 Template:Flagicon Doug Polen
Template:Flagicon Christian Lavieille 		1st

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year Team Co-Rider Bike Pos
1994 Template:Flagicon Team HRC Template:Flagicon Aaron Slight
Template:Flagicon Doug Polen 		Honda RVF750 RC45 1st

MotoAmerica SuperBike Championship

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2009 SuperBike Yamaha DAY
 FON
 FON
 RAT
 RAT
 BAR
 BAR
 INF
 INF
 RAM
13 		RAM
19 		LAG
 OHI
 OHI
 HRT
 HRT
 VIR
 VIR
 NJE
 NJE
 33rd 10

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doug Polen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rider Profile - Doug Polen". wsb-archives.co.uk. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DeWitt, Norman L. (2010). Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers: The American Heroes. ISBN 9781610600453. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ducati celebrates the AMA Hall of Fame Induction of two legends: Phil Schilling and Doug Polen". motorcycledaily.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doug Polen: King of Club Racers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Aztrackday Superbike School To Offer Instruction By Polen". Road Racing World. December 11, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spies Breaks Record, Earns Seventh Consecutive World Superbike Pole Position, At Miller". roadracingworld.com. May 30, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dean Adams. "Eraldo's Boy Speaks Out: Interview with Larry Ferracci from 1995". Superbike Planet. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1994 Suzuka 8 Hours results". motoracing-japan.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2006 Superbike World Championship - Round 12 - Magny Cours". mcnews.com.au (Motorcycle News Australia). October 8, 2006. Archived from the original on October 7, 2006. Retrieved August 25, 2007.
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