In a 10-year span from 1999 to 2009 that continues to defy belief in hindsight, Mat Mladin notched seven AMA Superbike titles and won 82 AMA Superbike nationals.
Mathew Mladin is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer who last raced in 2009, riding a Yoshimura Suzuki in the AMA Superbike series..
Mat Mladin
Australian motorcycle racer
Mathew Mladin (born 10 March , in Camden, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer who last raced in , riding a YoshimuraSuzuki in the AMA Superbike series.
He won the title seven times (no other rider has won more than five), and holds series records for wins (83), poles (50) and poles in a season (10).
Career
Early years (–)
Born in Camden, a suburb of Sydney, Mladin began his professional racing career in He won the Australian Superbike Championship that year, and made his debut in the cc World Championship class the following year, disappointed at finishing in position thirteen and at his treatment by the Cagiva factory team.[1]
A plane crash in nearly cost him his foot,[2] but he returned in time to finish second in the Australian Superbike championship.[citation needed]
AMA (–)
Mladin joined the AMA Superbike series in , riding for Yoshimura Suzuki, and finis