Doug Poland

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Poland in 1990 on Suzuki in the Suzuka 8-hour race
Model of Poland's Ducati 888 from the 1993 season

Doug Poland (born September 2, 1960 in Detroit ( Michigan )) is a retired American motorcycle racer .

In 1991 and 1992 he won the Superbike World Championship . He was also successful in the AMA Superbike Championship , the Japanese Superbike Championship and the Endurance World Championship .

Career

Poland began his career in the American Superbike Championship, the AMA Superbike Championship , as a privateer driver in the early 1980s. He then left racing for some time and returned to the AMA Superbike Championship in 1986. In the 1988 season he started on a Yoshimura Suzuki factory machine. In the 1989 season he competed in the Japanese motorcycle championship on Suzuki and was able to win this in the TT-F1 and TT-F3 classes .

In 1990 Doug Poland switched to Ducati and won the Superbike World Championship in 1991 on a Ducati 888 in the Fast By Ferracci Ducati Corse USA team of the US Ducati tuner Eraldo Ferracci . Poland dominated the entire season, won 17 of the 26 races held and at the end of the season was 150 points ahead of the runner-up, Ducati works driver Raymond Roche .

In 1992 Doug Poland formed the Ducati factory team Team Police Ducati together with Roche and Giancarlo Falappa . The American prevailed again in the title fight against Raymond Roche and managed to defend his world title. He also finished second in the AMA Superbike Championship that year. The following year Poland left the Superbike World Championship to compete exclusively in the AMA Superbike and won this championship.

For the 1994 season he switched back to the Superbike World Championship and drove for the Honda UK team, for which he took three third places. At the beginning of the next year, Doug Poland left the team and returned to the US Superbike Championship.

In 1997 won Poland Suzuki along with the Australian Peter Goddard , the World Endurance Championship and u. a. the included 24-hour motorcycle race at Le Mans . The following year he defended his title on a Honda with French rider Christian Lavieille .

Poland completed a total of 79 races in the Superbike World Championship, of which it won 27.

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personal data
SURNAME Poland, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit