Scott Russell

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Russell in 1993 on a Kawasaki at the Suzuka 8 Hours

Scott Russell (born October 28, 1964 in East Point , Georgia ) is a retired American motorcycle racer .

Career

Scott Russel contested the first races in the AMA in 1987 . After his first victories in the AMA 750 Supersport series (from 2002 AMA Superstock Championship) in 1988 and AMA Superbike Championship in 1989, he switched from Yoshimura- Suzuki to Kawasaki in the 1990 season . After two AMA 750 Supersport titles in 1990 & 1991, Russel was used in the 1992 Superbike World Championship for the first four races. After making a lasting impression in the World Championships, he won both the AMA 750 Supersport Championship and the AMA Superbike title and the prestigious Daytona 200 race in 1992 .

For the 1993 season , Rob Muzzy took over the management of the Kawasaki Superbike World Championship team with drivers Scott Russell and Aaron Slight . Russell made the leap to the world championship throne in his first year. In the same year, he and his team-mate Slight won the Suzuka 8-hour race . However, in 1994 he was unable to defend the Superbike World Championship against Carl Fogarty .

At the beginning of the 1995 season it became apparent that the Kawasaki was not very competitive, so Russell was looking for alternatives, which he eventually replaced the injured Kevin Schwantz in the 500 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship in the Lucky Strike Suzuki team found. After finishing tenth on his debut in Mugello , he still managed to score a few points, but he could not fill the gap that Schwantz had left.

For the 96 season he had already signed a lucrative contract for Alfred Inzinger's private promoter Ducati team. However, after heavy interventions by Kawasaki US and Ducati boss Claudio Castiglioni, the contract was not fulfilled. Instead of Russell, Troy Corser started the 96 season and won the title. In 1996 Russell achieved some respectable successes, but the breakthrough did not succeed. For the 1997 and 1998 seasons he signed with Yamaha for the Superbike World Championship. After 1997 went quite well with several podium places, he had to let himself be disenchanted by his young teammate Noriyuki Haga in 1998 .

For 1999 and 2000, Russell drove a Harley-Davidson VR 1000 in the AMA Superbike Championship , which was specially developed for racing, but here too he was overshadowed by his teammate. 2001 seemed like a good package for the meanwhile five-time Daytona 200 winner, but it was precisely in this race that Russell suffered serious injuries in an accident with his team-mate, of all places. The Vance & Hines Ducati on which he was riding was one of the best bikes in the field at the time, but the injuries were so serious that a comeback was impossible.

Sporting successes

year successes
1987
  • first race in the AMA
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000

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personal data
SURNAME Russell, Scott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH East Point (Georgia)