Karl Muggeridge

Infobox Superbike rider


Name = Karl Muggeridge
Caption = Karl Muggeridge Brands Hatch 2007
Nationality = flagicon|AUS Australian
Birthdate = birth date and age|1974|04|20
Birthplace = Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Website = [http://www.muggas.com muggas.com]
Current team = D.F. Racing
Bike number = 31
Race Starts = 72
Race Wins =
Podiums =
Fastest laps =
Last season = 2008
Last position = 14th (20pts)

Karl Muggeridge born birth date and age|1974|04|20 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia is a professional motorcycle racer. He is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca. He won the Supersport World Championship in WorldSS|2004, and has raced in Superbike World Championship ever since, always on Hondas.

After several years of Motocross, "Muggas" began circuit racing in 1994, finishing 4th in his homeland's 250cc series a year later on a Suzuki. Over the next 3 years he did an assortment of races around the world, primarily on 600cc Supersport bikes. He was a regular in his home series in 1996, and in the British championship for the next 2 years, coming 4th overall in 1999, before moving on to the Supersport World Championship. He was 5th overall in WorldSS|2000, 7th in WorldSS|2001, 14th in WorldSS|2002 and 4th in WorldSS|2003, before taking the WorldSS|2004 crown as the lead rider for Ten Kate Honda, with 7 wins and 8 poles.

Ten Kate expanded its Superbike World Championship team to 2 Honda Fireblade bikes for 2005, and Karl was moved up to join Chris Vermeulen, who won the WSS title for Ten Kate in WorldSS|2003 and challenged for the WSBK crown as a series rookie in SBK|2004. SBK|2005 proved to be a tough year for Karl He finished the season 11th overall with 124 points.

In SBK|2006 a back injury caused him to miss the Valencia round [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/4904066.stm Muggeridge out with back injury] bbc.co.uk] and again failed to score a podium finish, despite strong qualifying runs including 3rd at Brands Hatch. He finished the season 12th with 123 points.

He lost his ride for SBK|2007, and was offered a Supersport World Championship ride by the team. He instead remained in WSBK and on a Honda by joining countryman Josh Brookes at Alto Evolution. He missed his home race at Phillip Island after a crash in practice. [http://www.track-news.com/wsbkrd2australia] track-news.com] At Monza he started 6th [http://www.worldsbk.com/details.php?newsid=1706&lang=eng] worldsbk.com] but crashed in the one race staged before heavy rain caused the event to be abandoned. The team missed Misano due to legal problems, and Brookes left the team, but Muggeridge returned at Brno. [http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/july/july16-22/july19AltoEvolutionbringinsecurityguards Czech World Superbikes: Alto Evolution bring in security guards] motorcyclenews.com] He finished the season 16th with 62 points.

For SBK|2008 he moved to the DFXtreme team, again on Hondas [http://www.worldsuperbikenews.co.uk/karl-muggeridge-happy-with-new-honda/67] . He has scored points twelve times, including two sixth places.

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External links

* [http://www.muggas.com muggas.com] Official website