WSBK Qatar thread SPOILERS

Randy · Feb 26, 2008

squeezer said:
Randy -- what was the answer to the trivia question?

Did my best to find the answer and I think this is the first year where there was no representation from the UK or US.

feejer222 · Feb 28, 2008

Randy said:
Was talking to Graham and I think we might have a trivia question in the making - when was the last time the WSBK championship was held without representation from the US or UK?

The Mrs did some research but can only find results showing wild cards so can't be certain. Got us beat Randy!

Randy · Feb 28, 2008

There were more from each country (US and/or UK) than what I will represent, but, here goes:

1988: Fred Merkel

1989: Fred Merkel

1990: Doug Chandler

1991: Doug Polen

1992: Doug Polen

1993: Carl Fogarty

1994: Scott Russell

1995: Carl Fogarty

1996: Colin Edwards

1997: Carl Fogarty

1998: Carl Fogarty

1999: Carl Fogarty

2000: Colin Edwards

2001: Ben Bostrom

2002: Neil Hodgson

2003: Neil Hodgson

2004: James Toseland

2005: James Toseland

2006: James Toseland

2007: James Toseland

2008: none from UK or US

squeezer · Feb 28, 2008

I kinda suspected the answer was "never," but I didn't know. Let's hope it's the last year.

feejer222 · Feb 28, 2008

Randy said:
There were more from each country (US and/or UK) than what I will represent, but, here goes:1988: Fred Merkel

1989: Fred Merkel

1990: Doug Chandler

1991: Doug Polen

1992: Doug Polen

1993: Carl Fogarty

1994: Scott Russell

1995: Carl Fogarty

1996: Colin Edwards

1997: Carl Fogarty

1998: Carl Fogarty

1999: Carl Fogarty

2000: Colin Edwards

2001: Ben Bostrom

2002: Neil Hodgson

2003: Neil Hodgson

2004: James Toseland

2005: James Toseland

2006: James Toseland

2007: James Toseland

2008: none from UK or US

Nice one.....

OK I am going to have to trust you here.....DONT CHEAT!

Without looking it up. Who won the first ever World Superbike race?

squeezer · Feb 28, 2008

feejer222 said:
Nice one.....
OK I am going to have to trust you here.....DONT CHEAT!

Without looking it up. Who won the first ever World Superbike race?

I cheated, so I won't say.

It's a cool answer, though.

I will note, however, that the bike was powered by a Yamaha engine.