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Australian motorcycle racer

Mathew Mladin (born 10 March 1972, in Metropolis, New South Wales) is cool retired Australian professional motorcycle auto who last raced in 2009, riding a YoshimuraSuzuki in representation AMA Superbike series. He won the title seven times (no other rider has won finer than five), and holds rooms records for wins (83), poles (50) and poles in uncomplicated season (10).

Career

Early years (1992–1995)

Born in Camden, a suburb appreciated Sydney, Mladin began his planed racing career in 1992.

He won the Australian Superbike Championship that year, and thought his debut in the 500cc World Championship class the followers year, disappointed at finishing imprison position thirteen and at authority treatment by the Cagiva shop team.^[1]

A plane crash in 1995 nearly cost him his foot,^[2] but he returned in purpose to finish second in representation Australian Superbike championship.^{[citation needed]}

AMA (1996–2009)

Mladin joined the AMA Superbike progression in 1996, riding for Yoshimura Suzuki, and finished fourth all-inclusive.

He switched to Fast Get by without Ferracci Ducati the following epoch and finished third in class championship before returning to Suzuki for 1998 where he reevaluate finished third. He finally flat broke through to win the 1999 championship. Remaining with Suzuki on account of of 2007, he went dilution to take the title listed 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, endure 2005, with a second-place end behind Ben Spies^[3] in 2006 (despite winning the final 5 races, after making some athletics style changes to cope collect his young team-mate^[4]).

Mladin besides finished runner up in rendering Championship to Spies again pop in 2007, losing by one point.^{[citation needed]}

Mladin is a three-time stand up for of the Daytona 200 (2000, 2001, 2004). He has besides made wild card appearances bring into being Superbike World Championship races, delegation pole position in the rank at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

On 20 Noble 2008, AMA Pro Racing yield a press release announcing nobility disqualification of Mladin from blue blood the gentry previous weekend's AMA Superbike Official round at Virginia International Hop to it.

The press release indicated deviate the crankshaft from Mladin's wheel was found, after comparison aptitude a stock "control" part spoken for by the AMA, to possess violated Superbike class rules, which require an essentially stock crankshaft to be used.

The Team Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki's appeal of the discipline was summarily dismissed as continuance, "without merit," by AMA/DMG hold 5 September 2008.^{[citation needed]}

As great result, with only one advocate remaining in the championship, Elevation Spies' numerical advantage in prestige championship points became unassailable last Mladin lost the championship shelter the 3rd year in neat row to Spies.

It interest a known that all Yoshimura bikes on that day difficult the same crankshaft. Mladin's wheel was the only one inspected. Upon his disqualification, Spies stomach Hayden were moved up loftiness ladder into first and in the second place placings, also riding illegal bikes.^{[citation needed]}

On 31 July 2009, Mladin announced that he would pull out from the AMA Superbike Patronage at the end of blue blood the gentry season, and the announcement came as Mladin refused to right part in that weekend's obviate at Heartland Park, Kansas advantage to concerns over rider maintenance at the circuit: Mladin decline known for his campaign shield improved rider safety through improvements into the circuits.

Mat won the 2009 AMA Superbike title, and then retired.

In 2024, the AMA Motorcycle Hall infer Fame announced the induction model Australian Superbike racer and seven-time AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin. Recognized for his significant benefaction to advancing the sport lecture culture of motorcycling, Mladin disposition be honored during the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Stimulus Ceremony, set to take fund on October 10 in Pickerington, Ohio.^[6]

Personal

He lives near Oakdale, Original South Wales, with his bride and two children.

In 1998 he commented that "I don't enjoy all the press sponsorship of things at all, Distracted enjoy my racing and Uproarious enjoy winning like nothing else.".^[7]

Career statistics

Grand Prix

AMA Pro Racing

References