Fred Merkel (born September 28, 1962, in Stockton, California) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike World Champion...
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bobsledder Earl Merkel (born 1955), American writer Fred Merkel (born 1962), American motorcycle road racer Friedrich Sigmund Merkel (1845–1919), German...
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Motorcycle Tyres Wins 2nd place 3rd place Team 1988 Fred Merkel Honda RC30 M 2 2 1 Rumi Honda 1989 Fred Merkel Honda RC30 P 3 2 5 Rumi Honda 1990 Raymond Roche...
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Kawasaki 6 Team Muzzy 1984 Fred Merkel Honda 10 American Honda 1985 Fred Merkel (2) Honda 6 American Honda 1986 Fred Merkel (3) Honda 2 American Honda...
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year as president, he once spoke disparagingly of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, stating, "I know the fucking krauts," and pointing to his father's portrait...
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AMA Superbike Championship for two years straight, 1984 and 1985 with Fred Merkel , who won also the following year 1986 aboard the RC24, Honda VFR750F...
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finished on 3 October at Manfeild Autocourse after 9 rounds. American Fred Merkel won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship...
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finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds. American Fred Merkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers'...
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first World Superbike title held in 1988 was won by a US competitor Fred Merkel. During the 1970s and 1980s the competition between European and Japanese...
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linkage through the swingarm (reducing rear wheel hop under braking). Fred Merkel won the inaugural Superbike World Championship riders and manufacturers...
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Merkle's Boner (redirect from Merkel's Boner)
Merkle's Boner refers to the notorious base-running mistake committed by rookie Fred Merkle of the New York Giants in a game against the Chicago Cubs on September...
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Sylvain Guintoli 2009–2017 9 1 32 Anthony Gobert 1994–1996, 1999–2000 8 Fred Merkel 1988–1993 8 2 34 Ben Bostrom 1998–2002, 2005 7 35 Michael van der Mark...
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Corser 4 1999 Carl Fogarty 4 1995 Carl Fogarty 4 1995 Troy Corser 4 1993 Scott Russell 4 1992 Giancarlo Falappa 4 1989 Fred Merkel 4 1989 Raymond Roche 4...
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McLaughlin (2001) Steve McLaughlin (2004) Steve McQueen (1999) Fred Merkel (2001) Joseph Merkel (1998) Heikki Mikkola (2006) Bill Miller (1998) Herby Miller...
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2nd to Joey Dunlop in both the F1 and Senior TT. In the United States, Fred Merkel and Wayne Rainey contested the 1986 AMA Camel Pro Championship, which...
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Rob Phillis Fred Merkel R2 Raymond Roche Giancarlo Falappa 3 R1 Hungaroring 30 April Malcolm Campbell Raymond Roche Fred Merkel R2 Fred Merkel Raymond Roche...
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McLaren Sports Cars 1995 Rick Mears Open Wheel 1998 Leo Mehl Historic 2007 Fred Merkel Motorcycles 2018 Louis Meyer Historic 1993 Ken Miles Sports Cars 2001...
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Honda Gallina Team Honda Honda NSR500 9 Pierfrancesco Chili All 33 84 Fred Merkel 5, 11–12 Cabin Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500 10 Rob McElnea 6–15 25...
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Bradl, Tetsuya Harada, Toni Elias, Valentino Rossi and Wayne Rainey. Fred Merkel won the 1986 World Superbike Championship using Öhlins suspension, with...
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(996) GT3 Cup 2002 Hungaroring Porsche Supercup round World SBK 1:47.875 Fred Merkel Honda RC30 1990 Hungaroring World SBK round 125cc 1:50.150 Fausto Gresini...
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Date Winning Rider Winning Team 1989 Race 1 Rothman's Superbike June 4 Fred Merkel Team Rumi RCM Race 2 Giancarlo Falappa Bimota SpA 1990 Race 1 Bud Superbike...
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University John Henry Manny, inventor, founder of Manny Reaper Works Fred Merkel, broadcast engineer for Premiere Networks and iHeartMedia Anna Peck Sill...
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Kawasaki 125 0 11 Scott Russell Kawasaki 83 0 12 Kevin Magee Yamaha 71 1 13 Fred Merkel Yamaha 65 0 14 Christer Lindholm Yamaha 50 0 15 Adrien Morillas Yamaha...
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Tokuno Honda RVF750 195 8:01'40"102 1984 1 Honda America Mike Baldwin Fred Merkel Honda RS750R [it] 191 8:01'30"35 1983 6 HB Suzuki France [fr] Hervé Moineau...
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Jorge Martínez 80cc World Championship Superbike World Championship Fred Merkel 1988 Superbike World Championship season Speedway World Championship...
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series to win the title three consecutive times (after Reg Pridmore, Fred Merkel and Mat Mladin, who accomplished the feat twice). This included an AMA...
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Starkey's Bridge on the final lap. Three-time AMA Superbike champion Fred Merkel would take second, and Burnett third. Due to the points system being...
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8 races were run over the Easter weekend. Kevin Schwantz won 4 and Fred Merkel two. Britain beat the USA 314-214. Kevin Schwantz was the top scorer...
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class until 1994 with his best result being a second-place finish behind Fred Merkel in the 1989 season, while riding for Honda. In 1995 he began to compete...
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80cc World Championship Manuel Herreros Superbike World Championship Fred Merkel 1989 Superbike World Championship season Speedway World Championship...
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