This article is about the motorcycle road racer. For the Major League Baseball player with a similar name, see Fred Merkle.
Fred Merkel
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years
1988 - 1993
Manufacturers
Honda
Championships
2 (1988, 1989)
1993 championship position
11th (91,5 pts)
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
117
8
24
4
7
848,5
Fred Merkel (born September 28, 1962, in Stockton, California) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike World Champion.
FredMerkel (born September 28, 1962, in Stockton, California) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer and two-time Superbike World Champion...
AMA Superbike Championship for two years straight, 1984 and 1985 with FredMerkel , who won also the following year 1986 aboard the RC24, Honda VFR750F...
finished on 19 November at Manfeild Autocourse after 11 rounds. American FredMerkel won his second riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers'...
first World Superbike title held in 1988 was won by a US competitor FredMerkel. During the 1970s and 1980s the competition between European and Japanese...
finished on 3 October at Manfeild Autocourse after 9 rounds. American FredMerkel won the riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship...
linkage through the swingarm (reducing rear wheel hop under braking). FredMerkel won the inaugural Superbike World Championship riders and manufacturers...
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...
Rob Phillis FredMerkel R2 Raymond Roche Giancarlo Falappa 3 R1 Hungaroring 30 April Malcolm Campbell Raymond Roche FredMerkel R2 FredMerkel Raymond Roche...
McLaren Sports Cars 1995 Rick Mears Open Wheel 1998 Leo Mehl Historic 2007 FredMerkel Motorcycles 2018 Louis Meyer Historic 1993 Ken Miles Sports Cars 2001...
2nd to Joey Dunlop in both the F1 and Senior TT. In the United States, FredMerkel and Wayne Rainey contested the 1986 AMA Camel Pro Championship, which...
McLaughlin (2001) Steve McLaughlin (2004) Steve McQueen (1999) FredMerkel (2001) Joseph Merkel (1998) Heikki Mikkola (2006) Bill Miller (1998) Herby Miller...
Honda Gallina Team Honda Honda NSR500 9 Pierfrancesco Chili All 33 84 FredMerkel 5, 11–12 Cabin Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500 10 Rob McElnea 6–15 25...
Starkey's Bridge on the final lap. Three-time AMA Superbike champion FredMerkel would take second, and Burnett third. Due to the points system being...
80cc World Championship Manuel Herreros Superbike World Championship FredMerkel 1989 Superbike World Championship season Speedway World Championship...
series to win the title three consecutive times (after Reg Pridmore, FredMerkel and Mat Mladin, who accomplished the feat twice). This included an AMA...
Championship Jorge Martínez Speedway World Championship Hans Nielsen 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship AMA Superbike Championship FredMerkel...