Carl Fogarty holds the second highest number of race wins at 59.
25 Facts About Carl Fogarty
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Carl Fogarty is the son of former motorcycle racer George Fogarty.
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In 2011, Fogarty was named a FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.
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Carl Fogarty was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours, and helped to develop the Petronas FP1 racing motorcycle campaigned in the early 2000s.
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Carl Fogarty won the 14th series of I'm a Celebrity.
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Carl Fogarty did ultimately take his first WSBK win at Donington Park, and finished the championship ninth overall despite only completing a partial season.
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Carl Fogarty battled with Scott Russell for the title, winning 11 races to the American's five, but losing out on consistency to finish behind him.
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Carl Fogarty was fit and hungry for the title, having been so close the previous season; but he would be using the new Ducati 916.
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Carl Fogarty missed the Hockenheim races with a broken wrist, but fought back to beat Russell and Aaron Slight to the crown.
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Carl Fogarty was forced to retire from racing in 2000 after a racing incident at Phillip Island when he hit privateer Ducati rider Robert Ulm and crashed.
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Carl Fogarty suffered multiple injuries, including a serious shoulder injury which failed to heal well-enough to allow him to race again.
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Carl Fogarty was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Troy Bayliss.
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Carl Fogarty had much greater success at Assen, winning all but one race there between 1995 and 1999.
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Carl Fogarty won the 1985 Lightweight Newcomers event at the Manx Grand Prix and went on to win three TT races.
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Carl Fogarty made a total of 26 Isle of Man TT starts, breaking the lap record in 1992.
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Carl Fogarty made several starts in Moto GP, filling in for Pierfrancesco Chili on an ROC bike for a while in 1990, with a best finish of sixth at the Swedish Grand Prix.
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Carl Fogarty contested the 500cc British Grand Prix several times.
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Carl Fogarty was set for third when he ran out of fuel, coasting over the line in fourth behind three Yamahas.
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Carl Fogarty said that the pace car regrouping following the yellow flag allowed Russell to close the gap significantly.
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In 1993, Carl Fogarty won both superbike races at the North West 200 on board a Moto Cinelli Ducati 888.
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Carl Fogarty rode a Harris Yamaha 500 GP bike in 1992 to victory in the Macau Grand Prix.
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Carl Fogarty was never a person to stray away from controversy in the WSB paddock, and even in retirement, he frequently voices his opinion in which he often berates past rivals such as Troy Corser and Neil Hodgson.
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In 2014, Carl Fogarty won the fourteenth series of ITV' I'm a Celebrity.
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In July 2016, Carl Fogarty was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire.
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Carl Fogarty backed the Conservative Party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.