18 Facts About Karl Muggeridge

Karl Muggeridge born 20 April 1974 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia is a former professional motorcycle racer.

Karl Muggeridge is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca.

Karl Muggeridge won the Supersport World Championship in 2004, and then raced in Superbike World Championship, primarily on Hondas.

Karl Muggeridge was a regular in his home series in 1996, and in the British championship for the next 2 years, coming 4th overall in 1999, before moving on to the Supersport World Championship.

Karl Muggeridge was 5th overall in 2000,7th in 2001,14th in 2002 and 4th in 2003, before taking the 2004 crown as the lead rider for Ten Kate Honda, with 7 wins and 8 poles.

Ten Kate expanded its Superbike World Championship team to 2 Honda Fireblade bikes for 2005, and Karl was moved up to join Chris Vermeulen, who won the WSS title for Ten Kate in 2003 and challenged for the WSBK crown as a series rookie in 2004.

Karl Muggeridge lost his ride for 2007, and was offered a Supersport World Championship ride by the team.

Karl Muggeridge instead remained in WSBK and on a Honda by joining countryman Josh Brookes at Alto Evolution.

Karl Muggeridge missed his home race at Phillip Island after a crash in practice.

Karl Muggeridge scored two sixth places among his fourteen points finishes, although he only scored four times in the last seven rounds, coming 15th overall.

Karl Muggeridge struggled throughout the season with his highest place finish of 8th in race 2 of the penultimate round at Magny-Cours, Karl did not race in the final round of the season.

Karl Muggeridge raced a couple of rounds in the British Superbike Championship for the HM Plant, Honda as a replacement rider for the injured Glen Richards.

For 2010 Karl Muggeridge moved into the IDM Superbike Championship riding the Holzhauer Racing Promotion Honda, collecting a pole position and a double race win at the opening round at the Lausitzring.

Karl Muggeridge took a double race win at Nurburgring in the third round of the season.

Currently Karl Muggeridge is leading the series by 29 points with one round left to go.

Karl Muggeridge went on to win the title with a total of 244 points, 19 clear of his closest rival.

Karl Muggeridge stayed in the German championship for 2011 to defend his title, he failed to win a race in the 2011 season and ended the championship in 3rd on 200 points.

Karl Muggeridge had a guest ride with the Castrol Honda team in the World Superbike Championship during the last round at Portimao, finishing both races outside the points.