1. Mat Mladin won the title seven times, and holds series records for wins, poles and poles in a season.
10 Facts About Mat Mladin
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Mat Mladin won the Australian Superbike Championship that year, and made his debut in the 500cc World Championship class the following year, disappointed at finishing in position thirteen and at his treatment by the Cagiva factory team.
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Mat Mladin joined the AMA Superbike series in 1996, riding for Yoshimura Suzuki, and finished fourth overall.
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Mat Mladin switched to Fast By Ferracci Ducati the following year and finished third in the championship before returning to Suzuki for 1998 where he again finished third.
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Mat Mladin finally broke through to win the 1999 championship.
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Mat Mladin finished runner up in the Championship to Spies again in 2007, losing by one point.
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Mat Mladin is a three-time winner of the Daytona 200.
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Mat Mladin has made wild card appearances in Superbike World Championship races, taking pole position in the class at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 2003.
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The press release indicated that the crankshaft from Mat Mladin's bike was found, after comparison with a stock "control" part kept by the AMA, to have violated Superbike class rules, which require an essentially stock crankshaft to be used.
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Mat Mladin won the 2009 AMA Superbike championship, and then retired.