Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty (born 1 July 1965, Blackburn, Lancashire) is the most successful World Superbike racer in terms of the number of championships and number of race wins.
Now retired, he is renowned for his high corner speed riding style, combined with an aggressive competitiveness, which netted him 59 victories and four World Superbike Championships (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999).
His greatest success came with the factory Ducati team. 1993 was the beginning of his era as a factory Ducati rider. He battled with Scott Russell for the title, winning 11 races to the American's 5, but losing out on consistently (Russell came 2nd twelve times compared to Fogarty's two) to finish behind him.
In 1994 he missed the Hockenheim races with a broken wrist, but fought back to pip Russell and Aaron Slight to the crown.
Winning 6 of the first 8 races in 1995 helped him seal that title with 5 of the 24 races to spare, and he clinched it with 3 races to spare in 1999.
During a recent visit to New Zealand World super bike champion Carl Fogarty took time out to visit the NZ Agrodome and try his hand at sheep shearing. The Fogarty's were hosted by Paul Bowen, Joint owner of the Agrodome and a fanatical fan of Superbike racing.
Paul Bowen is the proud owner of a Ducati motorcycle; in fact the same model that Carl raced with considerable success.
