Karl Muggeridge born 20 April 1974 in

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is a former professional

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racer. He is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca. He won the

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in , and then raced in

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, primarily on

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Starting Out

After several years of Motocross, ''Muggas'' began circuit racing in 1994, finishing 4th in his homeland's 250cc series a year later on a

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. Over the next 3 years he did an assortment of races around the world, primarily on 600cc Supersport bikes. He 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

He was 5th overall in , 7th in , 14th in and 4th in , before taking the crown as the lead rider for Ten Kate Honda, with 7 wins and 8 poles.

Superbike World Championship

Ten Kate expanded its

team to 2

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bikes for 2005, and Karl was moved up to join

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, who won the WSS title for Ten Kate in and challenged for the WSBK crown as a series rookie in . proved to be a tough year for Karl He finished the season 11th overall with 124 points. In a back injury caused him to miss the

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roundMuggeridge out with back injury
bbc.co.uk and he again failed to score a podium finish, despite strong qualifying runs including 3rd at

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. He finished the season 12th with 123 points. He lost his ride for , and was offered a Supersport World Championship ride by the team. He instead remained in WSBK and on a Honda by joining countryman

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at Alto Evolution. He missed his home race at

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after a crash in practice.http://www.track-news.com/wsbkrd2australia track-news.com At

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he started 6thhttp://www.worldsbk.com/details.php?newsid=1706&lang=eng worldsbk.com but crashed in the one race staged before heavy rain caused the event to be abandoned. The team missed Misano due to legal problems, and Brookes left the team, but Muggeridge returned at

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.Czech World Superbikes: Alto Evolution bring in security guards
motorcyclenews.com He finished the season 16th with 62 points. For he moved to the DFXtreme team, again on Hondas. He scored two sixth places among his fourteen points finishes, although he only scored four times in the last seven rounds, coming 15th overall. For he joined the Celani Suzuki team. He struggled throughout the season with his highest place finish of 8th in race 2 of the penultimate round at

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, Karl did not race in the final round of the season. He also raced a couple of rounds in the

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for the

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as a replacement rider for the injured Glen Richards.

IDM German Superbike Championship

For 2010 Muggeridge moved into the

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riding the Holzhauer Racing Promotion

, collecting a pole position and a double race win at the opening round at the

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. He also took a double race win at

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in the third round of the season. Currently Muggeridge is leading the series by 29 points with one round left to go. Muggeridge went on to win the title with a total of 244 points, 19 clear of his closest rival. 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. Muggeridge also had a guest ride with the Castrol Honda team in the

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during the last round at Portimao, finishing both races outside the points.

References

External links

muggas.com
Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Muggeridge, Karl People from New South Wales Superbike World Championship riders Australian motorcycle racers 1974 births Living people Supersport World Championship riders British Superbike Championship riders