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5 unusual facts about Carl Fogarty


Al Melling

The finished model of the Nemesis weighed 217 kg - Carl Fogarty (the most successful world super bike rider of all time) rode it and stated that it was more compact and lighter than his Ducati race bike.

Blackburn railway station

The images include some of Blackburn's most famous and successful figures such as Carl Fogarty, Wayne Hemingway and Jack Walker.

Carl Fogarty

Despite winning four races that season on the RC45, three more than team-mate Aaron Slight, and one more than Slight had managed over three seasons on the bike, Fogarty again struggled with consistency and finished 4th overall, 16 points behind 2nd placed Slight and 38 points behind champion Troy Corser.

Petronas ended the project at the end of 2006, leaving Foggy's racing future unclear.

He missed the Hockenheim races with a broken wrist, but fought back to pip Russell and Aaron Slight to the crown.



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