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Encyclopedia > Chris Walker

Chris Walker, known as The Stalker, is a much loved British motorcycle racer from Nottingham. He only started circuit racing in 1995 after many years as an accomplished motocross rider but by the end of that year and into 1996 he rose through the ranks with ease and had ridden in GP's and scored points. In 1997 he was challenging for the prestigious British Superbike championship, coming agonisingly close in 2000, when an engine failure in his Suzuki took him out of a winning position with just 3 laps remaining of the final race at Donnington Park, leaving Chris in tears. An attempt at the 500cc World Championship in 2001 brought few smiles either on a factory Shell sponsored Honda that was hard to ride and forced Chris to over ride, resulting in many huge crashes. So for 2002 Chris went to the World Superbike series, initially with the Fuchs Kawasaki team. He was 6th in the championship for GSE Ducati in 2003, and 11th for Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team in 2004, respectively teamed with James Toseland and Troy Corser (both of whom won the title the next season, Tosland riding the 2004 Fila Ducati to success and Corser the Alstare Suzuki in 2005). In 2005 he joined the PSG team, proving to be the most consistent Kawasaki rider in terms of pace and results, securing one podium finish (3rd place, round 6 at Valencia) and finishing 7th place overall. 2006 will see Chris teamed up with Frenchman Regis Laconi on a Kawasaki Europe backed ZX10R for the PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse team with high hopes of improving on last year's performance. Imme R 100,Germany, 1948/1949 Image:Mika Kallio Red Bull Racer 125 II.jpg Contemporary racing motorcycle A 125 cc motorcycle, the Italian-manufactured Cagiva Planet. ... Nottingham is a city (the county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A rider cornering during a motocross race in Australia Motocross is a form of motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits and is the widely considered the worlds most popular form of motorcycle racing. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Suzuki Motor Corporation (スズキ株式会社) TYO: 7269 is a Japanese manufacturing company producing a range of small automobiles (especially Keicars), a full range of motorcycles, outboard motors, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Honda Motor Co. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Superbike racing is a category of motorcycle road racing that employs modified production motorcycles, in the same manner that Touring car racing employs production cars. ... GSE is a shortening that may refer to: Gothenburg City Airport Government sponsored enterprise Ground Support Equipment This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ducati Motor Holding is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Foggy on his Yamaha at Creg-ny-Baa on the Isle of Man. ... Petronas, short for Petroleum Nasional Berhad, is Malaysias state owned oil and gas company that was founded on August 17, 1974. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... James Toseland is an English motorcycle racer, from Kiveton Park, Sheffield, who won the 2004 World Superbike championship on a Ducati. ... Troy Corser is an Australian motorcycle racer, currently riding a Suzuki in the World Superbike championship, in which he has a comfortable lead. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PSG is a TLA which may stand for: Pacific Seabird Group Pagan Spirit Gathering Paris Saint-Germain football club Parkinson Study Group Guianese Socialist Party Partei für Soziale Gleichheit Pattern signal generator Pharmaceutical Sciences Group Phrase structure grammar Poodle Support Group Professional Services Group India Programmable signal generator Programmable sound... The Hemispheric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències by Santiago Calatrava, Valencia, Spain. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


He lists his determination as his best feature, and his love of puddings as his worst.


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WSB: Chris Walker to Race BSB - MotorcycleUSA.com (653 words)
PSG-1 Kawasaki rider Chris Walker appears to be trading in his WSB Kwakker for a Rizla Suzuki ride in BSB, a series which Walker has finished as runner up four times.
Chris Walker's split with Suzuki in 2001 was not an amicable one.
Walker has finished runner-up in the British Superbike Championship four times, the most recent in 2000 with Crescent Suzuki, a relationship which finished in acrimony at the end of the season when Walker chose to forego Suzuki's offer of a WSB partnership in 2001 in favor of a GP ride.
Chris Walker (197 words)
Walker who is also a junior in the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering.
His goal is to use his talent for Math and Physics in the field of power generation.
Walker appreciates the flexibility provided by his FLVS internship that enables him to combine work and study.
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