Doug Chandler

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| image = Doug Chandler 1993 Japanese GP.jpg

|caption = Chandler at the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix.

|name = Doug Chandler

|nationality = {{flagicon|United States}} United States

|GP Active years = 1991 - 1994

|GP Teams = Yamaha, Suzuki, Cagiva

|GP Race Starts = 54

|GP Race Wins = 0

|GP Podiums = 6

|GP Total Points = 358

|GP Poles = 2

|GP Fastest laps = 0

|GP First race = 1991 500cc Japanese Grand Prix

|GP First win =

|GP Last win =

|GP Last race = 1994 500cc European Grand Prix

| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1989}} - {{SBK|1990}}, {{SBK|1996}} - {{SBK|1998}}, {{SBK|2001}} - {{SBK|2002}}

| SBK Manufacturers = Kawasaki

| SBK Race Starts = 14

| SBK Race Wins = 2

| SBK Podiums = 5

| SBK Poles = 1

| SBK Fastest laps = 1

| SBK Total Points = 120

| SBK Last season = 2002

| SBK Last position = 32nd

}}

John Douglas Chandler (born September 27, 1965) is an American former professional motorcycle racer. He earned a reputation as one of the most versatile racers of the 1980s and 1990s. Chandler is one of only four riders in AMA racing history to win the AMA Grand Slam, representing national wins at a mile, half-mile, short track, TT and road race.[http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=380&lpos=0px&letter=C&txtFname=&rblFname=S&txtLname=&rblLname=S&discipline=0 Doug Chandler at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame] He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2006.

Motorcycle racing career

Born in Salinas, California, Chandler began competing in dirt track oval racing after experiencing success in motocross competitions. In 1983 he earned the prestigious AMA Rookie of the Year Award. His first-ever road race win was in 1988 in the Pro-Twins class at Mid-Ohio. He went on to take the AMA Superbike title in 1990 on a Muzzy Kawasaki, also taking World Superbike wins at Brainerd and Sugo that year.[http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=22 Doug Chandler career World Superbike statistics at worldsbk.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610023936/http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=22 |date=2009-06-10 }}

In 1991 Chandler travelled to Europe to compete in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing series.[http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Doug+Chandler Doug Chandler career statistics at MotoGP.com] He rode for former world champion Kenny Roberts on a satellite team aboard a Yamaha. He finished a respectable 9th in his first year on the Grand Prix circuit. He accepted a job from Suzuki in 1992 finishing 5th overall, only just behind experienced teammate Kevin Schwantz. Chandler spent 1993 and 1994 riding for the Cagiva team. He opened 1993 with a podium finish in Australia before things went sour and the team's support moved towards countryman John Kocinski.[http://www.superbikeplanet.com/featurechand94.htm Doug Chandler Interview,by Dean Adams, Superbike Planet, October 1993] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113015356/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/featurechand94.htm |date=November 13, 2006 }}

After the 1994 Grand Prix season, Chandler left Europe and returned to the AMA Superbike series with Harley-Davidson. After a less than successful year in 1995 developing the Harley-Davidson superbike, he rejoined the Muzzy team for 1996, and won both the 1996 and 1997 AMA Superbike titles. As a result, he joined Fred Merkel and Reg Pridmore as three-time AMA Superbike champions. Despite a severe crash in World Superbike competition at Laguna Seca in 1998, he finished second overall to Ben Bostrom in the AMA Superbike championship. Chandler remained with Kawasaki until 2002, before a final year of road racing with Ducati. In 2003, Chandler tried his hand at Supermoto racing in the inaugural season of the AMA Supermoto Championship. Showing his impressive versatility, Chandler won a race in the new series.

Chandler currently runs motorcycle training courses.[http://www.drumhillcycle.com/index.cfm/Motorcycle_Riding_School Motorcycle Riding School] In 2015, he began working to assist with race control operations for the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) sanctioned American motorcycle road racing series, MotoAmerica.{{Cite web|url=http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20170702/NEWS/170709981|title = News and donations|date = 13 July 2008}}

Career statistics

=Grand Prix motorcycle racing=

==By season==

class="wikitable"

!Season

!Class

!Motorcycle

!Race

!Win

!Podium

!Pole

!FLap

!Pts

!Plcd

align="right"

! 1991

| 500cc

| Yamaha

| 15

| 0

| 85

| 9th

align="right"

! 1992

| 500cc

| Suzuki

| 13

| 0

| 4

| 2

| 0

| 94

| 5th

align="right"

! 1993

| 500cc

| Cagiva

| 12

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 83

| 10th

align="right"

! 1994

| 500cc

| Cagiva

| 14

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 96

| 9th

align="right"

! Total

| 54

| 0

| 6

| 2

| 0

| 358

==Races by year==

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Class ! Team ! Bike ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} ! Pts
1991 ! 500cc ! Team Roberts Yamaha/Castrol ! YZR500 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 12 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FRA 6 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GBR Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSM 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| CZE 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| VDM 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MAL Ret ! 9th ! 85
1992 ! 500cc ! Lucky Strike Suzuki 500 ! RGV500 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| JPN 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 5 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 4 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| EUR 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 8 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| NED Ret \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| HUN 2 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FRA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GBR Ret \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| BRA 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| RSA 4 \| \| ! 5th ! 94
1993 ! 500cc ! Cagiva Team Agostini ! C593 \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| AUS 3 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 11 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| SPA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUT 8 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 6 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 4 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| EUR Ret \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| RSM DNS \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| GBR DNS \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| CZE 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 10 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| FIM 5 \| ! 10th ! 83
1994 ! 500cc ! Cagiva Team Agostini ! C594 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| AUS 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MAL 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JPN 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| SPA 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUT Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GER 7 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| NED 6 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ITA Ret \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FRA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| GBR 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CZE Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 5 \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| ARG 2 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| EUR 10 \| ! 9th ! 96

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Class

! Team

! Bike

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1991

! 500cc

! Team Roberts Yamaha/Castrol

! YZR500

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSM
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VDM
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL
Ret

! 9th

! 85

1992

! 500cc

! Lucky Strike Suzuki 500

! RGV500

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JPN
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| EUR
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRA
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA
4

! 5th

! 94

1993

! 500cc

! Cagiva Team Agostini

! C593

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUS
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
11

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| RSM
DNS

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| GBR
DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FIM
5

! 10th

! 83

1994

! 500cc

! Cagiva Team Agostini

! C594

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAL
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JPN
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ARG
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR
10

! 9th

! 96

=Superbike World Championship=

==Races by year==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
valign="middle" rowspan=2\| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2\| Make !colspan=2\| 1 !colspan=2\| 2 !colspan=2\| 3 !colspan=2\| 4 !colspan=2\| 5 !colspan=2\| 6 !colspan=2\| 7 !colspan=2\| 8 !colspan=2\| 9 !colspan=2\| 10 !colspan=2\| 11 !colspan=2\| 12 !colspan=2\| 13 !rowspan=2\| {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Championship position}} !rowspan=2\| Pts
R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2
1989 ! Kawasaki \| GBR \| GBR \| HUN \| HUN \| CAN \| CAN \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| USA DNS \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 12 \| AUT \| AUT \| FRA \| FRA \| JPN \| JPN \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \| AUS \| AUS \| NZL \| NZL \| \| \| \| ! 69th ! 4
1990 ! Kawasaki \| SPA \| SPA \| GBR \| GBR \| HUN \| HUN \| GER \| GER \| CAN \| CAN \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| *USA* 3 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| USA 1 \| AUT \| AUT \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| JPN 3 \|style="background:#FFFFBF;"\| JPN 1 \| FRA \| FRA \| ITA \| ITA \| MAL \| MAL \| AUS \| AUS \| NZL \| NZL ! 15th ! 70
1996 ! Kawasaki \| SMR \| SMR \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \| CZE \| CZE \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 6 \| EUR \| EUR \| INA \| INA \| JPN \| JPN \| NED \| NED \| SPA \| SPA \| AUS \| AUS \| \| ! 29th ! 10
1997 ! Kawasaki \| AUS \| AUS \| SMR \| SMR \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| ITA \| ITA \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 5 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \| EUR \| EUR \| AUT \| AUT \| NED \| NED \| SPA \| SPA \| JPN \| JPN \| INA \| INA \| \| ! 35th ! 11
1998 ! Kawasaki \| AUS \| AUS \| GBR \| GBR \| ITA \| ITA \| SPA \| SPA \| GER \| GER \| SMR \| SMR \| RSA \| RSA \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| USA 3 \|style="background:#FFFFFF;"\| USA DNS \| EUR \| EUR \| AUT \| AUT \| NED \| NED \| JPN \| JPN \| \| ! 32nd ! 8
2001 ! Kawasaki \| SPA \| SPA \| RSA \| RSA \| AUS \| AUS \| JPN \| JPN \| ITA \| ITA \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| SMR \| SMR \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 9 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| USA Ret \| EUR \| EUR \| GER \| GER \| NED \| NED \| ITA \| ITA ! 35th ! 7
2002 ! Ducati \| SPA \| SPA \| AUS \| AUS \| RSA \| RSA \| JPN \| JPN \| ITA \| ITA \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| SMR \| SMR \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 13 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| USA 9 \| GBR \| GBR \| GER \| GER \| NED \| NED< \| ITA \| ITA ! 32nd ! 10

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year

!valign="middle" rowspan=2| Make

!colspan=2| 1

!colspan=2| 2

!colspan=2| 3

!colspan=2| 4

!colspan=2| 5

!colspan=2| 6

!colspan=2| 7

!colspan=2| 8

!colspan=2| 9

!colspan=2| 10

!colspan=2| 11

!colspan=2| 12

!colspan=2| 13

!rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

!rowspan=2| Pts

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

1989

! Kawasaki

| GBR

| HUN

| CAN

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| USA
DNS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
12

| AUT

| FRA

| JPN

| GER

| ITA

| AUS

| NZL

! 69th

! 4

1990

! Kawasaki

| SPA

| GBR

| HUN

| GER

| CAN

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| USA
1

| AUT

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JPN
3

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| JPN
1

| FRA

| ITA

| MAL

| AUS

| NZL

! 15th

! 70

1996

! Kawasaki

| SMR

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

| CZE

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
6

| EUR

| INA

| JPN

| NED

| SPA

| AUS

! 29th

! 10

1997

! Kawasaki

| AUS

| SMR

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

| EUR

| AUT

| NED

| SPA

| JPN

| INA

! 35th

! 11

1998

! Kawasaki

| AUS

| GBR

| ITA

| SPA

| GER

| SMR

| RSA

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
3

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| USA
DNS

| EUR

| AUT

| NED

| JPN

! 32nd

! 8

2001

! Kawasaki

| SPA

| RSA

| AUS

| JPN

| ITA

| GBR

| GER

| SMR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
Ret

| EUR

| GER

| NED

| ITA

! 35th

! 7

2002

! Ducati

| SPA

| AUS

| RSA

| JPN

| ITA

| GBR

| GER

| SMR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
9

| GBR

| GER

| NED

| NED<

| ITA

! 32nd

! 10

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080907195636/http://www.dougchandlerracing.com/ DougChandlerRacing.com] - Official racing school site
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061113014310/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/001002a.htm The Amazing Career of Doug Chandler], by Dean Adams, Superbike Planet.com
[http://www.seppes.com/gallery/3451939/1/193872148/Large A photo of Doug racing in the AFM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716041418/http://www.seppes.com/gallery/3451939/1/193872148/Large |date=2011-07-16 }}

{{succession box |

| before = Miguel Duhamel

| after = Ben Bostrom

| title = AMA Superbike Champion

| years = 1996-1997

|}}

{{succession box |

| before = Jamie James

| after = Thomas Stevens

| title = AMA Superbike Champion

| years = 1990

|}}