Troy Bayliss

November 17, 2004

INDEX OF 2002 SBK SEASON

Team launch and race reports from the 2002 season.

February 23, 2002
	DUCATI CORSE 2002 WORLD SUPERBIKE PROGRAMME Ducati Corse's main aim for this year will be to repeat its triumphant 2001 season when the World Superbike contenders converge on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia (Spain) on March 10th for the first round of the 15th edition of the championship.
March 10, 2002
	VALENCIA - SPAIN Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) kicked off his 2002 campaign in fine style as he powered to a brace of wins in the opening round of the World Superbike Championship at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain.
March 24, 2002
	PHILLIP ISLAND - AUSTRALIA Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) took his winning streak to four with two convincing wins in today's second round of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island.
April 7, 2002
	KYALAMI - SOUTH AFRICA Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) extended his winning sequence to six (an all-time WSBK record for the start of season, and one victory behind Doug Polen’s 1991 record seven-race run) in round 3 of the World Superbike Championship.
April 21, 2002
	SUGO - JAPAN Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) battled to a fighting fourth and fifth in round 4 of the World Superbike Championship at Sugo in Japan, as Honda riders Colin Edwards and Makoto Tamada shared the wins.
May 12, 2002
	MONZA - ITALY Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) scored another sensational double win, his fourth of the year, in front of 82,000 fans in round 5 of the World Superbike Championship at Monza today.
May 26, 2002
	SILVERSTONE - ENGLAND Championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) took a win in the second World Superbike race of the day in front of 61,000 spectators at Silverstone after crashing twice in appalling conditions in race 1.
June 9, 2002
	LAUSITZRING - GERMANY Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) added two more wins to his season total with a double victory in front of 78,000 spectators at the Lausitzring (Germany) today, taking his 2002 score to 11 and his career record to 19.
June 23, 2002
	MISANO - SAN MARINO Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) continued his extraordinarily successful season with his sixth double win of the year in round 8 of the World Superbike Championship at a scorching Misano Adriatico.
July 14, 2002
	LAGUNA SECA - UNITED STATES Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) and Colin Edwards (Honda) took a win apiece in a superb day of racing at a scorching Laguna Seca, California in front of a record 98,000 fans.
July 28, 2002
	BRANDS HATCH - GREAT BRITAIN Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) rode through the pain barrier in the European round of the World Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in front of a record-breaking 126,000 fans to take a third and second in the two races.
September 1, 2002
	OSCHERSLEBEN - GERMANY Reigning champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) will go into the penultimate round of the World Superbike Championship next weekend at Assen (Netherlands) with a 29 point lead over his chief rival Colin Edwards (Honda) after twice finishing runner-up to the American.
September 8, 2002
	ASSEN - NETHERLANDS Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) lost his championship lead to Colin Edwards (Honda) after crashing out of an action-packed race 2 at the Assen TT Circuit in the Netherlands.
September 29, 2002
	IMOLA - ITALY Troy Bayliss (Ducati Infostrada) handed over his World Superbike Championship crown to Colin Edwards (Honda) but not without a fight today, after two extraordinary races at the Enzo & Dino Ferrari Circuit in Imola.

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