Karl Muggeridge

Karl Muggeridge
Karl Muggeridge Brands Hatch 2007
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1974-04-20) 20 April 1974 (age 43) Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Website	muggas.com

Karl Muggeridge born 20 April 1974 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia is a former professional motorcycle racer. He is married to Isobel, and has one son, Ryan Luca. He won the Supersport World Championship in 2004, and then raced in Superbike World Championship, primarily on Hondas.

After several years of Motocross, Muggas began circuit racing in 1994, finishing 4th in his homeland's 250cc series a year later on a Suzuki. 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 2000, 7th in 2001, 14th in 2002 and 4th in 2003, before taking the 2004 crown as the lead rider for Ten Kate Honda, with 7 wins and 8 poles.

Ten Kate expanded its Superbike World Championship team to 2 Honda Fireblade bikes for 2005, and Karl was moved up to join Chris Vermeulen, who won the WSS title for Ten Kate in 2003 and challenged for the WSBK crown as a series rookie in 2004. 2005 proved to be a tough year for Karl He finished the season 11th overall with 124 points.

In 2006 a back injury caused him to miss the Valencia round and he again failed to score a podium finish, despite strong qualifying runs including 3rd at Brands Hatch. He finished the season 12th with 123 points.