Doug Polen

Doug Polen is an American former professional motorcycle road racer, born Douglas Eugene Polen on 2 September 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, whose family moved to Denton, Texas, where he began racing in 1977 as a privateer. He was a dominant national and world champion in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating in his Superbike world championships in 1991 and 1992. Racing for Yoshimura Suzuki in 1988, he became the first competitor to win both the AMA 750cc Superbike and 600cc Supersport titles, and in 1989 he won both the Formula 1 and Formula 3 classes of the All Japan Road Race Championship. In 1991 he won the Superbike World Championship for Fast By Ferracci Ducati, taking 17 of 24 races. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011.