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  Colin Edwards - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
Colin Edwards Jr.(born February 27, 1974 in Houston, Texas) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the USA, who has two World Superbike titles to his credit.
However in 1990, Edwards and his father attended a motorcycle road race event in north Texas, and this inspired him to attempt road racing.
Edwards has twice represented the United States in the Michelin Race of Champions Nation's Cup, first in 2000 and again in 2002 when the US team won the event.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Colin_Edwards   (1068 words)

  
  Colin Edwards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colin Edwards Jr.(born February 27, 1974 in Houston, Texas) is a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the USA, who has two World Superbike titles to his credit.
Colin's height is officially recorded as 179 cm, and his weight as 66 kg.
Edwards has twice represented the United States in the Michelin Race of Champions Nation's Cup, first in 2000 and again in 2002 when the US team won the event.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colin_Edwards   (1047 words)

  
 MotorWorld Online || www.motorworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Castrol Honda's Colin Edwards is the new World Superbike champion after one of the most demanding campaigns ends at Brands Hatch this weekend with victory for the affable Texan and Honda's new VTR twin-cylinder machine.
Edwards oozed confidence as he entered the 2000 series and immediately made an impression with a spectacular victory in the opening race of the year at Kyalami, South Africa.
Edwards had moved from fifth in the series in 1998 to second in '99 to scoop the ultimate prize this year.
www.motorworld.com /news/2000/news10_00/edwards.html   (906 words)

  
 Insights from Colin Edwards
Colin has been riding bikes since he was 3½ years old, competing in motocross events for 11 years and winning a few National Championships along the way.
Colin is very much a 'mental racer' and recognises that it is the mental skill that makes the difference between champion and 'also ran'.
This belief allows Colin to concentrate only on his main opponent, believing that there is only him and Bayliss in the competition focusses his attention on beating Bayliis.
www.mindracing.com /insights__from_colin_edwards.htm   (879 words)

  
 Colin Edwards biography
Colin Edwards was born on the 27th February 1974 in Houston, Texas and now lives in Conroe, Texas with his wife, Alyssia and their four-year-old daughter, Gracie Kayte, and a one-year-old son, Hayes, who was born in December 2005.
Colin was introduced to minibikes at the age of three by his Australian father, Colin Edwards Snr, who was an amateur motorcycle racer himself.
Colin improved on their 2002 best (which was 8th place) by finishing in 6th place overall, as well as achieving a couple of second row qualifications.
www.motorbikesport.co.uk /riderbiography.aspx?id=9   (1212 words)

  
 Colin Edwards
In 2000, Edwards rode the new Honda VTR-1000 SP1/RC51 twin cylinder motorcycle to overall victory in the Superbike World Championship after Yamaha rider and points leader, Noriyuki Haga was disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance.
Edwards came second to Ducati rider, Troy Bayliss in 2001 but reclaimed the title from Bayliss in 2002 in a dramatic fashion, clinching the championship in the final race of the season in Imola (Italy).
Edwards didn't have the time to "gel" with the new chassis early in the season, which resulted in him sticking with the older version for the Mugello race.
www.motorpsychorealms.org.uk /riders/colinedwards.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Colin Edwards - FAST3R
Colin Edwards said his last gasp third place at Assen was the perfect recompense for losing victory at the track at the final corner in 2006...
Colin Edwards reckons he was happy with the third fastest time in Assen today before admitting it will be tough to beat dominant Aussie Casey Stoner.
Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974 in Houston, Texas) nicknamed the Texas Tornado is an American professional motorcycle racer.
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 Colin Edwards eyes Powerboat future   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Castrol Honda¹s newly-crowned World Superbike champion Colin Edwards is contemplating a switch to powerboat racing at the end of his motorcycle racing career.
Edwards tested the 2.4-litre boat of seven times Formula One world champion Guido Cappellini on Lake Como in Italy on Tuesday.
Edwards made the journey to Lake Como after winning his second World Superbike crown in dramatic fashion at Imola.
www.stickyrubber.com /news/02_10_02_edwards.html   (230 words)

  
 MotoGP Magazine 2006 » Colin EDWARDS
American Colin Edwards joins the Gauloises Yamaha Team for the 2005 MotoGP World Championship, which will be his third full season in the premier class, having raced for Aprilia in 2003 and Honda in 2004.
Colin was a top US amateur through his early dirt track career, before making the switch to road racing at the age of 16 and enjoying a successful amateur career.
In 1993, aged 19, Colin moved into the AMA National Superbike series and spent two years developing his talents on a Yamaha Superbike, finishing sixth in the championship in his first year and fifth in 1994.
www.motogpmagazine.com /motogp-riders/colin-edwards   (542 words)

  
 Forest Research - Colin Edwards   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin studied Forestry at The Scottish School of Forestry, Inverness, in 1986, then with the Open University gaining a BSc (Hons) in Natural Sciences with Biology in 2001.
Edwards, C., and Mason, W.L. Long term structure and vegetation changes in a native pinewood reserve in Northern Scotland.
Edwards, C. and Nixon, C.J. The potential role of uneven-aged management in Scots pine forests in Northern Britain: Studies of age structure and stand dynamics.
www.forestry.gov.uk /website/forestresearch.nsf/byunique/INFD-64FHV2?Open&PrintFriendly=y   (277 words)

  
 Colin Edwards - 2002 World SuperBike Champion
Edwards responded that weekend with a double victory and the tobacco-chewing Texan knew all the pieces of the jigsaw were in place for one last, concerted push towards the title.
Edwards continues: "We did the sums in Germany and even if we were going to win all the remaining races we knew that Troy still needed a bit of misfortune.
Edwards won the opening race at Sugo and took runner-up spot behind Honda's Makoto Tamada in the second race but the Bayliss bandwagon was rolling on.
www.mcnews.com.au /Riders/ColinEdwards/2002_Champion.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Transcript Of Friday's U.S. Grand Prix Teleconference With Colin Edwards News Article // RoadracingWorld.com
Colin Edwards: Well I mean we are a team, so all of the information that comes in my way or his way is, we can look at whatever we want, whatever data we have got.
Colin Edwards: Yeah it will be difficult, I'm not going to lie to you - the track has the corkscrew in turn six up the hills, a little jump down the back straight and turn one.
Colin Edwards: It's easy to sit here and say it's Valentino or whoever it is. I think you have to look at the big picture, you have to look at some of the Japanese that came into power, just before Valentino came over to the team.
www.roadracingworld.com /news/article/?next=yes&article=22528   (3994 words)

  
 Colin Edwards Statistics & Biography | MotoGP Championship
Colin Edwards may have lost his factory team status for 2008, due to the arrival of double 250cc world champion Jorge Lorenzo, but the Texan remains directly contracted to Yamaha and will ride alongside fellow double WSBK champion James Toseland for the satellite Tech 3 outfit.
Colin was a top US amateur through his early Motocross career, before making the switch to road racing at the age of 16 and continuing a successful amateur career.
Edwards, Rossi and Yamaha all hoped to correct their 2006 misery during the first year of 800cc racing but, despite promising winter tests and high expectations, the new M1 proved desperately underpowered compared with Casey Stoner's Ducati, while Michelin was caught out by changes to the tyre regulations.
www.crash.net /motorsport/motogp/racer_bio/1907/colin_edwards.html   (846 words)

  
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Edwards ended today’s qualifying session in fifth place, but was only 0.070s off extending his remarkable front row starting record in 2008 with another impressive display on Michelin’s qualifying tyres.
Edwards seemed certain to be on the front row when he claimed third with only five-seconds left on the clock in what was the first full dry session of a weather-hit weekend.
Edwards, who had led the way earlier after using his first Michelin qualifying tyre, is confident he can challenge for a second successive podium in tomorrow’s race, despite minimal time to find a good dry set-up due to the inclement weather conditions that dominated free practice.
londonbikers.com /news/8524/colin-edwards-narrowly-misses-front-row-toseland-eigth   (1189 words)

  
 rpm.espn.com: Edwards beats out Bayliss
IMOLA, Italy -- American Colin Edwards has capped a remarkable comeback over the second part of the season by clinching his second superbike world crown with victory in both races in the final round of the championship.
Edwards was leading by 0.749 seconds and had to defend that advantage in the restarted 10-lap race.
Bayliss regained the lead again briefly on lap 19, but Edwards was soon back in front and held on to take the checkered flag and win the 15th superbike world championship.
espn.go.com /rpm/others/2002/0929/1438447.html   (623 words)

  
 Colin Edwards biography and profile
Colin Edwards started racing in 1991 in USA riding in the 600, 750 and 250 classes and winning every race he finished.
Edwards was unable to defend title in 1991, when he finished second in World Superbike Championship, but title was his again in 1992 when he won it in last race with one point advantage.
Colin Edwards 2006 Yamaha YZR-M1 Replica of Colin Edwards 2006 Moto GP Yamaha YZR-M1.
www.highrevs.net /motogp_rider_info/colin_edwards_biography.php   (426 words)

  
 Valentino Rossi ::: MotoGP 2008 ::: The Doctor
Valentino Rossi belegte in Laguna Seca - nach einem Rennen unter schwierigen Bedingungen - den vierten Platz.
Rossis Teamkollege Colin Edwards gewann ebenfalls schon in Assen, der Texaner gewann in seiner Superbike-Karriere ganze drei Mal hier, inbegriffen eines Doppelsieges auf seinem Weg zum Titel 2002.
Fiat Yamaha Fahrer Colin Edwards stieg heute zum zweiten Mal in dieser Saison auf das Podium, in Donington belegte der Texaner nach einem spannenden Rennen den zweiten Platz.
www.valentinorossi.de   (1419 words)

  
 Colin Edwards II - Stats and other info about this driver
His father, Colin Edwards Sr., was an amateur motorcycle racer himself and it was he who introduced a three year old Colin to the world of MiniBikes.
Edwards finished the season in 5th place overall and he was beginning to make an impact as he took his first win as well in the season.
Colin had always been a great bike tester and with his skill and experience, he tried to help the team get out of the rut.
www.sportspundit.com /athlete/1209   (1091 words)

  
 Colin Edwards 2004 Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin Edwards made his motorcycling debut in the US in 1991 riding in the 600, 750 and 250 classes and winning every race he finished.
His debut was not unnoticed: Colin finished 11th with a fourth place at Daytona and a fifth place at Suzuka.
Colin Edwards is back with Honda in the Team Telefonica MoviStar Honda MotoGP run by Fausto Gresini on a RC 211 V Honda, the marque with which he won his Superbike titles.
www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk /RiderProfiles/colin_edwards_04.html   (748 words)

  
 MotoGP.hu » Colin Edwards - A legfrissebb MotoGP hírek forrása
Edwards, who started from pole position for the third time in his career, had to settle for eighth place after his podium challenge ended when he ran off track at the end of the back straight on lap six.
Edwards lost four places, which he was never able to recover despite a determined ride in the second half of the 22-lap race.
Colin Edwards racked up 34 laps in pursuit of his quickest time of the three day session, which he managed on his 12th attempt and snipped two tenths of a second away from Wednesday’s impressive feat.
motogp.hu /index.php/tag/colin-edwards   (5705 words)

  
 USA Wins The Nations Cup
Jeff Gordon (1:53.20) defeated Sebastien Bourdais on the cirucit, Colin Edwards (1:56.25) defeated Mickael Maschio, but the Americans were denied a sweep as Sebastien Loeb (1:58.02) defeated Jimmie Johnson by nine-hundredths of a second.
Edwards previous experience in ROC cars (2000) paid off as he was undefeated on Saturday.
Edwards may have controlled both his heats, and Gordon may have scored a memorable victory over 2002 European Touring Car Champion, Giovanardi, but Johnson's six-tenths of a second loss to Travaglia was the most exhilarating contest.
www.gordonline.com /archive/120202.html   (1120 words)

  
 Camel Yamaha | MotoStack
Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards completed 72 and 76 laps respectively and made some positive steps towards understanding the cause of the vibration that kept their lap times down during the weekend's practice sessions and forced them to start from the fourth row of the grid for sunday's race.
Edwards, meanwhile, fought from second last to eleventh by the end of the 27-lap encounter.
After light rain showers hit the track this morning, when Rossi decided not to ride and his team-mate Colin Edwards put in just two laps, both riders were able to work without interruption in the afternoon as they aimed to iron out set-up difficulties encountered in recent pre-season tests at this circuit.
www.motostack.com /motogp/camel-yamaha   (1099 words)

  
 Interview: Colin Edwards - MotorcycleUSA.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin leads Bayliss and the rest of the pack through the infamous Corkscrew at Mazada Raceway at Laguna Seca.
But Edwards' amazing efforts in WSB didn't land him a seat on Honda's mighty MotoGP team as he was expecting, and instead Edwards signed with Aprilia to ride its developing RS3 Cube MotoGP contender.
Colin Edwards: Obviously, it is awesome winning any world championship whether it was the first one or third one or the last.
archives.motorcycle-usa.com /InterviewColinEdwards.html   (1856 words)

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