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KBC Helmets in Motorcycle Racing
RACE TRACK DEVELOPMENT:
KBC is fully engaged and is totally committed to the ongoing race development of our products.
Supporting a network of racers from amateur to the highest profile professional champions. With programs running in Road Race, Motocross and Snowsports.
Race development provides extreme condition testing for our helmet, especially high speed functions such as aerodynamics, fitment, ventilation and rider comfort features.
Professional racers demand the very highest level of performance, to allow them to focus 100% on winning. Their equipment must assist in this objective and cause no distraction as the consequences for product failure at this level could be disastrous.
Amongst the many champions who choose to wear KBC, is Mat Mladin 6 times AMA Superbike Champion who has led our race development program for the past several years
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KBC Helmets - Motorcycle Riders
MAT MLADIN
DOB: 3/10/1972
Country: Australia
Birthplace: Camden, NSW, Australia
Residence: Henderson, Nevada
Bike: GSXR750
Height: 6'
Weight: 170 lbs.
Turned Pro: 1996
Born March 10, 1972. A native of Australia, Mladin and his wife, Janine, spend most of the off-season Down Under where they focus on their motorcycle dealership and import business. Most recently, Mladin merged his passions by racing a stock Suzuki GSX-R1000 outfitted with over-the-counter Yoshimura parts in several Australian races. The result was an off-season filled with racing and a successful promotional campaign for his Yoshimura import business and dealership.
Racing Info
Number: 66
Class: AMA Superbike Series
His Motorcycle: The white and blue Suzuki GSX-R1000
Year-end AMA Ranking:
2005 1st (SB)
2004 1st (SB)
2003 1st (SB)
2002 7th (SB)
2001 1st (SB)
2000 1st (SB)
1999 1st (SB)
1998 3rd (SB)
1997 3rd (SB)
1996 4th (SB)
Career Highlights:
2005 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series. Mladin re-set the AMA Superbike Championship title record, winning a sixth title with 11 wins and two additional podium finishes... Firmly established himself at the top of the AMA Superbike all-time winners list, with 43 career victories... Raced with Yoshimura Suzuki team.
2004 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series. Mladin won a record-setting fifth AMA Superbike Championship title, earned with eight wins and six additional podium finishes... Raced with American Suzuki team.
2003 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series. Mladin won a record fourth AMA Superbike Championship title, earned with 10 wins and one additional podium finish... Extended his own all-time AMA Superbike pole position record to 31... Won 10 AMA Superbike races in a single season, tying the AMA record set in 1984 by Fred Merkel...Raced with Yoshimura Suzuki team.
2002 - Three-time AMA U.S. Superbike Champ Mladin struggled with injury and equipment woes, resulting in his first winless season since 1996... He earned podium finishes at California Speedway, Mid-Ohio and Virginia Intl Raceway... Raced with Blimpie Suzuki team.
2001 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series. Mladin won his third consecutive AMA U.S. Superbike Championship title with four wins, and four additional podium finishes... He tied the AMA record for most pole positions in a season, with nine, and topped the all-time AMA Superbike pole winner list, with 24... Mladin's championship marked the sixth AMA Superbike title for Suzuki... Raced with Yoshimura Suzuki team
2000 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series. Mladin won the Daytona 200 after a long battle with Honda's Nicky Hayden... He went on to take three more wins, five second-place finishes, and the AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike Championship title... Raced with Yoshimura Suzuki
1999 - Champion - AMA Superbike Series.Mladin's second-place finishes at the Daytona and Phoenix AMA Superbike races placed him in the season points lead early on. An April win at Sears Point and four more podium finishes allowed Mladin to hold that lead for the remainder of the season and take his first AMA Superbike Championship... rode for Yoshimura Suzuki.
1998 - 3rd, AMA Superbike Series.Mladin won the Interstate Batteries Pole Position Award seven times, had six podium finishes, and won the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway... finished the season ranked third in MBNA Superbike points...Raced with Yoshimura Suzuki.
1997 - 3rd, AMA Superbike Series.Another impressive year for Mladin... Placed on the AMA Superbike Series podium at Laguna Seca and Brainerd Int'l. Raceway, and won at Phoenix, Road America, New Hampshire and Las Vegas... Rode for Ferracci Ducati.
1996 - 4th, AMA Superbike Series.First year racing in the United States, Mladin was impressive and led portions of several races... Was the runner-up in the Superbike finals at Laguna Seca, Sears Point and Las Vegas... Signed with Ferracci Ducati at the end of the year to contest the 1997 AMA Superbike Series.
1995 - 2nd, Australian Superbike. Finished second in the Australian Superbike Championships despite missing the first few races after sustaining serious injuries to his foot in a light-aircraft accident... Signed with Suzuki to contest the 1996 AMA Superbike Series.
1992 - Australian Superbike Champion.
There's no arguing that Yoshimura Suzuki's Mat Mladin is a pragmatic man. So, at the beginning of the 2003 racing season, it's no surprise that the former AMA Superbike Champion admits that last year wasn't his best. Indeed, after winning three consecutive AMA Superbike titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001, Mladin finished seventh overall in 2002. That said, he's more committed than ever to reclaim the number one plate. |
