Bio of Larry Pegram
Birth date: September 5, 1973
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Residence: Baltimore, Ohio
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Turned Pro: 1988
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Year-end AMA Ranking: Career Highlights: 2009 - Finished fourth in the AMA Pro American SuperBike point standings with three wins - Road America and Topeka (2) - and finished in the top-10 in all but two rounds. Also earned a pole at Topeka. Raced with Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing Ducati team. 2008 - Pegram raced in AMA Formula Xtreme, earning three podium finishes and three additional top-five results... Raced with LeoVince Foremost Insurance Ducati team. 2007 - Pegram raced in AMA Formula Xtreme, earning three podium finishes and three additional top-five results... Raced with Leo Vince Ducati team. 2006 - Pegram raced in AMA Superbike, earning five top-10 finishes... Raced with Pegram Honda team. 2005 - Pegram contested the AMA Superbike Championship, earning five, top-10 finishes... Raced with Hotbodies Racing Honda team. 2004 - Pegram contested the AMA Superbike Championship, his best results seventh-place at California Speedway and Road Atlanta... Raced in the AMA Formula Xtreme Championship, best result a fourth-place at Mid-Ohio... Raced with Triangle Cycle Yamaha team. 2003 - Pegram raced a limited AMA Superbike season with Dream Team Ducati before the team withdrew from the series... He placed third in AMA Superbike race #2 at Road America... He entered the AMA Supersport race at Brainerd Intl Raceway aboard a Honda, placing 13th. 2002 - Pegram competed in AMA Superbike, his best result a 10th-place in race #1 at Road Atlanta... He entered select AMA Superstock rounds, best result a fourth-place at Daytona Intl Speedway... Raced with Hooters Suzuki team. 2001 - Pegram's best AMA U.S. Superbike result was sixth-place at the Daytona Intl Speedway season opener... Raced with Competition Accessories Ducati team. 2000 - Pegram took his season-best AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike finishes of seventh-place at Mid-Ohio-- his home track -- and Pikes Peak Intl Raceway, site of his 1999 AMA 600 SuperSport victory... Raced with Competition Accessories Ducati team. 1999 - Pegram took his first career AMA Superbike win at Willow Springs Raceway... Finished the season with his highest AMA road racing national ranking to date...Raced with Ferracci Ducati. 1998 - Pegram won the Pro Honda Oils 600 SuperSport race at Pikes Peak Int'l. Raceway and climbed the podium at the season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway... Campaigned the Suzuki TL1000R in MBNA Superbike...Raced for Yoshimura Suzuki. 1997 - Raced in Pro Honda Oils 600 SuperSport, finishing on the podium at New Hampshire Int'l. Speedway and Pikes Peak Int'l. Raceway... Finished in the top-10 at seven MBNA Superbike races, best finish was seventh at Phoenix... Rode for Yoshimura Suzuki and will return with Yoshimura in 1998. 1996 - Suffered through numerous mechanical problems with his Ferracci Ducati during the season... Top career Superbike finish was second at Pomona. Won the Superbike pole setting a new track record at Road America... Finished on the Superbike podium twice... Signed with Yoshimura Suzuki for 1997. 1995 - Had his first career 600cc SuperSport podium finish (third) in the bag at Pomona but was being pressured by Miguel Duhamel and crashed on the final turn... Six top-10 600cc SuperSport finishes, including a season best third at Loudon, his first 600 SuperSport podium finish... Rode for Erion Racing... Seven SuperTeam podium finishes as a member of Erion Racing, including a win at Pomona... Pegram, who split time between road racing and dirt track, cracked the top-10 (600cc SuperSport) for the first time in three years of road racing... Signed with Ferracci Ducati to ride AMA Superbike in 1996. 1994 - Best finish of the season was fourth at Pomona in 600cc SuperSport. 1993 - Suffered serious injuries in a Superbike crash at Phoenix, forced to sit out most of the season. |
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