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Larry Pegram - A Conversation with Leo Vince
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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:
2007 4th (FX)
2006 10th (SB)
2005 14th (SB)
2004 12th (SB), 5th (FX)
2003 14th (SB), 50th (SS)
2002 39th (SB), 29th (STK)
2001 11th (SB)
2000 13th (SB)
1999 5th (SB)
1998 14th (SB), 8th (600SS)
1997 10th (SB), 10th (600SS)
1996 7th (SB)
1995 9th (600SS)
1994 15th (600SS), 113th (750SS)
1993 37th (SB)
Career Highlights:
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. |
