Colin Edwards

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Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974) nicknamed the Texas Tornado, an American former motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season but is still active as a factory test rider.

He is a two-time World Superbike champion and has competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2014.

Early years

Edwards was born in Conroe, Texas. Colin Edwards Sr., an Australian motorcycle racer himself, introduced him to a minibike at the age of three, and Edwards began his first motocross competition at the age of four. Edwards rose to the top-ranked junior motocross champions in the United States over the past ten years, winning hundreds of races in the 50cc, 80cc, and national championship categories.

Edwards stopped competing in motocross races in 1988, aged 14, after being distracted by the simple demands of being a teenager. However, Edwards and his father attended a motorcycle road race in north Texas in 1990, and this inspired him to attempt road racing.

Edwards, 1991, began competing in amateur road-racing competitions around the country, but then quickly expanded to national events. He was undefeated in every amateur event he entered that year, and he has won several national amateur championships. Edwards converted professional right before the 1992 season's debut, and he was sufficiently good for him to be sponsored by South West Motorsports.

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Career

Edwards made his first professional appearance (1992) in the AMA 250cc National Series for the first time (1992). He won five of the nine races and the national championship over second-place earner Kenny Roberts, Jr., Jr. Edwards rode for Vance & Hines on a Yamaha in 1993 and 1994, gaining 6th and 5th overall in those years.

Edwards was given a factory job with Yamaha in the Superbike World Championship in 1995. Edwards' 1995 findings were disappointing, as Edwards continued to adapt to the demands of a worldwide sport, and he missed the last two meetings after teammate Yasutomo Nagai died in a crash in Assen. In 1996, he finished sixth overall in the Superbike World championship, bringing him to a historic sixth place.

Edwards' 1997 was a frustrating year for him as he was forced to stop competing due to injuries suffered in the fifth round of the Superbike World Championship. He had been recalled in the Yamaha World Superbike Team and was unable to find a role in the 500cc Grand Prix series. Edwards was able to broker an agreement with Honda to ride the RC45 motorcycle in the 1998 Superbike World Championship. Edwards won his first international titles with a double victory over Monza and his third victory of the season at Brands Hatch, finishing fifth overall.

Edwards won several more victories for Honda (including lead teammate Aaron Slight home twice at Brands Hatch, giving Honda a rare Double-1-2) and ending the season in second overall position, behind champion Carl Fogarty. Edwards rode the latest Honda VTR-1000 SP1/RC51 twin cylinder motorcycle to overall victory in the Superbike World Championship in 2000 after Yamaha rider and points leader Noriyuki Haga was disqualified for testing positive for a banned drug. Edwards came second second to Ducati rider Troy Bayliss in 2001, but the pair regained the title from Bayliss in 2002 in a thrilling fashion, clinching the championship in the final race of the season in Imola (Italy). Edwards also tied for the most points in a single season, with 552 points in 2002, defeating Carl Fogarty's record of 489 points. Troy Bayliss, the runner-up, also broke the previous record by 541 points.

Edward Edwards, who won his second Superbike World Championship Edwards, then moved to MotoGP in 2003. He rode for the incredibly strained Aprilia team on the RS Cube, and his only notable achievement in that otherwise miserable year was avoiding serious injury when his machine caught fire at Sachsenring due to an incorrectly installed fuel cap. Despite this, Edwards, who is best known in motorcycle paddocks, refused to help lift the struggling team.

Edwards rode for Telefonica Movistar Honda in 2004, and he claimed his first MotoGP podium position at Donington. Edwards finished the season in fifth overall rank.

Edwards was transferred to Gauloises, Yamaha factory team as the teammate to world champion Valentino Rossi in 2005. Nicky Hayden, his compatriot, had his best result for 2005 at Laguna Seca's second position. He came in fourth overall, and that was his fourth season in a row.

Colin Edwards rode for the Camel Yamaha factory crew on board the YZR-M1 with teammate and good friend Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP championship in 2006. With "chatter" issues and tire wear issues, the factory Yamaha team got off to a rocky start to their racing season.

To address the aforementioned issues, the factory team fabricated a new chassis for the 2006 spec YZR-M1. Rossi rode to victory in Mugello's home race for the fifth straight time since 2001. Edwards didn't have time to "gel" with the new chassis early in the season, resulting in him sticking with the older version of the Mugello race. He came in 12th overall.

He led from the start at Assen and led until Nicky Hayden passed him on the penultimate lap. On the last lap, he returned to his countryman and passed him just a few corners before the end. Edwards raced across the AstroTurf and lost control of his bike, which briefly continued without him when Hayden tried to pass him again in the final chicane. He came in 13th in 13th place. Hayden, who rode across the dirt on the final chicane himself, maintained his bike and won the race. Edwards finished ninth in the scorching heat at home in his hometown Grand Prix, as his colleague Valentino Rossi did. In one of his season's most competitive showings, he came in second and fourth at Estoril.

Early in 2007, there were promising results. Colin's second year with Yamaha's plant staff, now known as Fiat Yamaha, was the second of his two-year contract, riding the new Yamaha YZR-M1 800cc. Nevertheless, after starting second on the grid in Istanbul, Olivier Jacque's first lap crash took him out. Colin debuted pole position at Le Mans, but he got off to a shaky start and bet on replacing to wet tyres in damp weather. He did this too early, and by the time it was wet enough, his tyres had been shredded, causing him to pit again and finish at the back of the field.

Edwards and teammate Valentino Rossi were struggling to find a competitive set up nearly the entire season to run first, with the M1 and the Michelin tires. At the wet British Grand Prix at Donington Park, Edwards best result of the season was 2nd (equaling his career best in MotoGP).

Colin Edwards remained in MotoGP for the 2008 season, this time with fellow Superbike World Champion James Toseland. After nine rounds, he finished fifth in the overall standings, never qualifying lower than 6th on the grid, and twice on the podium. He was delayed by Rossi's early arrival and was in last place at the end of the first lap after Hayden ran out of fuel, gaining some measure of revenge for the 2006 race at the track. After a crash in Germany, Colin Edwards' results started to suffer. Edwards was unable to crack the top ten in the next four races, his highest result since being on the podium in Assen was his sixth best result since the podium at Valencia, where he was in sixth place in the final round of the season.

Edwards confirmed that he had signed for Tech3 for a second season. "It's no secret that I had agreed with Yamaha to finish my MotoGP career at the end of 2008 and continue my racing career with them in America," says the Tech3 team as soon as I began working with them. Edwards will thus compete for his first MotoGP victory in 2009.

Edwards returned to form in the 2009 MotoGP season, establishing himself as the nation's best satellite rider. In the British Grand Prix at Donington Park, he finished in second place.

Edwards, who was trapped in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix, issued a frank statement about Alex de Angelis: "We are in Italy, but we sometimes have to deal with an Italian rider who wants to be a hero," says De Angelis. In reference to Valentino Rossi's special edition helmet, De Angelis is the one who has to wear Valentino's donkey helmet.

Edwards revealed on October 1, 2009 that he had signed a one-year deal that would see him ride for Tech3 Yamaha in the 2010 season. Ben Spies, a fellow American, will be his teammate.

Edwards and Cal Crutchlow married in 2010 on September 19, 2010, extending his one-year deal to ride for Tech3 Yamaha in the 2011 season.

Edwards fractured his right collarbone during second session, which also had a plate added. Edwards finished third-place at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, nine days after his first race since injury, after being promoted to a podium position after Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli's crash. It was his first podium finish since finishing second in second place at the 2009 British Grand Prix at Donington Park.

Edwards, along with Valentino Rossi, was involved in the crash that killed Marco Simoncelli at the Malaysian Grand Prix on October 23, injuring his left shoulder and ending his season. Josh Hayes was swapped for Valencia by Valencia's Josh Hayes.

Edwards revealed on September 3, 2011, that he would leave the Tech3 team to compete as the sole entry for NGM Mobile Forward Racing in 2012. With a Suter chassis powered by a BMW engine, the team was making their return to the premier class under the new Claiming Rule Teams legislation.

Edwards was partnered with rookie Claudio Corti on FTR-Kawasaki machinery while reserving with Forward Racing in 2013.

Edwards stayed with Forward Racing for 2014, this time partnering Aleix Espargaró on Yamaha-based bikes. Edwards said at a press conference prior to the 2014 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas, that the 2014 season would be his last MotoGP season, citing the struggle to adapt to a new riding style. Since the Indianapolis round, it was announced that he would not participate in the second half of the season, and Alex de Angelis was in charge. Edwards revealed he will be a test rider for Yamaha and Michelin for the next two years during a Silverstone remark on August 31, 2014.

Edwards rode a Yamaha in 1996 and defeated Noriyuki Haga in the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race, his first international victory. Edwards has won the 8 Hours twice: with Valentino Rossi in 2001 and then with the late Daijiro Kato in 2002, both with Honda.

Edwards has twice competed for the United States in the Michelin Race of Champions Nation's Cup, first in 2000 and then in 2002, when the US team captured the tournament for the first time. An automobile racer, a rally/off-road racer, and a motorcycle racer are among the national teams competing in the event. The 2002 US team included former off-road racer and NASCAR rookie Jimmie Johnson as the rally's lead and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon in the automobile division.

Career statistics

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