List of AMA Superbike champions
By season

List of AMA Superbike champions

Section Title: By season
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Season	Champion	Motorcycle	Wins	Team

1976	United Kingdom Reg Pridmore	BMW	2	Butler & Smith

1977	United Kingdom Reg Pridmore	Kawasaki	1	Racecrafters

1978	United Kingdom Reg Pridmore	Kawasaki	0	Vetter

1979	United States Wes Cooley	Suzuki	0	Yoshimura

1980	United States Wes Cooley	Suzuki	3	Yoshimura

1981	United States Eddie Lawson	Kawasaki	4	Team Muzzy

1982	United States Eddie Lawson	Kawasaki	5	Team Muzzy

1983	United States Wayne Rainey	Kawasaki	6	Team Muzzy

1984	United States Fred Merkel	Honda	10	American Honda

1985	United States Fred Merkel	Honda	6	American Honda

1986	United States Fred Merkel	Honda	2	American Honda

1987	United States Wayne Rainey	Honda	3	American Honda

1988	United States Bubba Shobert	Honda	3	American Honda

1989	United States Jamie James	Suzuki	1	Yoshimura

1990	United States Doug Chandler	Kawasaki	4	Team Muzzy

1991	United States Thomas Stevens	Yamaha	1	Vance & Hines

1992	United States Scott Russell	Kawasaki	3	Team Muzzy

1993	United States Doug Polen	Ducati	6	Fast by Ferracci

1994	Australia Troy Corser	Ducati	3	Fast by Ferracci

1995	Canada Miguel Duhamel	Honda	6	Commonwealth Racing

1996	United States Doug Chandler	Kawasaki	2	Team Muzzy

1997	United States Doug Chandler	Kawasaki	1	Team Muzzy

1998	United States Ben Bostrom	Honda	0	American Honda

1999	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	1	Yoshimura

2000	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	4	Yoshimura

2001	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	4	Yoshimura

2002	United States Nicky Hayden	Honda	9	American Honda

2003	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	10	Yoshimura

2004	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	8	Yoshimura

2005	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	11	Yoshimura

2006	United States Ben Spies	Suzuki	10	Yoshimura

2007	United States Ben Spies	Suzuki	7	Yoshimura

2008	United States Ben Spies	Suzuki	7	Yoshimura

2009	Australia Mat Mladin	Suzuki	10	Yoshimura

2010	United States Josh Hayes	Yamaha	7	Yamaha Factory Racing

2011	United States Josh Hayes	Yamaha	3	Yamaha Factory Racing

2012	United States Josh Hayes	Yamaha	16	Yamaha Factory Racing

2013	United States Josh Herrin	Yamaha	4	Yamaha Factory Racing

2014	United States Josh Hayes	Yamaha	7	Yamaha Factory Racing

2015	United States Cameron Beaubier	Yamaha	8	Yamaha Factory Racing

2016	United States Cameron Beaubier	Yamaha	8	Yamaha Factory Racing

2017	Spain Toni Elías	Suzuki	10	Yoshimura

2018	United States Cameron Beaubier	Yamaha	7	Yamaha Factory Racing

Sentence(s)

Wes Cooley as Pops Yoshimura rider, Yoshimura won the AMA Superbike national championship in 1979 and 1980.

final_sentence: Wes Cooley as Pops Yoshimura rider, Yoshimura won the AMA Superbike national championship in 1979 and 1980.