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Chris Walker (born 25 March 1972 in Nottingham) is a British motorcycle road racer and former scrambler with the nickname ''The Stalker''. He is a four-time runner-up in the British Superbike Championship, and a former race winner in the Superbike World Championship. For the 2015 season Walker signed for Tommy Hill's ''Be Wiser Kawasaki Team'' aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R in the British Superbike Championship,〔(Motorcycle News, October 2014 ''Tommy Hill returns to BSB as team boss with Be Wiser Kawasaki'' ) Retrieved 14 November 2014〕 following his 2014 season with Lloyds British GBmoto squad.〔 Team manager Hill left in August, 2015,〔(Hill leaves Be Wiser Kawasaki after ‘differing ideas’ ) ''Bike Sport News'', 25 August 2015, Retrieved 10 October 2015〕 and the team folded in September, leaving Walker without a ride for the final two race meetings of the season.〔(Be Wiser Kawasaki withdraw from BSB ) ''Motor Cycle News'', 28 August 2015, Retrieved 10 October 2015〕 Like Formula One legend Ayrton Senna, Walker developed Bell's Palsy which paralysed part of his face in 2002.〔(BBC Sport, July 2002 ''Walker primed for GSE'' ) Retrieved 14 November 2014〕〔(Famous sufferers of Bells Palsy )〕 He lists his determination as his best feature, and his love of puddings as his worst. He usually races #9. ==Early years and British Superbike Championship 1995–2000== Walker only started road racing in 1995 after many years as an accomplished motocross rider, but by the end of that year and into 1996 he rose through the ranks with ease and had ridden in Grands Prix and scored points. In 1997 he challenged for the prestigious British Superbike championship with Yamaha, finishing as runner-up to experienced team-mate Niall Mackenzie. He switched to Kawasaki for 1998, winning in the season’s first race, before it became clear that the Yamahas of Mackenzie and Steve Hislop were the bikes to beat. Injury to Hislop allowed Walker to take 2nd in the series again, a feat he repeated behind Troy Bayliss’ Ducati in 1999. He came agonisingly close to the 2000 title, when an engine failure in his Suzuki took him out of a winning position with just three laps remaining of the final race at Donington Park, leaving Walker in tears and gifting the title to GSE Ducati’s Neil Hodgson. He did however take a second place at Brands Hatch in the World Superbike round that year, the best of his many wild card entries in the UK rounds (and occasionally Assen in the Netherlands) over the years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris Walker (motorcycle racer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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