John Kocinski is best remembered for out-performing Carl Fogarty on two counts: beating the British champion's Ducati in 1997 when he took Honda's RC45 to its only World SuperBike championship, and surpassing Foggy in the obnoxious stakes."He was a

FORMER 250cc GP and WSB World Champion John Kocinski is back out on track, taking part in the West Coast Flat Track Series in the USA.Kocinski, 40, is going all-out in a bid to help his friend, former full-time flat track racer, Henry Wiles win

was won by the Cagiva mounted John Kocinski and since the race was the opening round of 1994 he became the only rider to lead the championship on a Cagiva.

WELCOME TO VISORDOWN'S weekly caption competition, where you get the chance to slap your best effort on our chosen image.Engage your wit for this weeks caption featuring John Kocinski taking a penny farthing for a spin.It's over to you. Get those

unique position to lay claim to the history of this sport and give it the recognition it deserves on the national stage.”Mmm. Wonder if John Kocinski will be taking part?2010 AMA Vintage National Dirt Track Championships Series Schedule:    * Feb. 28

race. He went very close in race 2 at Sentul (Indonesia), but was taken out on the last lap by John Kocinski, who won the title that year.Crafar is also remembered as the man who won the 1998 British GP at Donington on the Dunlop-shod Yamaha-Red Bull

600RR engines and the revised 1000cc rule changes in 2012.Many Grand Prix riders have successfully transferred to WSB, with John Kocinski and more recently Max Biaggia taking championships. The illustrious honour of winning in both series has yet

Haga (JP) 16Pierfrancesco Chili (I) 13Giancarlo Falappa (I) 13Carlos Checa (ES) 12Ruben Xaus (ES) 11Régis Laconi (F) 10Ben Bostrom (USA) 7John Kocinski (USA) 5James Toseland (GB) 5Michel Fabrizio (I) 4Lorenzo Lanzi (I) 3Shane Byrne (GB) 2Mauro Lucchiari

of Rainey, Lawson, Kocinski, Mamola and Magee. When the team took over as Yamaha’s number one squad, all the experimental stuff stopped. Our last brief was to re-jig the Kocinski 250 fairing to fit the 500. The factory took the first prototype back to Japan

, and they both got other riders to give up their time." Even if they weren't sure why. When asked why he was attending, Team Roberts riderJohn Kocinski replied: "Kenny told me to..."Each of the races on the day was 'sponsored' by a rider: there was the Randy