Pascal Picotte

Birth date: December 23, 1969
Birthplace: Granby, Quebec, Canada
Residence: Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 157 lbs.
Turned Pro: 1990

Year-end AMA Ranking:

2005 41st (SB), 37th (SS), 29th (FX)
2004 32nd (SB), 17th (FX)
2003 62nd (SB), 22nd (SS), 38th (STK)
2002 4th (SB)
2001 15th (SB)
2000 11th (SB)
1999 12th (SB)
1998 15th (SB)
1997 6th (SB), 2nd (600SS)
1996 5th (SB), 2nd (750SS)
1995 6th (SB), 8th (600SS)
1994 4th (SB)
1993 10th (SB)
1992 5th (SB), 1st (PT)
1991 7th (SB), 5th (PT)
1990 24th (SB), 15th (600SS)
1989 30th (600SS)

Career Highlights:

2005 Picotte entered select AMA Formula Xtreme races, earning a sixth-place finish at Barber Motorsports Park... Entered the Daytona Intl Speedway round of the AMA Supersport Championship, placing ninth... Entered select AMA Superbike events, best result an 11th-place finish at Barber Motorsports Park... Raced with Yamaha Canada team.
2004 Picotte entered select AMA Formula Xtreme races, earning fifth-place finishes at Daytona Intl Speedway and Brainerd Intl Raceway... Entered select AMA Superbike events, best result a seventh-place finish at Daytona Intl Speedway.
2003 Entered the Mid-Ohio round of the AMA Superstock series, placing seventh... Also entered the AMA Supersport series, placing fifth at Mid-Ohio... Entered the Pikes Peak Intl Speedway round of the AMA Superbike Championship, placing 14th.
2002 Picotte took seven, top-five AMA Superbike finishes... Best result was fourth-place at Mid-Ohio... He finished in the top-10 in all but three of 16 races... Entered the season with the HMC Ducati team, but moved to the Austin Ducati team after the first race of the season.
2001 Picotte's best AMA U.S. Superbike result was seventh-place in race one of the Road Atlanta doubleheader... Raced with factory Harley-Davidson team.
2000 Picotte and the factory Harley-Davidson team struggled, taking a season-best AMA Chevy Trucks U.S. Superbike finish of eighth-place at New Hampshire Intl Speedway.
1999 Picotte took third-place in the AMA Superbike race at Sears Point, and took second-place at the season finale at Pikes Peak... Raced with Harley-Davidson factory team.
1998 Picotte just missed the podium with fourth-place finishes at Pikes Peak Int'l. Raceway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway... Was running in third-place at the Daytona 200 by Arai when a failed pit-stop put him out of contention for a podium finish... Raced with factory Harley-Davidson team.
1997 Won four rounds of the Pro Honda Oils 600 SuperSport series and placed on the podium five more times... Raced MBNA Superbike and placed on the podium at Pikes Peak Int'l. Raceway... Rode for Yoshimura Suzuki.
1996 Picotte's win at Mid-Ohio gave Suzuki its first AMA Superbike win in six years... Won four 750cc SuperSport races...Rode the 750cc SuperSport Series for the first time in his career and won four races, finishing a close second in the series to teammate Aaron Yates... Rode for Suzuki.
1995 Had two third place Superbike finishes, Pomona and Gateway... Two podium finishes in 600 SuperSport including a season-best second at Sears Point... Broke his collarbone in the 600 SuperSport race at Daytona, re-injured the shoulder in a crash at Pomona while leading the 600 SuperSport final... Won the Superbike pole at Pomona and Sears Point... Rode for Muzzy Kawasaki.
1994 Fourth-ranked AMA Superbike rider, best result to date... Won his first AMA Superbike event at Laguna Seca on a Ferracci Ducati, then went on to win again at Road America... Earned a total of four podium finishes in Superbike... Last season with Ferracci Ducati, ending a four-year relationship with the team.
1993 Finished second in Superbike finals twice, Phoenix and Brainerd... Rode in the shadow of teammate and AMA Superbike champ, Doug Polen.
1992 Rode a Ferracci Ducati to the Pro Twins title in its final year as an AMA Pro Racing class... Dominated the Pro Twins class by winning eight of the nine races in the series... Earned his first Superbike podium finish with a third in the May Texas World Speedway event, and another third at Loudon.
1991 Started the season riding a Yamaha of Canada Superbike, was hired by Ferracci Ducati a developmental rider and won his first race (Pro Twins) for the team at Road America... Won three Pro Twins races for Ducati... Best Superbike finish was fourth at Miami.
1990 Rode a Yamaha of Canada Superbike to ninth at Loudon... Finished fifth in the Loudon 600 SuperSport race on a Yamaha.
1989 Scored his first AMA National points with an eighth in the 600 SuperSport race at Loudon.