4: Scott Russell, USA: 14 race wins, champion 1993

One of the real characters of the early years of World Superbikes and the only man to win the title on a transverse four-cylinder 750... He and Foggy had a war on and off the track, with Scott claiming that the Ducatis should have been in Grand Prix racing and bemoaning the 750cc four versus 1000cc V-twin rules. But he and his Muzzy Kawasaki team managed to do the business against the then dominant twins. When Foggy went to Honda and the RC45 he said at Daytona (where he would win more often than not): “Fogarty won’t win the championship or even a race.” When Carl did win a race, Scott immediately rang him up to congratulate him: eventually the two would grow to respect each other. He returned from a semi-successful time in 500cc Grand Prixs in 1995/96 to race for Yamaha in 1997, but it seemed the old fire had gone. He was a great champion and will forever be remembered as a Kawasaki man…