Rider

Quebec-born Duhamel is the third-winningest rider in AMA Superbike history (32 wins) and a five-time DAYTONA 200 winner (1991, ’96, ’99, 2003, 2005). As of 2021, he’s tied with fellow nominee Scott Russell for all-time DAYTONA 200 triumphs. Throughout his career, Duhamel won the 1995 AMA Superbike championship, five AMA Supersport titles, two Formula Xtreme crowns and the 1991 Bol d’Or 24 hour. In all, he scored 86 AMA wins, a record 40 in the Supersport category. He won his first Superbike race in 1990, a victory that helped propel him to AMA Superbike Rookie of the Year honors. He took his first DAYTONA 200 the following season. A horrific 1998 accident looked to end his career, but he used a cane to approach his bike at the 1999 DAYTONA 200. “I was thinking that I just wanted to get some points to start the season,” Duhamel remembers. “But I wound up winning both races — the 200 and the Supersport.” He was inducted into the AMA Hall of Fame in 2016.