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As of round 17 Race · updated 10/13/2026, 07:18 PM (Japan time)

Riders

Rich Oliver

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Nationality
United States United States
Number
97

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

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Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Laguna Seca in 1988.

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In 250cc (1988): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums. In 500cc (1991): 1 starts, 0 wins, 0 podiums.

In all, 2 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 0 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Season by season

250cc500cc ★ Champion

110203019881989199019911992199319941990 250cc: P39 / 3 pts / 0 wins250cc1991 500cc: P23 / 5 pts / 0 wins500cc

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Scope: official results DB, 1988–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Totals

250cc1988–1994
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P18.7

3 pts · Poles 0

3 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

500cc1991–1991
Win rate0.0%
Podium rate0.0%
Average finish (when classified)avg P11.0

5 pts · Poles 0

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1988. Of the 55 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

250cc 4 races · 1988–1994

By grid positionSmall sample

average grid average finish (classified)

15101520Starting Grid 10–15: average grid 14.0 → average finish 13.0 (1 races, 0 wins)Grid 10–15Starting Grid 16〜: average grid 21.0 → average finish 21.5 (3 races, 0 wins)Grid 16〜
Grid 10–1514.0 → 13.00 wins / 1 races
Grid 16〜21.0 → 21.50 wins / 3 races

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; one circuit only.

500cc 1 races · 1991

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; always on the grid Grid 10–15; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1994 (the rider's racing years)

Distance ridden and distance travelled

Counted from 1949 (lap lengths before 1998 researched from published sources: estimates)3 races with an estimated lap length

Ridden on the bike

Every session

at least 206 miles
0.0× around the Earth · 93 laps

From 1949. Every session in the seasons with the lap analysis documents, races only before. Tests not included. Laps × that year's lap length.A minimum, calculated from straight-line distances between circuits. Connections, tests and trips home are not included, so the real figures are longer.

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1988–1994 (the rider's racing years)

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