{{Short description|American motorcycle racer (born 1968)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox motorcycle rider | name = Tom Kipp | image = | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|17}}<ref name=AMA>{{cite web|url=http://www.amaproracing.com/archive/2003/sb/01x_SB_Series_Guide04.pdf|title=2004 Series Guide – AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship presented by Parts Unlimited|work=amaproracing.com|publisher=American Motorcyclist Association|pages=24–25|accessdate=December 13, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215074937/http://www.amaproracing.com/archive/2003/sb/01x_SB_Series_Guide04.pdf|archivedate=December 15, 2004}}</ref> | birth_place = Willoughby, Ohio, United States<ref name=AMA/> | death_date = | death_place = | website = | SBK Active years = {{SBK|1989}}–{{SBK|1991}}, {{SBK|1995}}, {{SBK|1997}} | SBK Manufacturers = Yamaha | SBK Race Starts = 20 | SBK Race Wins = 1 | SBK Podiums = 1 | SBK Poles = 1 | SBK Fastest laps = 0 | SBK Total Points = 48 }} '''Tom Kipp''' (born November 17, 1968) from Chardon, Ohio<ref>[https://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/kipp-on-superbike-pole?artid=62163 Kipp on Superbike pole | Auto123.com] Retrieved 2018-05-22.</ref> is an American former motorcycle racer. A Superbike World Championship race winner,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsbk.com/en/rider/Tom+Kipp|title=Tom Kipp|work=worldsbk.com|accessdate=December 13, 2014}}</ref> Kipp won the AMA 600 SuperSport Championship in 1992 and the AMA 750 SuperSport Championship in 1994, 1995 and 1999;<ref name=AMA/> Kipp, who started motocross racing before he was six years old,<ref name=ret>{{cite news|url=http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Nov/031121a.htm|title=Tom Kipp Retires|work=superbikeplanet.com|date=November 21, 2003|accessdate=December 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213163533/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2003-Nov/031121a.htm|archivedate=December 13, 2014}}</ref> also competed in the AMA Superbike Championship, the British Superbike Championship and the AMA Formula Xtreme Championship.<ref name=AMA/> He retired in late 2003 to study<ref name=ret/> for Christian ministry, returning to competition for 2005 in the Canadian Superbike Championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/kipp-mcbride-to-race-with-kawasaki-in-2005-parts-canada-superbike-series/|title=Kipp, McBride To Race With Kawasaki In 2005 Parts Canada Superbike Series|work=roadracingworld.com|date=December 3, 2004|accessdate=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cdnsuperbike.com/news/05/120205.shtml|title=Szoke joins Kipp on Kawasaki Team for 2006|work=cdnsuperbike.com|publisher=Parts Canada Superbike Championship|date=December 2, 2005|accessdate=December 6, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217044709/http://www.cdnsuperbike.com/news/05/120205.shtml|archivedate=December 17, 2005}}</ref> He later became a pastor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msfchurch.com/about-us/our-team/|title=Our Team|work=msfchurch.com|publisher=Morning Star Friends Church|accessdate=December 13, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620024348/http://msfchurch.com/about-us/our-team/|archivedate=June 20, 2012}}</ref>
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