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American motorcycle racers by populated place (2 C)-Puerto Rican motorcycle racers (1 C) M. American motocross riders (1 C, 91 P) S. American speedway riders (1 C, 49 P)
Yamaha Factory Racing 2019: Cameron Beaubier (4) Yamaha 6 Yamaha Factory Racing 2020: Cameron Beaubier (5) Yamaha 16 Yamaha Factory Racing 2021: Jake Gagne: Yamaha 17 Yamaha Factory Racing 2022: Jake Gagne (2) Yamaha 12 Yamaha Factory Racing 2023: Jake Gagne (3) Yamaha 11 Yamaha Factory Racing 2024: Josh Herrin (2) Ducati 7 Tytlers Cycle Racing
As the popularity of the series grew the long established Daytona 200 motorcycle race, which had begun on a course constructed on the beach in 1935, and had moved to the asphalt auto-racing track in 1961, switched to Superbikes. The race had been one of the few venues where FIM style Formula 1 500cc machines raced in the United States, but by ...
[6] [3] His Super Bowl victory created a huge wave of excitement in the American motorcycle community. [1] [2] He then left the Yamaha team to ride a ČZ in the 1972 Trans-AMA motocross series where he was the top-scoring American rider in the series-ending race, defeating top American riders such as Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy and Gary Jones. [1] [7]
Eddie Ray Lawson [1] (born March 11, 1958) is an American former professional motorcycle racer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1981 to 1992 . A four-time FIM 500cc road racing world champion , Lawson is prominent for being the first MotoGP competitor to win back-to-back 500cc world ...
Kenneth Leroy Roberts (born December 31, 1951) is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. [1] [2] He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship.
Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season. He is a two-time World Superbike champion and competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2014.
Roland Robert Free (November 18, 1900 – October 11, 1984) was an American motorcycle and automobile racer best known for breaking the American motorcycle land speed record in 1948 on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. A picture of Free, prone and wearing a bathing suit, has been described as the most famous picture in motorcycling. [1] [2]