Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers: The American Heroes
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760334684 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in San Diego, California.. About the AuthorNorm DeWitt, a life-long motorcycle racing fan, has written about motorcycles and racing for many national magazines
Great read! Filled in all the blanks for this American MotoGP fan! Alex If you were anything like me growing up in the hotbed of the "Double A" (American and Australian) domination of MotoGP you knew you had about three resources available to you to follow bike GP.ESPN's MotoWorld, bike publications (Cycle News, Motorcycle Road Racer Illustrated, Cycle, et al) and your TV Guide to find out which Tuesday night ESPN would show the already two week old GP inhighlight form. Most of the seasons for me were pieced together with annuals put out by MRRI or Sport Rider.Well for . "Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers: The American Heroes" according to Don Emde. Norm DeWitt's "Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers. The American Heroes" is a great overview of not only those American racers with the greatest amount of success in Grand Prix racing, but also the Pioneers who opened the door for Americans to go to Europe, and the Contenders who went over, but didn't become a world champion. Norm shares the stories told to him personally by Kenny Roberts, Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Kenny Roberts Jr., Nicky Hayden and more. Today MotoGP is. Modern-Day heroes I scrounged the money for my first bike when I was 12 and, growing up during the 60's, these guys were my living, breathing heroes. My first job fortuitously landed me working with one Calvin Rayborn who taught me the fundamentals of automotive brake and alignment. Cal was a great guy and a great mentor and his untimely death hit me hard. Norm brought those memories and many others back with a rush. "Racers" is a wonderful read for those of us fortunate enough to have "been there" and encyclopedic o
With additional chapters about the American World Superbike champions and those Americans who competed for the World Championship, this is the story road racing fans have been waiting decades to read.. This is the story of the legendary American riders who beat the Europeans at their own game, including Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Kenny Roberts Jr., and the most recent American world champion, Nicky Hayden. Until the 1970s, North America was considered a backwater with respect to world championship–level motorcycle road racing. European racers viewed American riders as being less talented and rode around in circles on tracks made of dirt. That all changed when Kenny Roberts exploded onto the Grand Prix racing scene and became the first American to win the world cha
He lives in San Diego, California.. Norm DeWitt, a life-long motorcycle racing fan, has written about motorcycles and racing for many national magazines