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Jun 5, 2020 · In ’75, 23-year-old Ken Roberts was Yamaha’s ace rider and the reigning Grand National champion, but struggling to defend his crown. The TZ750 four was a weapon on tarmac but Yamaha’s ageing four-stroke parallel twin was outclassed by Harley’s XR750 on the dirt tracks that dominated the calendar. The idea for the TZ tracker had come ...
Jim Pomeroy (November 16, 1952 – August 6, 2006) was an American professional motocross racer. [1] He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1972 to 1973 and in the Motocross World Championships from 1973 to 1976, before returning to compete in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1977 to 1978. Pomeroy is notable for being the first ...
Two further events for the lower-tier ASAF touring car series were held in 1993 and 1994, with the last race on the old 9.5 km course coming in September 1994 being a combined motorcycle/touring car affair. New circuit emerges. Time was finally called on the original road race course and work began on creating a newer, much shorter course.
TT 1975. Mick Grant rewrote the record books in 1975 when he smashed Mike Hailwood's eight-year-old record. He waited until the second lap of the final race of the week, the six-lap Classic, in which he rode a three-cylinder Kawasaki, to establish new record of 109.82mph. Unfortunately his chain broke on the next circuit and Yamaha mounted John ...
Jun 13, 2023 · Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.
Nov 1, 1975 · November 1 1975 D. Randy Riggs. CAMEL PRO SERIES DOING THE DITTO. For The Second Year In A Row, Ken Roberts And Yamaha Score The Elusive Double At Laguna Seca. D. Randy Riggs. In slightly more than two months' time, Ken Roberts had run in a half-dozen monotonously tough dirt Nationals. One happened to be a searingly fast mile, three were ...
Sep 3, 1975 · DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Sept. 2 (Reuters)—Brian McComb, an Irish rider, was killed in a crash today during the Manx 250 cubic centimeter Grand Prix motorcycle race. McComb, a 24‐year‐old ...
