Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers (HB)9780760334683 - Description
- The full-throttle stories behind America’s
greatest Grand Prix and MotoGP world champions
- Full history of each racer: training,
trials, races, victories, defeats, and types of bikes, etc.
In the 1970’s American riders suddenly
exploded into the world-championship-level motorcycle racing. Kenny Roberts was
the first US rider to capture an international championship – the 500 World Championship -
followed by Freddie Spencer, - winner of the 1980 US vs Britain Trans Atlantic
Match, beating both Barry Sheen and Kenny Roberts - Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey,
Kevin Schwantz and his all-or-nothing, aggressive racing style, Kenny Roberts Jr, Nicky Hayden, winner of the
Moto GP Championship in 2006. This book covers all the great champions, plus
the contenders, with details of their wins, losses, races, machines, and the
fierce rivalry on the racing track, often with each other even when in the same
team, and is a must-have for any Moto GP and motorbike racing fan.
