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In 2009, Kawasaki officially returned to SBK with Paul Bird Motorsport, but after three seasons, in 2012, Kawasaki switched the factory support to the Spanish-based Provec Racing team. Kawasaki has won several superbike racing championships.
For the first time since Kawasaki returned to the premier class of motorcycle racing, the team became a complete ‘in house’ factory team. On January 9, 2009, Kawasaki announced it had decided to "suspend its MotoGP racing activities from 2009 season onward and reallocate management resources more efficiently".
Lackey began the 1972 AMA Motocross National Championship season winning 4 of the first 7 races on a ČZ, at which point the Kawasaki factory offered Lackey a contract to race for them. [13] He won his fifth race of the season on a Kawasaki and clinched the 1972 AMA 500cc 1972 AMA Motocross National Championship in dominating fashion. [1] [12]
He formed a racing team in 1990 using Kawasaki motorcycles with support from the Kawasaki factory. [2] In his first year as a team owner, his riders, Doug Chandler and Scott Russell finished first and second in the 1990 AMA Superbike Championship. [1] The Kawasaki factory then asked Muzzy's team to compete in the World Superbike Championship. [2]
For the 1971 season, Duhamel signed a lucrative contract with the Kawasaki factory racing team to compete in the AMA road racing nationals with 1963 Daytona 200 winner, Ralph White as his teammate. [ 5 ] [ 26 ] The Kawasaki H1R was known as a fast but fragile motorcycle with an explosive power delivery and brutal riding characteristics that ...
Roeseler began his off-road racing career in the California desert racing a Harley-Davidson. [4] He soon moved on Husqvarna motorcycles and became one of the top AMA desert racers competing in desert races including hare scrambles and Hare and Hound races. [4] Roeseler won his first Baja 1000 in 1976 with teammate Mitch Mayes on a Husqvarna. [5]
Hugh Neville "Kork" Ballington (born 10 April 1951) is a South African former professional motorcycle racer. [1] He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1976 to 1982, most prominently as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team with whom he won four FIM road racing world championships. [2]
The following year, he joined the Kawasaki factory racing team and, would remain with the company for the duration of his motocross career. [1] Ward won his first AMA national in 1982 and, in 1984 he won his first AMA national championship in the 125cc class, winning eight out of 10 races. [1]