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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 ...
Racing greats including Eddie Lawson, [1] Randy Mamola, [2] John Kocinski, [3] Doug Chandler, [3] Alex Barros and Mat Mladin, [3] all raced versions of the GP500 at one time in their careers. Eddie Lawson's win in the 1992 Hungarian motorcycle Grand Prix at the Hungaroring was the first 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix victory for the Cagiva GP500.
The first turns go to Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Schwantz. Christian Sarron watches from fourth as the three ahead scrape fairings. The quartet get well clear, but wet patches begin to appear on the track. Rainey and Schwantz raise their hands to stop the race, but ahead of them Lawson and Sarron continue at race pace.
[7] [8] It is the evolution of the ZRX1100 which is a stylized version of the "Eddie Lawson Replica" KZ1000R [9] sold in 1982. [6] With the ZRX1200R, Kawasaki's goal was to produce a motorcycle with the performance of a modern motorcycle, while retaining a design similar to the original Eddie Lawson Replica.
Eddie Lawson swiftly moves from 6th to 2nd position in the first turn. Rainey begins to widen the gap, while Lawson and Schwantz engage in a close battle. However, Lawson makes a mistake while entering the Corkscrew, causing him to fall back into the group of Gardner, Magee, and Sarron. Gardner crashes, fracturing his leg.
Eddie Lawson would recapture the championship from Wayne Gardner in a season that witnessed several fierce duels. Two newcomers joined the Grand Prix circuit with Americans Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz each winning races in their first full year.
With more than 100 wins to its credit, the NSR500 is the most dominant force in modern Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The 1989 NSR500 that won Honda's third 500 World Championship with Eddie Lawson exemplifies the overwhelming power, acceleration and raw speed that has always been synonymous with Honda's 500 cc two-stroke V4.
Through the first turn, it was Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Didier De Radiguès, Pierfrancesco Chili and Gardner. At the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Schwantz, Gardner, Chili and Wayne Rainey. Another few laps and it was Lawson, Gardner, De Radiguès, then a small gap to Rainey and Schwantz.