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The Yamaha TZ750 is a series production two-stroke race motorcycle built by Yamaha to compete in the Formula 750 class in the 1970s. Motorcyclist called it "the most notorious and successful roadracing motorcycle of the 1970s". [1] Another journal called it the dominant motorcycle of the era, noting its nine consecutive Daytona 200 wins ...
In a desperate effort to keep Scott within reach in the points chase, Roberts and Carruthers built a dirt track frame to house a 170 mph Yamaha TZ750 two-stroke road racing engine. [2] The motorcycle wasn't completed until just before race time so Roberts had never ridden it until he arrived for the race in Indianapolis. [ 32 ]
Steve Baker (born September 5, 1952) is an American former professional motorcycle racer. [1] [2] He competed in AMA dirt track and road racing competitions from 1973 to 1976 and in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships in 1977 and 1978.
American Flat Track is an American motorcycle racing series. [1] The racing series, founded and sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1954, originally encompassed five distinct forms of competitions including mile dirt track races, half-mile, short-track, TT steeplechase and road races .
He also competed in the Formula 750 Class on a Yamaha TZ750. His most memorable victory at the Isle of Man TT came in 1979, when he beat pre-race favourite Mike Hailwood who had successfully returned to motorcycle racing at the 1978 Isle of Man TT after a short time in Formula 1 Grand Prix car racing. [1]
Brad Baker (born February 18, 1993) is an AMA Pro Flat Track Racer from United States who has competed in the Championship since 2009, winning the Grand National Singles Championship in his first full-time year. He also won the Grand National Championship in 2013.
Dick Mann (June 13, 1934 – April 26, 2021) was an American professional motorcycle racer.He was a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship.Mann was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993, and the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998. [1]
Yamaha motorcycles entered the series for the first time this year with the Yamaha TZ750. [29] Britain won the series 416-401 although American Kenny Roberts was the top scorer with 4 wins. [ 1 ] Roberts bike, which was fitted with the newly introduced slick tyres , nearly failed scrutineering for "bald tyres".