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Kenny Roberts was born to Alice and Melton "Buster" Roberts in Modesto, California. [6] As a child growing up in the rural agriculture area just off highway 132 near the West side vineyards of E & J Gallo Winery, Roberts was originally interested in horseback riding. [7]
Roberts first raced in the 250cc class at Willow Springs in 1990, winning 5 races in his debut season in road racing. By 1993, he made his World 500cc debut at the Laguna Seca Raceway event, and was a full-time 250cc racer for 1994 and 1995 with the Marlboro-Yamaha team.
A few weeks later, 40 professional drivers, led by Kenny Roberts, presented a new organization and a new racing series: the "World Series of Motorcycle Racing". From the 1980 season onward the riders would not participate in any race organized by the FIM but only start in eight races with two classes: Formula 1 (500 cc) and Formula 2 (250 cc).
Johnny Cecotto (4) leads Barry Sheene (7) and Kenny Roberts (1) during the 1978 500cc Dutch TT race. Cecotto won the Dutch TT with Roberts finishing ahead of a resurgent Sheene in third place. [10] Hartog would claim the Belgian Grand Prix for Suzuki with Roberts and Sheene once again finishing in second and third places respectively. [11]
Yamaha Motor Japan Yamaha: Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) 1 Kenny Roberts: All Cagiva Cagiva: Cagiva GP500: 2 Virginio Ferrari: All Riemersma Racing Suzuki: Suzuki RGB500: 3 4 Wil Hartog: 1–2, 4–8 Venemotos Racing Team Yamaha: Yamaha YZR500 (OW48) 4 Johnny Cecotto: All Jen Organs Suzuki: Suzuki RG 500: 5 57 Franco Uncini: 1–2, 4–8 Yamaha I.M.N ...
Coming into the Swedish Grand Prix, Honda's Freddie Spencer led Yamaha's Kenny Roberts 117 to 115 with each man having won five of the season's ten previous races. Roberts had the momentum, having won four of the previous five rounds.
The 1979 British Grand Prix would be remembered as one of the greatest races of the modern era with Roberts beating Sheene to the finish line by three-hundredths of a second. [ 3 ] After an eleven-year absence from world championship racing, Honda returned to competition with the exotic, four-stroke NR500 ridden by riders Mick Grant and ...
Kenny Roberts: Yamaha Motor Company: Yamaha: 42'56.720 15: 2 Barry Sheene: Texaco Heron Team Suzuki: Suzuki +0.030 12: 3 Wil Hartog: Riemersma Racing: Suzuki +4.970 ...