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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 1989 bike was also the first Grand Prix bike to incorporate an early form of a quick shifter, although it only allowed clutchless no lift upshifts. The result was an unforgiving, but brutally fast, package that earned Honda a fourth 500 cc World Championship in 1989 thanks to Eddie Lawson who had joined the factory backed Rothmans team ...
Eddie Lawson won the riders' championship on it. 1st 1989: 0WA8: Introduction of a data-recording device. 2nd 1990: 0WC1: Wayne Rainey won his first riders' championship on it. 1st 1991: 0WD3: New regulation came into effect: the minimum weight would be 131 kg (for the four cylinders bikes). Yamaha used in this year first (and last) chip ...
[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 (pictured at Suzuka) became the 500cc world champion Sito Pons (pictured at Suzuka) became the 250cc world champion The 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 41st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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.
Eddie Lawson: Report: 2 15 April Italian Grand Prix: Misano: Pier Paolo Bianchi: Ángel Nieto: Fausto Ricci: Freddie Spencer: Report: 3 6 May Spanish Grand Prix: Jarama: Pier Paolo Bianchi: Ángel Nieto: Sito Pons: Eddie Lawson: Report: 4 20 May Austrian Grand Prix: Salzburgring: Stefan Dörflinger: Christian Sarron: Eddie Lawson: Report: 5 27 ...