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Roberts later recalled the Indy Mile victory on the Yamaha TZ750 as the most significant dirt track accomplishment of his career. [ 32 ] Despite accomplishing another Grand Slam, this time in only one season, Roberts lost his crown, finishing second to Gary Scott in the 1975 national championship.
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 ...
Proficient on oval dirt tracks as well as paved road racing circuits, Romero won the 1970 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and was the winner of the 1975 Daytona 200. [3] [4] [5] After retiring from competition, he became a successful racing team manager with Honda and, helped the sport of dirt track racing by becoming a race promoter. [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". [29]
In 1984, he accepted an offer to ride for the newly formed Kenny Roberts Yamaha racing team in the 250cc class of the Grand Prix World Championship. [3] A less than successful season (1 podium and difficulty push-starting the bike) saw him returning home in 1985 to join the Maclean Racing team in U.S. 250 and Formula 1 classes, and then on to ...
PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta states his case to those in the new Trump administration possibly eyeing the health of the food industry.
Kenny Roberts won his first of three championships with it. 1978: 2nd 1979: 0W45: 2nd 1980: 0W48: Introduction of an aluminum frame to the YZR500. 2nd 0W48R: At round 4 of the season, the YZR500 returned to a steel frame, and the engine had the outer cylinders reversed and thus rear-directional exhaust. 1981
Barron Trump is interested in starting his own business.. President Donald Trump's youngest son, who turns 19 in March, has his sights set on launching a real estate company, according to business ...