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Kenneth Leroy Roberts Junior (Mountain View, California, 25 de julio de 1973), más conocido como Kenny Roberts Jr., es un expiloto de motos, que fue campeón del mundo en el año 2000 de la categoría reina 500cc.
- Kenneth Leroy Roberts Junior
- Estadounidense
- 2007
Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr. (born July 25, 1973, in Mountain View, California) is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who won the 2000 FIM Road Racing World Championship, after finishing runner-up in 1999. Roberts Jr. is an 8-time Premier Class race winner.
- American
- July 25, 1973 (age 50), Mountain View, California, United States
Kenny Roberts Jr. nació el 25 de agosto de 1973 en Hickman, Estados Unidos. Hijo del mítico piloto Kenny Roberts. Motos Participó en el mundo de las dos ruedas casi desde que nació. Creció entre el paddock y el rancho de su padre en Modesto, California, siempre rodeado de motocicletas.
Malasia 1999, 20 años del primer triunfo de Kenny Roberts Jr. La primera carrera de 1999 coronó al estadounidense con la primera victoria de su carrera en 500cc al superar a Checa y Crivillé
- Early Life
- Racing History
- Race Team Manager and Owner
- Legacy
- Honors
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Kenny Roberts was born to Alice and Melton "Buster" Roberts in Modesto, California. 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. He rode his first motorcycle at the age of 12 when a friend dared him to ride a mini b...
Early AMA career
Realizing that Roberts needed more help if his racing career was going to progress, Aksland introduced Roberts to airline pilot and amateur motorcycle racer Jim Doyle, who would become Roberts' personal manager. In 1971, Doyle and Roberts approached Triumph'sAmerican distributor to ask about the possibility of a sponsored ride, but were told that Roberts was too small for one of their motorcycles. They then turned to the American Yamaha importer's team, who agreed to make Roberts a factory sp...
Saarinen influence
In 1972, Jarno Saarinen was considered one of the top road racers in the world, having challenged the previously dominant Giacomo Agostini for the 350cc world championship. At the end of the 1972 world championship season, Saarinen traveled to America to compete in the season ending Champion Spark Plug Classic AMA sanctioned race held at the Ontario Motor Speedway. Roberts observed Saarinen's riding style where he shifted his body weight towards the inside of a turn. While Roberts had a natur...
AMA Grand National Champion
In 1973, in just his second season as an expert, Roberts won the AMA Grand National Championship. Despite his Yamaha dirt track motorcycle lacking the horsepower of the Harley-Davidson team, he won three races and consistently finished among the top ten, amassing a record 2,014 points in the 25-race series.
After his Grand Prix racing career ended in 1983, Roberts briefly considered an auto racing career before deciding to field a Grand Prix team. In 1984, he entered a team into the 250 cc world championship with riders Wayne Rainey and Alan Carter using Yamaha bikes. In 1986 he moved up to the 500 cc world championship with riders Randy Mamola and Mi...
Roberts' riding style in which he forced the motorcycle's rear wheel to break traction to steer around a corner, essentially riding on paved surfaces as if they were dirt tracks, changed the way Grand Prix motorcycles were ridden. From 1983 to 1999, every 500 cc world championship was won by a rider with a dirt track racing background. Roberts' cor...
Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of Americain 1990.Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Famein 1992.Inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famein 1998.The FIMnamed him a Grand Prix "Legend" in 2000.- American
- December 31, 1951 (age 71), Modesto, California
16 de nov. de 2021 · Until 2021, in the 73 seasons of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, there was only one father and son duo that had won World Championships: Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr.
14 de nov. de 2023 · Kenny Roberts Jr. becomes a MotoGP™ Legend. 2000 World Champion inducted into the MotoGP™ World Championship Hall of Fame at COTA
