Steve Mclaughlin Motorcycle Racer

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Steve mclaughlin motorcycle racer. Adopting the term Superbike Production to replace Open Production famously happened after a conversation between AMA racer and World Superbike instigator Steve McLaughlin and Warren Willing at Ontario in 1975 Willing telling McLaughlin about the. Yet there is a movement into the light and Steve McLaughlin former racer and the father of the World Superbike Championship is the man trying hardest to widen flat track racings appeal. Photo from an ND Spark Plug ad 1978.

Steve McLaughlins 83 BMW R90S earned a place in the history books by winning the inaugural AMA Superbike National at Daytona on March 5 1976. Yvon Duhamel was the king of Production Class racing at AMA National Road Races in the early-to-mid-1970s. After 15 years living abroad and producing international races and is looking for work in the racing industry.

Just behind them on row two were Steve McLaughlin and three other expert-ranked fast racers all on 1000cc Kawasaki Z1 Superbikes. LAPS 1 STEVE MCLAUGHLIN SANTA ANA CA BMW 83 13 2 REG PRIDMORE GOLETA CA BMW 163. Ken Smith 85 leads a young Steve McLaughlin 111 and boy racer.

Steve rode different Superbikes at different times a BMW in 1976 Kawasakis and Suzukis for Yoshimura and a Racecrafters Kawasaki. Randy and I raced against each other once in June 1978 just before the Loudon New Hampshire AMA National. Steve on the Yoshimura 944cc Suzuki GS750 with part of the Yoshimura team behind.

Successful road racer in the 1960s and 1970s. The class would later evolve into AMA Superbike. San Jose BMWs tribute to racer Steve McLaughlins Daytona-winning motorcycle is built from the BMW R nineT.

Now based in Southern. Yvon Duhamel and Steve McLaughlin do battle in the early days of Superbike racing. American Motorcycle Roadracing 50 Years Ago.