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|image= Kel Carruthers 1969 Yemen stamp.jpg |caption = Kel Carruthers on a 1969 stamp |name = Kel Carruthers |birth_date = {{birth-date and age|df=yes|3 January 1938}} |birth_place= Sydney, Australia |nationality = Australian |GP Active years = 1966 – 1970 |GP Teams = Aermacchi, Benelli, Yamaha |GP Race Starts = 56 |GP Championships = 250cc – 1969 |GP Race Wins = 7 |GP Podiums = 22 |GP Total Points = 302 |GP Poles = 0 |GP Fastest laps = 8 |GP First race = 1966 350cc Ulster Grand Prix |GP First win = 1969 250cc Isle of Man TT |GP Last win = 1970 250cc Ulster Grand Prix |GP Last race = 1970 250cc Spanish Grand Prix }}Kelvin "Kel" Carruthers (born 3 January 1938) is an Australian former world champion Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing team manager.[1] After his motorcycle riding career, he became race team manager for world championship winning riders Kenny Roberts and Eddie Lawson.[2] Motorcycle racing careerCarruthers, as the son of a motorcycle shop owner, learned how to work on bikes from a young age, started riding at 10, and entered his first race at 12.[2] By the early 1960s he had won the Australian 125 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 500 cc National Championships.[2] In early 1966, he moved to Europe with his family to compete in British and International short-circuit races,[3] including Grand Prix World Championship events riding a Drixton Aermacchi,[4] and for early 1969 season riding bikes for the Aermacchi factory.[2] Halfway through the 1969 season, he was offered a ride with the Benelli factory and won the Isle of Man 250 cc TT race. After the Isle of Man TT, Aermacchi released him from their contract to continue as a factory rider with Benelli and, he went on to win the 1969 FIM 250cc road racing world championship after a tight points battle with Santiago Herrero and Kent Andersson.[1][2] After the 1970 Grand Prix season, he accepted an offer from Yamaha to race in America.[2] Yamaha asked him to tutor a young American dirt track racer named Kenny Roberts.[2] In 1973, Carruthers became the manager of Yamaha's American racing team. Under Carruther's guidance, Roberts would win the 1973 and 1974 Grand National Championship for Yamaha.[2] When it became apparent that Yamaha didn't have a bike able to compete with the dominant Harley Davidson dirt track team, they decided to send Carruthers and Roberts to Europe to compete in the road racing world championships.[2][5] With Carruthers tuning the bikes and offering guidance, Roberts went on to win three consecutive world championships in 1978, 1979, and 1980. Carruthers also managed Eddie Lawson to a 500cc World Championship in 1984. Carruthers went on to work for several Grand Prix teams through to the 1995 season. In 1996, he took a job with the Sea-Doo watercraft factory racing team, helping them win several national and world titles.[2] He returned to motorcycling in 1998 running a Yamaha satellite motocross team.[2] In 1985, Carruthers was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[6] He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.[2] Grand Prix motorcycle racing results[1][7]Points system from 1950 to 1968:
Points system from 1969 onwards:
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References1. ^1 2 Kel Carruthers. Motogp.com. 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kel Carruthers. Motorcycle Hall of Fame. Motorcyclemuseum.org. 3. ^Motor Cycle 13 December 1964, p.45 Still on form. "As a final warm-up for his forthcoming European race debut, Australian star Kelvin Carruthers won four races on his two-fifty Honda four at the Victorian Grand Prix". Accessed 24 May 2014 4. ^Motor Cyclist Illustrated, May 1968 pp.10, 12 Accessed 24 May 2014 5. ^{{cite book|author=American Motorcyclist Assoc |title=American Motorcyclist |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SvgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 |date=March 1979 |page=30 |issn=0277-9358}} 6. ^Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Sahof.org.au. 7. ^Kel Carruthers Isle of Man TT results. Iomtt.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2014. External links{{Commons category}}
{{s-start}}{{succession box | | before = Phil Read | after = Rodney Gould | title = 250cc Motorcycle World Champion | years = 1969 |}}{{s-end}}{{250 cc Motorcycle World Champions}}{{Clear}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Carruthers, Kel}} 11 : 1938 births|Living people|Motorcycle racers from Sydney|Australian motorcycle racers|125cc World Championship riders|250cc World Championship riders|350cc World Championship riders|500cc World Championship riders|Isle of Man TT riders|Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductees|Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees |
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