词条 | Gene Romero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 |
Gene Romero (born May 22, 1947) is an American former professional motorcycle racer who won the 1970 A.M.A. Grand National Championship and the 1975 Daytona 200.[1][2][3][4] He competed in the 200 fourteen times, finishing second in 1970 and 1971. Romero's motorcycle racing career spanned sixteen years starting in the late 1960s until his retirement in 1981. He won 12 AMA Nationals throughout his career including the AMA Most Popular Rider of the Year Award in 1970.[1] He was one of the first racers to attract sponsorship to the motorcycling sport from outside the motorcycling industry. For one season, Evel Knievel was Romero's primary sponsor[1] Romero, who is of Mexican American descent, was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998.[1][5] Racing recordComplete USAC Mini-Indy Series results
References1. ^1 2 3 {{mhof|89}} 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=KvkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 Gene Romero, Grand National Champion], American Motorcyclist, October 1970, Vol. 24, No. 10, {{ISSN|0277-9358}} 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=TvkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 1975 Daytona 200], American Motorcyclist, May 1975, Vol. 29, No. 5, {{ISSN|0277-9358}} 4. ^Daytona 200 winners at www.motorsportsetc.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308002521/http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/daytona2.htm |date=March 8, 2012 }} 5. ^Associated Press, Lewiston Morning Tribune, "Romero Takes World's Biggest" ( Mar 10, 1975) External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Gene}}{{US-motorcycle-sport-bio-stub}} 7 : 1947 births|Living people|People from Martinez, California|American motorcycle racers|American sportspeople of Mexican descent|AMA Superbike Championship riders|Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductees |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。