Eddie Lawson
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| World title: | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup points: | 1429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums: | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eddie Lawson (born March 11, 1958 in Upland , California ) is a retired American motorcycle and automobile racer .
Career
Lawson won the US Superbike Championship in 1981 and 1982 on a Kawasaki Z 1000 (Z1000J and 1982 Z1000S1).
With Yamaha he won the world championships in 1984 , 1986 and 1988 in the 500 cc class of the motorcycle world championship . For the 1989 season he moved to Erv Kanemoto's Rothmans Honda team and won the world championship title in the premier class for the fourth time. With this achievement, "Steady Eddie" is considered one of the most successful racing drivers in history. Overall, the US-American was victorious 31 times in the class up to 500 cm³.
From 1992 to 1994 Lawson started in the Indy Lights series , in 1996 he reached rank 20 in the Champ Car series with a Lola - Mercedes .
In 1999, Eddie Lawson was inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame .
statistics
successes
- 1980 - AMA 250cc champion on Kawasaki
- 1981 - AMA 250cc champion on Kawasaki
- 1982 - AMA Superbike Champion on Kawasaki
- 1983 - AMA Superbike Champion on Kawasaki
- 1983 - Third in the Imola 200 mile race on a Yamaha
- 1984 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 1985 - Imola 200 mile winner on a Yamaha
- 1985 - 500 cc vice world champion on a Yamaha
- 1986 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 1986 - Daytona 200 winner on a Yamaha
- 1987 - 500 cc World Championship third on a Yamaha
- 1988 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 1989 - 500 cc world champion on a Honda
- 1990 - Winner of the 8 Hours of Suzuka with Tadahiko Taira on a Honda
- 1993 - Daytona 200 winner on a Honda
- 31 Grand Prix victories
- Induction into the MotoGP Hall of Fame
Web links
- Eddie Lawson on the Official Motorcycle World Championship website.
- Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Eddie Lawson (English)
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| SURNAME | Lawson, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steady Eddie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American motorcycle and automobile racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Upland (California) |