Peter Lenz (racing driver)

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Peter James Lenz (born May 30, 1997 in Orlando , Florida , United States , † August 29, 2010 in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States) was an American motorcycle racer .

Career

Lenz started riding a motorcycle at the age of five. First he rode a Yamaha PW50 and shortly thereafter a KTM Pro Senior 50 to take part in races. He then rode pocket bikes for two years , where he was unbeaten in all races last season.

After that, Lenz drove another three years with the Minis, with a variety of different motorcycles, including a Honda NSR 50, KTM 65 Roadracer, Metrakit 50 and 80 and a Honda NSR150R.

At the age of eleven, Lenz began his career in a 125cc class, where he was the youngest driver to receive a professional license from the US Motorcycle Association and suffered many accidents and injuries in the first year.

In the 2010 season he competed in 18 races, of which he won five and placed a total of 14 times in the top three.

Peter Lenz won 125 motorcycle races and finished second or third another 35 times.

Deadly accident

On Sunday, August 29, 2010, Lenz competed in the USGPRU MD250H championship on his Moriwaki MD250H, the championship's standard motorcycle. On the warm-up lap for this race, he fell on a stretch of track where the asphalt had become soft due to the heat that day. The following driver, Xavier Zayat, could no longer evade and rolled over Lenz. Lenz succumbed to blunt trauma to his head three hours later in the hospital.

Personal

Lenz and his father were friends with Colin Edwards . Edwards said in an interview that he had lost his best friend and the world's one of the greatest talents in motorcycle racing.

References

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Profiles" (peterlenz.com; accessed June 11, 2011)
  2. ↑ a b "Peter Lenz: MotoGP mourns the loss of a great talent" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 30, 2011)
  3. ↑ "Peter († 13) had already won 125 races" (bild.de on August 31, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Lenz, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenz, Peter James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Orlando , Florida , United States
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 2010
Place of death Indianapolis , Indiana , United States