Rob Bron

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Rob Bron (l.) And Theo Bult (1971)

Rob Bron (born May 16, 1945 - October 5, 2009 ) was a Dutch motorcycle racer .

Bron was three times Dutch champion and was considered one of the best private drivers of the 1970s. In 1971 he was third in the half-liter World Championship on a Suzuki .

Career

Rob Bron's father opened a shop selling bicycles and mopeds in the early 1950s . Bron himself began motocross in 1958 , and was the Dutch kart champion in 1962 and 1963 . In 1964 he joined road racing motorcycle in and finished with a 50 cc - Tomos third place in the Dutch Junior Championship.

Bron made his debut in the 1970 Dutch TT in the motorcycle world championship . He started in the classes up to 50 cm³ and up to 500 cm³ and reached ranks eight and six. In the same year he won his first title in the Dutch 500cc championship .

1971 Rob Bron had the most successful season of his career on a privately used Suzuki . He finished second behind Giacomo Agostini at the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring and thus achieved the first ever podium finish for a Dutchman in the premier class of motorcycle racing . Five weeks later, at his home Grand Prix in Assen , he succeeded in doing this again. This was followed by third place in Imatra in Finland and second in the Ulster Grand Prix . With 57 points, Bron took third place in the overall ranking behind Agostini on MV Agusta and his New Zealand brand colleague Keith Turner . This placement is still the best of a Dutchman in the highest motorcycle world championship category. On top of that, he was able to celebrate winning his second Dutch 500 cm³ championship.

In 1972 Bron achieved second place at the 500 cm³ French Grand Prix in Clermont-Ferrand, the last podium of his World Cup career, after which he only contested a few Grand Prix. In 1975 and 1976 he was active in the Formula 750 .

Rob Bron also took part in the 200-mile race in Daytona several times , where he set a speed record of 348 km / h in 1978  , which is still in place today.

In 1985, after winning the Dutch championship title in the 350cc class, Bron ended his active career and ran a business until 2004 in which he sold motorcycle parts for racing and also looked after drivers on racetracks. Rob Bron died of October 5, 2009 of cancer .

statistics

title

In the motorcycle world championship

season class motorcycle run Podiums Points Result
1970 50 cc Kreidler 1 - 3 29
500 cc Suzuki 1 - 5 32.
1971 500 cc Suzuki 6th 4th 57 3.
1972 500 cc Suzuki 2 1 18th 13.
1973 250 cc Yamaha 1 - 3 35.
1976 500 cc Yamaha 1 - 3 34.
total 12 5 89

References

Web links

Commons : Rob Bron  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Vincent Glon: Les Champions Néerlandais. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on May 11, 2015 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Bron, Rob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1945
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 2009