Wayne Rainey
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| World title: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup points: | 1270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums: | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Rainey (born October 23, 1960 in Downey , California ) is a former American motorcycle racer and three-time world champion in the 500 cc class of the motorcycle world championship .
He has been paralyzed since his serious fall at the Italian Grand Prix in Misano in 1993 .
Career
Rainey initially drove motocross and started road racing in 1981. In 1983 and 1987 he won the US Superbike Championship . In 1983 he was on a Kawasaki GPZ 750 UT on the road, in 1987, he appeared Honda VFR 750 F to.
Rainey contested his first Grand Prix race within the motorcycle world championship (250 cm³) in 1984 . In the 1988 season he reached the team of Kenny Roberts sr. third place in the 500 cc class. In 1989 Rainey was runner-up behind Eddie Lawson in the half-liter class.
From 1990 to 1992 the American on a Yamaha managed to win the world championship three times in a row in the 500 cm³ class, the premier class of motorcycle racing .
In 1993, a fall at the Italian Grand Prix in Misano ended Rainey's career; After a fracture of the sixth thoracic vertebra, he is paraplegic. Nevertheless, he occasionally visits some races as a Yamaha ambassador. He achieved a total of 24 Grand Prix victories .
statistics
title
- 1983 - American superbike champion on a Kawasaki
- 1987 - American Superbike Champion on Honda
- 1987 - Daytona 200 winner on a Honda
- 1988 - Suzuka 8 Hours winner with Kevin Magee on a Yamaha
- 1990 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 1991 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 1992 - 500 cc world champion on a Yamaha
- 24 Grand Prix victories
- Induction into the MotoGP Hall of Fame
In the motorcycle world championship
| season | class | motorcycle | run | Victories | Podiums | Poles | Points | Result |
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| 1984 | 250 cc | Yamaha | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8th. |
| 1988 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 15th | 1 | 7th | 1 | 189 | 3. |
| 1989 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 15th | 3 | 13 | 4th | 210 | 2. |
| 1990 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 15th | 7th | 14th | 3 | 255 | World Champion |
| 1991 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 14th | 6th | 13 | 6th | 233 | World Champion |
| 1992 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 12 | 3 | 8th | 0 | 140 | World Champion |
| 1993 | 500 cc | Yamaha | 12 | 4th | 9 | 1 | 214 | 2. |
| total | 95 | 24 | 65 | 16 | 1270 | |||
Web links
- Wayne Rainey on the Official Motorcycle World Championship website.
- Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Wayne Rainey ( Memento from February 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Wayne Rainey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Rainey, Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Downey |