In 2016, I raced at 10 different events at 10 different tracks, one of which I had never been to before. This is the least number of events that I've done in at least 15 years. I entered 35 races and started 32 of them. I had 5 DNFs. I had two crashes, both in practice and neither of which stopped me from racing later in the day. This is a little less than my average number of crashes. I raced 6 different bikes belonging to 5 different people. I had 9 firsts, 12 seconds, 4 thirds, 1 fourth, 2 fifths, and 1 sixth. Despite running many less events and having a lot of mechanical gremlins, I won the AHRMA 350GP Championship yet again. This concludes my 45th year of racing without missing a year.
I also did the Lap of Honour at the IOM Classic TT, 4 Tiddler Tours, and one Moto Giro.
Dave Roper, the first American ever to win an Isle of Man TT, will be riding a restored 580cc Indian TT model v-twin in the 2011 TT. Roper has a lifetime of achievement in vintage racing, including more than 20 AHRMA national championships as well as his win of the 1984 Senior Historic TT on a G50 Matchless. Support the first motorcycle to ever win the Senior TT on the Mountain Course, the only American marque to win at the event and the only American racer to ever win the Senior Historic TT!
45 years?! Man that's impressive. I hope you have many, many more. And I selfishly hope that one day I'll be on the grid with you if I ever get any of my bikes finished and the nerve to get on the track :-)
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