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About Kevin Schwantz

American-born Kevin Schwantz was a competitive motorcycle road racer before his retirement in 1964. In the 1993 FIM Road Racing World Championship, he won the world championship.

At the age of four, Schwantz, whose parents had a motorbike store, began riding. Following in the footsteps of his father and uncle, Darryl Hurst (the original 34), he started his competitive career as a trials rider. From trials, he advanced to motocross in his teens and rose to the top of the local MX ranks. He decided to give up motocross after a catastrophic collision during the 1983 Houston Supercross qualification round.

He was allowed to test ride for the Yoshimura Suzuki Superbike team at the end of the 1984 season, and the team quickly signed the Texan to a contract. He won both legs of the 1985 Willow Springs AMA Superbike National, his maiden race with Yoshimura. Despite only participating in half of the events, he placed eighth overall in the championship. Riding the new Suzuki GSX-R750, he finished second in the 1986 Daytona 200, behind Eddie Lawson. Next, in a qualifying collision that would become all too typical for him to experience during his career, he shattered his collarbone and missed many races. He placed sixth overall in the Championship once more.

It was during the 1987 Superbike National Championship when Schwantz and Wayne Rainey first engaged in a bitter feud. Throughout the whole season, the two engaged in combat, frequently colliding on the track. Rainey ultimately prevailed in the National Championship, but Schwantz won five of the final six races to end the season. Their antagonism was so strong that it carried over into the 1987 Transatlantic Trophy match races, where they were meant to be partners taking against a British riding team.

In 1988, Kevin Schwantz won the Daytona 200 to start the season, which would be his lone victory in that esteemed competition. Following his promotion to Suzuki's 500cc Grand Prix team, he left for Europe and made an instant impression by winning the 1988 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, Japan. This was only his seventh Grand Prix ride overall, having previously gone on wild card rides in 1986 on the outdated square four RG500 and in 1987 on the first iteration of the V4 RGV500. 

Rainey, his fiercest competitor, signed on to the Team Roberts-Yamaha team and entered the Grand Prix circuit. The two maintained their fierce battle on racetracks around Europe for the ensuing six years.

One of the most competitive Grand Prix racing eras is thought to have occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s when a talented field featured Rainey, Wayne Gardner, Mick Doohan, Eddie Lawson, and Randy Mamola. His Suzukis never seemed to be as quick as those of his opponents who rode Yamaha and Honda, which sometimes put him at a disadvantage. He appeared to crash more often than he won because of his unwavering will to win. Because of this quality, he became a worldwide favorite among racing fans. Schwantz's "do or die" riding style was epitomized by his last-lap move of Rainey to win the 1991 German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring, with his rear tire fishtailing on the edge of control. 

triumph. Following a crash-filled 1994 season, the injuries he had sustained over the years started to catch up with him, as did his competitor Ryan's career-ending injuries at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix, which left him paraplegic from the chest down. Following a discussion with Rainey early in the 1995 season, Schwantz decided to give up motorcycle competition. Throughout his career, Schwantz had won 25 Grands Prix, one more than his fiercest competitor, Wayne Rainey. After Eddie Lawson, he became the second most successful road racer in American history. As a token of appreciation for his popularity, the FIM retired his race number (34).

Kevin Schwantz participated in the Australian NASCAR Championship for a few seasons in the late 1990s before moving back to the US to compete in the NASCAR Busch Series, where he finished 18 races with two top ten finishes, the ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series, and touring car events. In 1999, Schwantz received his induction into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. He was designated a Grand Prix "Legend" by the FIM in 2000. 

Along with German architect and circuit designer Hermann Tilke and Tavo Hellmund, Schwantz co-designed the Circuit of the Americas racetrack. 

Since around 2001, Schwantz has run a riding school in Birmingham, Alabama.

 

From the Track to Glory: Kevin Schwantz, Racing's Timeless Icon.

#YearPositionClassMotorcycleTeamSuit
1198622nd500ccSuzuki RG500Rizla Suzuki1986 - Kevin Schwantz
2198716th500ccSuzuki RGV500Heron Suzuki1987 - Kevin Schwantz
319888th500ccSuzuki RGV500Pepsi Suzuki1988 - Kevin Schwantz
419894th500ccSuzuki RGV500Pepsi Suzuki1989 - Kevin Schwantz
519902nd500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1990 - Kevin Schwantz
619913rd500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1991 - Kevin Schwantz
719924th500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1992 - Kevin Schwantz
819931st500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1993 - Kevin Schwantz
919944th500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1994 - Kevin Schwantz
10199515th500ccSuzuki RGV500Lucky Strike Suzuki1995 - Kevin Schwantz