With the improvement of the suzuki team's strength in the motogp field, the version of Kao is gradually no longer the "foil" of Yamaha, Honda and other teams. In fact, throughout the 68-year history of Motogp, Suzuki has only won six championships, and if you shorten the time to nearly 25 years, the Suzuki Factory team has only won two championships, the last championship was won by Kenny Roberts for Suzuki in 2000, and today we talk about the earlier one, because before he won the championship, he had "made a big fuss" in Macau Grand Primbo, and vividly turned an open tournament into his own exhibition match. What the hell is going on? We talk slowly.
I believe that the old riders know who this person is, yes, it is the 34th driver Kevin Schwantz (Kevin Schwartz), this "stone doll" was born in Houston, Texas, on June 19, 1964, because the family is driving a motorcycle, little stone doll (for good memory we will call him below, I will explain the reason at the end of the article) will ride a motorcycle at the age of four, the first car was modified by his father with a lawn mower. Like most motorcycle-loving children in the United States, Little Stone Doll was basically accompanied by dirt in her childhood, following his father and uncle everywhere. As a child, ShiWazi's dream was to become a top track off-road racer. But the weather is unpredictable, in 1983, the 19-year-old Shi Wazi had a serious accident when he participated in the cross-country race in his hometown of Houston, and his young soul was seriously traumatized, and Shi Wazi made up his mind to never play with mud again and quit the cross-country race.
Kevin Schwantz as a teenager
A few months later, a friend came to the store to take Shiwazi to participate in road races, and ShiWazi came from a small cross-country ride, and Houston was still a big village at that time, and did not know what a road race was. But shiwazi heard that it was a motorcycle race, or agreed, riding a Yamaha xj500 and going, Shiwazi must not have thought that this was just his first step towards the world championship.
Due to the foundation of the previous off-road vehicle, Shiwazi's use of the rear brake was more delicate than other drivers, and he was impressed by the road race in the first year, and was soon favored by the Yoshimura (Yoshimura) team, Yoshimura's grandfather saw that he was talented and intelligent, and at the end of the 1984 season, the team officially signed a contract with the future world champion, and Shiwako also officially formed an indissoluble relationship with Suzuki.
Later, in the Ama competition and the dayton competition, ShiWazi showed outstanding talent, and at a young age, she was able to compete with masters such as Eddie Lawson. Especially in 1987, his showdown with Wayne Rainey was a classic, and the two were fiercely competitive throughout the season, except that they didn't stretch their legs, which was simply the same as the previous Pony and Rossi. In the end, Vane won the AMA championship that year. It is estimated that at that time, Shi Wanzi did not expect that the war between the two of them had just begun.
From 1984 to 1987 Kevin Schwantz played for Yoshimura suzuki superbi
In 1988, Shiwako crossed the ocean to Europe to participate in the GP500 series, joined the Suzuki team, and became a full-time GP500 driver. In fact, he was already running the GP500 race in 1986, but at that time, he only ran occasionally as a blank card. At this time, his old rival Wien also came to the GP500 arena on the other side of the ocean, but signed Yamaha. In this way, the struggle between the two Americans began again in the GP500 arena.
From 1986 to 1987 the wild card participated in the GP500, the chariot was still rg500, and in 1987 the part was the rgv500
In 1988, the opening stood in Suzuka, Japan, and as a result, Shiwako became a hit and won the Championship of Japan, and all the focus was on this young man who was only 24 years old, knowing that although he had participated in the GP500 competition in the previous two years, he had only run 7 games in Japan, and he was still not optimistic about the Suzuki rpv500. So when Winnie Allen rode the Suzuki GSX-rr to win the scoring tournament last year, many people remembered the stone doll of that year.
Winning the first Race in Japan in 1988 made Kevin Schwantz a hit
The "Pepsi Flower" of that year was also regarded as a classic
Although the opening station showed outstanding driving skills, the first year of the competition of ShiWazi only ranked 8th overall, and the championship of that year was won by another American driver, Eddie Lawson. And then in the middle of 1989 to 1992, Shi Wazi and the champion were always one step away, and Vane won three of the four championships, at this time Shi Wazi was very depressed, thinking that he was born "Wei" He Sheng "Stone"! But God will not fail people who work tirelessly, and finally in 1993, Shi Wazi defeated his old rival Vane and won the world championship that year! This is another championship won by Suzuki after a gap of 10 years, and the only championship in is the GP500 career of Ishiwako.
In fact, many old drivers feel that the champion of the year should not be ShiWazi, because at that time in the penultimate station Italy, Wien led the stone wafer by 11 points, the basic champion was stable, but unfortunately, Vane encountered an accident in the race, a serious spinal injury, resulting in paralysis below the chest, the rest of his life can only be accompanied by a wheelchair, Shi Wazi dreamed that this championship came this way. However, due to the aggressive driving style of ShiWazi, always like to use the rear brake, somewhat similar to the driving style of the current pony, so often fall off the car, coupled with the fact that the race equipment, safety protection and other measures at that time were not perfect, although the ornamental is very strong, but the blind pursuit of speed so that the safety of the driver can not be guaranteed, when the stone doll won the championship in 1993, his body is already scarred.
Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Rainey "Love and Kill Each Other"
In early 1995, ShiWazi was tired of this kind of desperate competition, worried about the happiness of the second half of her life, and after a deep conversation with Vane, she chose to retire. Shiwazi GP500 won 25 races in her career, second only to American driver Eddie Lawson. And fim retired his match number 34 as a sign of respect and gratitude.
From 1994 to 1999, Honda completed a 6-crown dynasty under the leadership of Duhan, and then, 5 years after Shiwazi retired, another American driver also won the annual championship with Suzuki Racing, which was Kenny Roberts.
In fact, it is not disrespectful to call him Shiwako, because in 2014, he represented the Suzuki team at the age of 50 in Suzuka Hachinagi, and this tough guy who is as hard as a stone is not a stone doll
In 2014, Suzuka Hachina, Kevin Schwantz competed at the age of 50
Well, now it's time to tell you about his "big fuss" on the Grand Prix, in 1988, after Shiwako participated in the gp500 race in the first year, probably because he was too excited to take the 8th, he came to the Guia with his Suzuki rpv500, and the car that participated in the Grand Prix was basically what Yamaha fz750r, Kawasaki zxr750, Suzuki gsx-r750 and so on, the best is the Honda rs500r, Suzuki gsx-r1100, Shiwazi with his top gp500 racing car and these cars are equivalent to the current pony holding rc213v and cbr600rr competition, not at all in a level, coupled with Shiwazi's excellent driving skills, running together is no suspense, the result of the naughty shiwazi almost the whole head to run the race, but also from time to time with the sideline staff and audience greeting, is simply a personal exhibition race...