1983 Daytona 200, first time the race was ever shown live

[@5questcy1]

Eddie Lawson, America's Greatest Motorcycle Racer, ever!

[@gangoffour6690]

Kenny Roberts . Freddie Spencer too. Spencer won the 250 and 500cc World Championship in the same year. Fast Freddy.

[@jimbeamm36]

I was there for this race. My first time at Bike Week. I was touring the lower 48 states for seven months. By the time I returned to Anchorage Alaska I had covered over 33,000 miles on my R100 RT.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

I thought I recognised ya .

[@rickshields8057]

ARE YOU THE GUY WITH ALL THE STICKERS ON BIKE?

[@thewatcher5271]

The Announcer Failed To Mention At 1:30 That British Motorcycles Won During The '60's With Dick Mann & Gary Nixon. Honda Won In 1970 With Dick Mann. Thank You For Sharing This Historical Video.

[@stuartcampbell1657]

Thank you Heather! Found memories from my youth. It was my favorite sporting experience every.

[@kevinshea3991]

Dale Singleton one of the forgotten greats that won Daytona two times plus a championship as a privateer it's a shame he was killed in a plane crash he truly was a great roadracing 🌟

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Thanks for spoiling my day .

[@walter2990]

In 1983, I didn't get to see it live at Daytona, but I did get to watch it live on TBS! I was and I'm still..., a huge Kenny Roberts fan! IMHO, Kenny was the greatest and most exciting motorcycle racer of all time! Yep, I'm an OG.

[@raynic1173]

Perfect timing. Today is the un-televised 2020 Daytona 200, thanks!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Those two strokes was so vicious, man those guys were bad asses

[@dfunk6824]

Look at King Kenny wheelie out of the slower Corners man it's awesome!!! Thanks for the post and the memories!!!🏁🌐🏁🌐🏁🌐🏁🌐🇺🇸

[@dfunk6824]

Oh hell yes Eddie Lawson21 & Kenny Roberts2 TZ inspired 2-Stroke GP bikes Freddie Spencer & his HRC Factory ride. ... Yep It was all rice and was off the chain back in the day as these guys went to Europe and handed them their asses!!!🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🌐World Class Dominance by the Yanks!!!🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸!!😉✔

[@dfunk6824]

YCR RZ's!! HRC🇯🇵 triples too kool & Rocket Ron Haslam!!🇬🇧. ... Rice🇯🇵ruled the day!! Outstanding racing. ....😉✔✨ ✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@dfunk6824]

In 150 feet King Kenny blows away Freddie Spencer & fast Eddie Lawson for the lead high on Spencer low on Lawson!!! BRILLIANT*🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸😉✔

[@robertrishel3685]

Wow fantastic video! Thanks for posting this! Seeing King Kenny at the top of his game and Lawson stepping out from under his shadow; and then there is Steve Wise! One of my childhood motocross heroes making the jump fro a Honda factory motocross racer to a Honda factory roadracer! Brilliant!

[@rdint]

Great, thanks for posting. Lets not forget Dave Despain, he was the voice of dirt track and American motorcycle racing.

[@gangoffour6690]

Thanks Heather for the upload. Brings back great memories. New Hampshire here ✌

[@atomicorang]

Thank you Heather for sharing with us!!Awesome job this was the hey day of my life interest in road racing! Dave Despain is the ambassador of motorcycle road racing . A class act.

[@jdc8352]

I'm so glad I stumbled on this channel of gold

[@TheSpeedracer555]

These 3 guys are the reason I started riding!

[@jamesd2128]

Those 680's were so fast, they spun their tires at 180/190 mph, just incredible power.

[@jamesholt7340]

THOSE BIKES DIDNT GET ANY WHERE NEAR 180,MAYBE 130 AT MOST..

[@donaldmartin4980]

@@jamesholt7340Wrong , they can easily run over 200 mph these days , 180-190 was very possible . Dirt track bikes that run the mile tracks hit 135 in the straights , corners at 90mph…I raced from 1972-1980…

[@realasscracka]

@@jamesholt7340 OW 69 had about 160Hp blew away all bikes

[@topcat4759]

Agreed. Absolute rocket ships, the way Kenny flashes by some of the other guys on the banking illustrates they were more than just a simple 500.

[@glencaines948]

I was there and will never forget this race....

[@carmelorafaeldtansengco1462]

Roberts and Lawson on Yamaha OW69s. What a team!!!

[@cirian75]

175bhp in 1983!!!!!!!!!!

[@Victorzrx1200r]

I agree but Roberts is all alone as the greatest rider of all time. Just the best...

[@Slicklickz]

Basically a 695cc YZR 500,if that was built with today's technology it would put out nearly 300 HP.

[@rickb4382]

I was there for this race.. Kenny was a monster.

[@5265vic]

That was the first 200 I attended. one year after high school.

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

And the following year Yamaha released the black and yellow RZ350 Kenny Roberts edition . I bought mine from TED EVANS YAMAHA still own it !!

[@mikejmckelvey]

I have the RD 400.

[@yammerhaw101]

I bought the '85 RZ350 in red & white. Wanted the yell & blk but they they only had the r&w in stock. I sold it in '90 for the same price it cost new. Then bought a '85 RZV500R.

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

yammer haw Lucky !

[@Dopeassbikevids]

@@mikejmckelvey I had one in highschool

[@Dopeassbikevids]

3 of us had um what' a blast

[@donaldhudson2235]

The truth is those Yamaha yzr were 750cc v4 Eddie Lawson in a interview in the late 90s. Said it was really 750cc Yamaha was ahead of game back then 😊

[@stellastarr69]

I remember this race as well as the Daytona Supercross both aired on The Superstation WTBS (now TBS). I miss the TBS of the mid to late 80's. They also aired the Atlanta Supercross in '82 and '84 as well as the weekly motorsport show with Dave Despain and bob Varsha called Motorweek illustrated. I miss that too.

[@Moke_one_kanobi]

My goodness a 640cc square four two stroke! You can just see the difference in horse power when the Yamahas hit the banking.

[@realasscracka]

i was in the Pit at LS it was called an OW69 690cc

[@mrf111stick]

I was at this race and its cool to revisit..Especially cool to see the Yamaha pull away from the Honda on the high bank....power and style and skill...and CONCENTRATION

[@garaldao61]

if you had the chance to see that race , observing the OW69 s flyng on the banking ( wether you were there or seeing it on tv) consider you are part of motorcycle intense history.. I was proud to be part of it and still am for also racing on that track on a modified RZ500N .

[@daddio7249]

You could hear the crowd cheering around the track as Kenny was catching Freddy. I was at turn five when he actually took the lead. The crowd was roaring by then.

[@irbiker1]

OW69 Yamaha...... 700cc of the nastiest, most powerful 2 stroke square 4 ever produced period !

[@philhashey9651]

V4 not square 4

[@JukkaX]

@@philhashey9651 Square it is. global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/cp/collection/racing_yzr700_0w69/

[@philhashey9651]

global.yamaha-motor.com/about/history/stories/0023.html. V4 it is

[@philhashey9651]

www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/639958/YAMAHA/

[@philhashey9651]

Search 1983 on the timeline

[@grational]

Kenny Roberts is a racing warrior!

[@thejasongenova4327]

I watched a race from the 1950's and on the grid in 4th position...Ron Haslam.

[@bolerkins]

that's funny !!!

[@daddio7249]

I saw it live at the track. The track was only an hours drive on my 81 KZ 750 from home.

[@vanman6368]

Wow....

[@danielgery7692]

Quel plaisir de voir ces images. Les grands pilotes américains qui ont diynamité le contiinental circus européen. Fron France With love.

[@Lightnin42]

Always love to watch the 200 🇺🇸🍻

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

I’m doing the 200 next year. Wish me luck!

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

If you have some other editions I'd love it. Also just any AMA Superbike race!

[@4ucatshaver]

Kenny Roberts was my influence when I wanted to go fast.

[@tzed2509]

The factory Yamahas (650 to 680cc depending on who you believe) walking away from Spencer's Honda (540cc) must have been something to see, and hear!

[@str8talkingwithchrishayes984]

I seen them at Laguna Seca in 1982. Freddy was riding the infamous oval piston NR500. If I remember correctly, Eddie Lawson, riding for Kawasaki, was the star of that show. Having 2 rides in 2 very different events and winning them both! 250GP class and Superbike. Ironically, we went to see The King! 'King Kenny' I do believe that Randy Mamola won the main event on the Suzuki square four 500.

[@thurney4343]

If memory serves, Randy Mamola beat Kenny while riding with the flu and a damaged finger from a previous GP race. Mike Baldwin was hanging with the two for about half the race then backed off, because Randy and Kenny were riding the tires off the back straight! Great race and great memories from my youth!

[@captainsensible298]

OW69 my all-time favourite race bike. Kenny's bike lives in Japan, not sure where Eddie's bike is. A shame Yamaha never made the OW69 a production racer, according to Kenny it was spinning the back wheel around the banking and halfway up the straight. Cojones the size of watermelons those boys, no electronics, crap tires and 200hp 700cc 2 stroke monsters. AWESOME.

[@alstone5257]

I love watching Kenny Roberts Race

[@keithmartland6463]

Great vid, thanks for posting, When American tv show some sport and an American is in the running you never get to see anyone else!

[@motospey2557]

Thank you!!

[@chamisi]

I was at this race met Randy Mamola in the infield

[@bogthing1]

Thanks Heather, them were the days! Singleton!

[@ricardodoliveira2905]

Thank you for this!!!

[@CalvinEdmonson]

If I remember right Roberts lapped the field and was clocked at 197 m.p.h !!! KR was my hero.The back markers still tell the story of being blitzed by the King.

[@ianrawlings2546]

What? 197 mph! That's F1 CAR FAST...MORE EVEN!

[@stuartcampbell1657]

The Suzuki RG Gama500?

[@a.j.carter8975]

thank you 4 the post

[@JukkaX]

What bikes r those with wide, straight and high handlebar..? And what r they doing there? :- D

[@attilabori4734]

I tell you: they were there to gain some "once-in-lifetime lapping experience" like the one at 8:07 😳😳😳😳... ;)

[@pabloperez4063]

what Honda was Freddie riding that year...? Thanks

[@jamesd2128]

NS 500 triple.

[@stuartcampbell1657]

Lawson was riding a Yamaha! Riding team Kenny Robert's!

[@joestephan1111]

The announcer forgets that 200s were also won by British bikes.

[@2wheels2strokes4ever]

Does anyone have the 1984 race from Daytona?

[@wheelie63]

i have it on VHS..!.............wb

[@Storyracing387]

2wheels2strokes4ever My dad came in 2nd in 87, 88, & 89

[@BobbyOfEarth]

Its a repeat of 1983..

[@princethewondercat]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpOTcp2YoZ5sb80

[@Team-fabulous]

A good video but Daytona certainly is not the greatest motorcycle race in the world...

[@priszilla7928]

2:24 ...did that guy just show up with his daily?

[@mrswinkyuk]

Ron Haslam, legend.

[@EnlightenedSavage]

So funny to watch this. I did a 2:15 at Daytona before they changed the track and that was slow. Bikes were so much faster even then, that was early 2000's.

[@pabloperez4063]

thanks a lot...Freddie my heroe

[@jamesstewart7224]

Nitrogen reservoirs on the ow yam front forks back then .i know Kawasaki are only just doing that the couple of yrs .Japanese creatively you cannot nock! always rapid progress 👌perfection

[@droceretik]

See the black line left by Freddie at about 10:35.

[@George-e7s4j]

KENNY ROBERTS ❤🎉🎉🎉 MY GO TO 2 STROKE RIDER!!!

[@mattcuddy814]

Four strokes are for lawnmowers. edgers, mini bikes....

[@pjroyse]

Freddie Spencer !!! Yea

[@mikefrank6319]

I love the smell of caster in the morning.

[@LS-zq3td]

You can't smell caster. Caster is an angle. Lol

[@LS-zq3td]

In this video, it would be referred to as, rake.

[@Slicklickz]

@@LS-zq3td I think he means the Castor oil the 2 strokes were using.

[@gordonallen3524]

I still have the vhs tape from recording the race

[@MichaelSmith-xb5cp]

Nothing in racing quite like 16 Gp two strokes on the pipe, climbing to the screw at Seca

[@SoyBoySigh]

I see a whole lotta TZ750 footage but not much accounting for all of the OTHER bikes out there on the track!

[@Slicklickz]

Roberts and Lawson are on YZR 700s.

[@yammerhaw101]

The only 2 times i went to the 200 was '83 & '84. KR won both times. When they went to 4-strokes in '85 i lost interest in the 200.

[@basementracer]

Jeepers, that flippin leaderboard reads like a who's who of bike racing in the USA.

[@slotstikskimboards1]

Posted today ??!! 4th view and first THUMBS UP Great video ;) @Heather Majcherek

[@pascalbonneau4766]

une grosse méchante à l'époque, je m'en souviens ,Puis Honda , cadre Martin , ensuite Gauthier Genou pour Kawa Kenny Roberts l'homme du moment.sur Yam pascal

[@derekvockins1068]

I owe you a beer, Heather Majcherek.

[@arnethetool9964]

Me too! IPA?

[@lagerx61]

IT IS Like Moto3 against MotoGP.

[@lilmoto2053]

Kenny roberts 😩

[@glennw.4570]

They don't make em' like that anymore. And what happened to old Ted Turner?

[@Bob_Shy_132]

Back when the international horseshoe was twice the length.

[@henrymorgan3982]

Legend.

[@billwelter4101]

Go TZ750!!

[@山猫仙人]

往年のキングケニー！美しいライティング！

[@CaptDesmo]

Bob Cole!!!

[@stuartcampbell1657]

Superbike Wes Cooley was king

[@dfunk6824]

SUPERSTATION TBS!!!🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁🇺🇸🏁 you already know Ted Turner and Jane Fonda weren't the enemy!!!💥 💥💥💥💨💨 💨💨💨💨💨💨✨✨✨✨✨

[@wheelie63]

i have it on VHS.........!.................wb

[@MrBillagordon]

King Kenny

[@jeffreyhagelin5927]

l wonder if Roberts threw out a spike mat to take out Lawson ? 😊😊😊

[@billscott2457]

Dread pirate Roberts

[@larryduvall9475]

the real deal

[@patch33]

アメリカンライダー達がＧＰに進出しない理由が分かる❗

[@americanwriter2533]

🤩🇺🇸👍⚖️👁️👁️⚖️🇯🇵🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@raynic1173]

Why no European riders?

[@JukkaX]

Jarno Saarinen won this in 1973. First European to do so.

[@raynic1173]

@@JukkaX Yeah, so in 1984 they still had the transatlantic series, so it seems odd that European riders are not here in '83.(?).

[@Darryl-xv4jb]

Easy there buckwheat it was Kenny up to this point 83 good Eddie of one without that flat probably they know who's going to win this year coming from dirt to Daytona there was one other young man Gene Church just two years later even though we had one twice before but still shut down the world champion Marco luccanelli

[@geraldswain3259]

Those silly old HD s ought to be banned heaps of shit !.

[@markclark7178]

The ow 69

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Harley Davidson . The best the Yanks could come up with . Phark .

[@stuartcampbell1657]

The King! The good old days of 2 strokes, Mike Baldwin Became my guy, Fast Freddie's head was too big! Mamamola sucked