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 Hennen leading Barry Sheene in 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 27, 1953 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 7, 2024 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pat Hennen (April 27, 1953 – April 7, 2024) was an American professional motorcycle racer. He competed in AMA dirt track and road racing competitions from 1971 to 1975 and in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1976 to 1978.[1][2]
Hennen is notable for being the first American to win a 500 cc World Championship Grand Prix race when he won the 1976 500cc Finnish Grand Prix.[3] His career ended prematurely after he suffered serious injuries from a crash while competing at the 1978 Isle of Man TT race. Hennen was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
- ^ "Rider Statistics - Pat Hennen". MotoGP.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Pat Hennen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Riggs, D. Randy (1976). "Race Watch". Cycle World. Retrieved 1 December 2023.