"In my job I eat and sleep
.motorcycle magazines and
like DIRT RIDER."
-Bob Hannah
PHOTO: DICK LAGUE
Name: Bob "H urricane" ยท
Hannah
Occupation: Factory MX rider, U.S. Suzuki
Job description: " I' ll be riding about-15 races this year, including the 250cc Nationals, the
Florida series, and the Seattle
and Daytona supercross events,
mainly on R&D and public relations for Suzuki."
Aiding history: " My father
has ridden motorcycles all his life
and still does 25,000 miles a year
or better in the dirt and on the
street. I rode around with him
until I was seven and then I got
out of high school in '74 .and my
- first really big win was probably
the Florida series in '76."
Track record: 1976-125cc
National Champion; 1977-Super~
cross Champion; 1978-Supercross Champion, 250cc National
48
Champion, Trans-AMA National
Champion; 1979-Supercross
Champion, 250cc National
Champion.
Aiding preference: " I don't
do much playriding anymore because I ride for a living. I do ride
in the desert in the winter-about
50/50 training and playing. .
.When I'm not racing I fly
around in planes. I have two of
them- one for business and one
to play in. Motocross has been
really great to me, I wouldn't
change it for anything. About the
only thing I would rather have
done is be a .test pilot. "
.
Advice for aspiring racers:
"Lots of work. Devote 100 percent of the time-do it or don 't
even bother, because that's what
it will take."
Magazine: "In my job I eat
and sleep motorcycle magazines
. and I like DIRT RIDER . It's
professional and thorough and
appeals to- all types of riders.
Take my column, " Bob Hannah's
Racing Techniques," which is an
offshoot of the motocross schools
I've taught and provides easy tips
for those guys who are coming
up. It's not really aimed at the
expert rider, but at the beginning
or intermediate racer or trail rider. I think it's nice that DIRT
RIDER is concerned about it's
entire readership and will run
something like that. They don 't
do it for their own benefit or my
benefit but for the benefit of the
readers. They say they like it and
to keep on doing it, so we do."
