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Name: Bob "Hurricane"
Hannah
Occupation: Factory MX rider, U.S. Suzuki
Champion, Trans-AMA National
Champion; 1979-Supercross
Champion, 250cc National
Champion.
Riding preference: "I don't
Job description: "I'll be riddo much playriding anymore being about 15 races this year, incause I ride for a living. I do ride
cluding the 250cc Nationals, the
"in the desert in the winter-about
Florida series, and the Seattle
50/50 training and playing.
and Daytona supercross events,
When I'm not racing I fly
mainly on R&D and public relaaround in planes. I have two of
tions for Suzuki. "
them- one for business and one
to play in. Motocross has been
Riding history: "My father
really great to me, I wouldn't
has ridden motorcycles all his life . change it for anything. About the
and still does 25,000 miles a year
only thing I would rather have
or better in the dirt and on the
done is be a test pilot."
street. I rode around with him
until I was seven and then I got
Advice for aspiring racers:
out of high school in '74 and my
"Lots of work. Devote 100 perfirst really big win was probably
cent of the time-do it or don 't
the .Florida series in '76."
even bother, because that's what
it will take."
Track rec~rd: 1976- 125cc
Magazine: "In my job I eat
National Champion; 1977-Supercross Champion; 1978-Superand sleep motorcycle magazines
cross Champion, 250cc National
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 DIR T
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."
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