T
hirty years ago, America's
greatest-ever MotoGP rider,
Eddie Lawson, pulled himself
out of a well-earned retirement
for a one-off appearance on the
Vance & Hines Yamaha YZF750
at the Daytona 200.
Lawson had previously taken
victory in the great race in 1986
while at the height of his pow-
ers in GP racing when many
international stars would come
to Florida for a bit of preseason
bump and barge before head-
ing back to the piranha bowl of
European racing.
But 1993 was different.
Ready to embark on what
would be a short but successful
switch to four-wheel competi-
tion in which he would eventu-
ally get on the IndyCar grid,
Lawson had nothing to prove
in the two-wheeled space after
a decade of wrestling history's
most evil race bikes in the
1980s, the 500cc two-strokes.
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BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
STEADY EDDIE'S
FINAL FLING
