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ter—gave Ulrich a little insight
into the man that was beloved
by everyone on the AMA circuit.
But even though he was known
as a prankster and as a guy
who would give a journalist a
biting (though tongue-in-cheek)
quote, Romero made one thing
very clear to Ulrich: "Racing is
my business," he said. "My only
business."
The 1974 Champion Spark
Plug Classic would be a harbin
-
ger for the sport of motorcycle
road racing. But it would have
nothing to do with spark plugs.
Tire technology was becom-
ing the focus for riders and
mechanics, and it was Rome-
ro's own Yamaha TZ700 that
would be forcing the issue.
The powerful four-cylinder
two-stroke machine had
been eviscerating track
records around the
world that year and sud
-
denly, rubber that had been
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ter—gave Ulrich a little insight
into the man that was beloved
by everyone on the AMA circuit.
But even though he was known
as a prankster and as a guy
who would give a journalist a
biting (though tongue-in-cheek)
quote, Romero made one thing
very clear to Ulrich: "Racing is
my business," he said. "My only
The 1974 Champion Spark
Plug Classic would be a harbin
-
ger for the sport of motorcycle
road racing. But it would have
nothing to do with spark plugs.
Tire technology was becom-
ing the focus for riders and
mechanics, and it was Rome-
ro's own Yamaha TZ700 that
would be forcing the issue.
The powerful four-cylinder
denly, rubber that had been
(Top) A week prior to Gene Romero's
first-ever AMA road race win at the
Ontario Motor Speedway, John Ulrich had
spent several days with him for a feature
in CN. (Bottom) Gene Romero won the
200-mile Champion Spark Plug Classic in
1974 against a stacked field.
