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http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2005/ride_on_video.aspx Information for motorcycle riders with Introduction with Wayne Gardner Aussie Motorcycle Legend. Video was produced in late 1990's Some info about Wayne Gardner Notable Results: Motorcycles 1980 1st Castrol 6-Hour 1981 1st Swann Insurance International series 1982 1st Castrol 6-Hour 1983 1st British Streetbike Championship 1st British TT Formula One Championship 1984 7th World 500cc Motorcycle Championship 1st British TT Formula One Championship 1st Swann Insurance International series 1985 4th World 500cc Championship 1st Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance race 1st Swann Insurance International series 1st British 500cc Championship 1st MCN Master Championship 1986 2nd World 500cc Championship 1st Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance race 1987 1st World 500cc Championship 1988 2nd World 500cc Championship 1989 10th World 500cc Championship (broken leg) 1st Australian 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix, Phillip Island 1990 5th World 500cc Championship 1st Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Phillip Island 1991 5th World 500cc Championship 1st Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance race 1992 6th World 500cc Championship 1st Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance race 2002 2nd Lennox Cup - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 2003 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 2004 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 2006 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 2007 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 2008 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 1st Unlimited Forgotten Era -- 15th Annual Island Classic 1st 500 Classic -- 15th Annual Island Classic 1st The Phil Irvine Trophy -- 15th Annual Island Classic 2009 1st Barry Sheene Memorial - Goodwood Revival Festival Classic event 1st Unlimited Forgotten Era -- 16th Annual Island Classic 1st International Challenge -- 16th Annual Island Classic Origins of Wayne Gardner "Something inside me told me: 'This is it, this is the way to go'." Wayne Gardner was born on October 11, 1959, in Wollongong, a coastal city 80 km south of Sydney. Wollongong is Australia's steel-making capital, a tough, working-class city in a stunning location between beautiful beaches, and bush-covered escarpment. He was the eldest child of Norm and Shirley Gardner. A sister, Vicki, was to come along a few years later. From the start, Wayne was a daredevil and a likeable rogue, the kind of kid Australians call a larrikin. He was always looking for adventure, always testing himself, always looking to go one better than the rest and always on the hunt for speed. Bicycles, 'billycarts', anything that moved. When he was 13, his passion for speed and fascination with anything mechanical led him to his first go kart, built by his father from scrap steel and an old 125cc lawn mower engine. Many adventures followed, Wayne racing 'round back streets, dodging police and angry neighbours. One day, while he and friend Barry Sisson were scavenging in a junkyard, they came across a find that was to change Wayne's life, and ultimately take him to fame, fortune and a world championship. A motorcycle. At least, it had once been. "It was a rusted heap of junk," Wayne says. "It was half-buried, the engine was seized and rusted up, and it had no back wheel. It was a Yamaha 80 Agricultural bike, and must have been sitting there for donkey's years. But we reckoned we could fix it up, so we eventually got up the nerve to ask the factory manager if we could buy it. He only wanted beer money and said we could have it for $5, so off we went to our moneyboxes to get $2.50 each." So started Wayne's love affair with two wheels, an obsession that was to take him through a succession of motorcycles, junior mini-bike clubs and races to his first dirt-track meeting at the age of 15. He won all six races that day and stuck with dirt-track racing for two years, developing the famous wheel-spinning, sliding, 'let-it-all-hang-out' style that was to revolutionise Grand Prix racing thanks to Wayne and American dirt-trackers like Kenny Roberts, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. All had grown up on a dirt diet and all went on to win 500cc world titles. At the end of 1976, Wollongong Motorcycle Club member John Zammit persuaded Wayne to try road racing. He put road tyres on his 125cc Yamaha dirt-tracker, headed to Sydney's Oran Park Raceway and finished second. After the meeting, Zammit allowed Wayne to take his TZ250 Yamaha racer out for a few laps. He was hooked by road racing, and knew immediately what direction his life was going to take. "I was convinced this was what I wanted. Something inside me told me: 'This is it, this is the way to go.'" Wayne went home, "threw the 125 in the corner", and started looking for a second-hand TZ. (from http://www.waynegardner.com )