Wayne Rainey: His Own Story

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Now available in paperback, this is the official biography of the legendary American triple 500cc world motorcycle champion Wayne Rainey. It covers his two lives - from childhood up to the moment he crashed in Italy on 5 September 1993 severing his spinal cord, then afterwards struggling to come to terms with being in a wheelchair, and returning to the track as a racing team owner.
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Overview

Now available in paperback, this is the official biography of the legendary American triple 500cc world motorcycle champion Wayne Rainey. It covers his two lives - from childhood up to the moment he crashed in Italy on 5 September 1993 severing his spinal cord, then afterwards struggling to come to terms with being in a wheelchair, and returning to the track as a racing team owner.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781844258628
  • Publisher: Haynes Publications, Inc.
  • Publication date: 11/1/2010
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 320
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 0.50 (d)

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Michael Scott
Michael Scott writes brilliantly about people, most recently in the well-reviewed Barry Sheene: Motorcycle racing’s jet-set superstar. He is the long-time editor of Motocourse, and lives in London.
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Foreword by three times World Champion Kenny Roberts 8

Prologue 9

Chapter l The house that Po-Po built 21

Chapter 2 Outlaws on the loose 32

Chapter 3 The kid from Norway 44

Chapter 4 The Barnstormers 57

Chapter 5 Learner-winner 67

Chapter 6 To the Championship - and beyond 78

Chapter 7 The year of living uncomfortably 85

Chapter 8 From a Jack to a King - Champion again 99

Chapter 9 Oh lucky man 114

Chapter 10 Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door 126

Colour A Racer's Album 129

Chapter l1 Double act, but just one winner 168

Chapter 12 Heir apparent to the Evil Empire 178

Chapter 13 Racing against a ghost 190

Chapter 14 Countdown to catastrophe 209

Chapter 15 Going home broken 228

Chapter 16 Chair-borne warrior 242

Epilogue 256

Grand Prix and US Championship road-racing results, 1982-1993 262

Index 279

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2003

    A great book

    This book provides one of the best studies of what makes a motorcycle champion. The complete package, man, mentality, training and drive. All those things also gave Wayne the strength to be the man he is today.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 1999

    A True Champion

    Was a wonderful and touching story.I have even more respect for Mr.Rainey now as a man than a rider.Book was well written but at times I felt it was a bit dis-jointed.Had a few fairly confusing jumps in time but overall was a great book.Well worth reading for any motorcycle buff.

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