More than just an assembled by Joe w. Koury with the help of the racing community Dick Mann (June 13, 1934 – April 26, 2021) was an American professional motorcycle racer and two-time winner of the AMA Grand National Championship. Most seasoned riders and vintage motorcycle enthusiasts are familiar with Dick Mann, but a short bio is included here for those who aren’t. Mann was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1993, and the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998. He was one of few riders to compete in motocross, observed trials, flat track, TT and roadracing. Mann was the secondwinningest rider in AMA Grand National Series history 14
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with 24 national victories. His career on the pro circuit spanned the early 1950s to the mid-'70s. Mann rode his first motorcycle delivering newspapers on a Cushman scooter as a teen and he worked as a motorcycle mechanic after high school. His amateur racing career began in 1954 and he won his first AMA Grand National title in 1963. He won the prestigious Daytona 200 in 1970 on a Honda and repeated the following year on a BSA. Mann became the first rider to win motorcycle racing's career Grand Slam by winning Grand Nationals on the mile, half mile, TT, and roadracing
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