29 June - Kenny Roberts Enters His First Grand Prix

In 1974, following his success at Imola and the Transatlantic Trophy match race, Kenny Roberts returned to Europe to make his road racing world championship debut in an auspicious one-off appearance in the 250cc class at the Dutch TT (Assen). A sign of things to come, young Kenny claimed pole position during qualifying then broke Mike Hailwood’s seven-year-old lap record while pursuing race leader and eventual world champion Walter Villa. Roberts eventually crashed but recovered to finish third.

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