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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