Rob Bron
Rob Bron ( born May 16, 1945, † 5 October 2009) was a Dutch motorcycle racer.
Bron was three times Dutch champion and was considered one of the best private driver -1970s. In 1971 he was on Suzuki World Cup bronze medalist in the half-liter class.
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Career
Rob Brons father opened in the early 1950s, a shop where he sold bicycles and mopeds. Bron itself began in 1958 with Motocross, in 1962 and 1963, he was Dutch karting champion. In 1964, he joined the motorcycle road racing and came with a 50 - cc Tomos third place in the Dutch Junior Championship.
Bron debuted at the Dutch TT in 1970 in the Motorcycle World Championship. He started in the classes to 50 cc and 500 cc, reaching the ranks eight and six. In the same year he won the Dutch 500cc Championship for his first title.
1971 Rob Bron had on a Suzuki privately-entered the most successful season of his career. He drove the Grand Prix of Germany at the Hockenheim ring behind Giacomo Agostini on rank two, thus achieving the first podium finish of a Dutchman in the premier class of motorcycle racing ever. Five weeks later, at his home Grand Prix in Assen, he accomplished this feat again. After that followed the third place in Imatra, Finland and second place at the Ulster Grand Prix. With 57 points Bron ranking it behind Agostini on MV Agusta and his New Zealand team mate Keith Turner third in the overall standings. This placement is still the best of a Dutchman in the highest motorcycle championship category dar. top of that he was able to celebrate winning his second Dutch 500 cc championship.
1972 Bron reached with second place at the 500 - cc French Grand Prix at Clermont- Ferrand recent World Cup podium of his career, after he played only a few Grands Prix. In 1975 and 1976 he was active in Formula 750.
Rob Bron took further several times during the 200-mile race at Daytona, where he h speed record aufstellte 1978 with 348 km /, which still exists today.
In 1985, after winning the Dutch league title in the 350cc class, Bron ended his active career and ran until 2004, a shop where he sold motorcycle parts for racing and with whom he also oversaw rider at racetracks. Rob Bron died on October 5, 2009 from cancer.
Statistics
Title
- Dutch 500 cc champion: 1970, 1971
- Dutch 350 cc champion: 1985