A victory for Spencer at Seattle would put him in striking distance and with a shot at snatching the title from Lawson in the Daytona finale. Seattle was the penultimate round of the 1981 season, and the Championship was coming down to a battle between Honda’s Freddie Spencer and Kawasaki’s Eddie Lawson.Ī mere 13 points separated Lawson and Spencer coming into Seattle, and Spencer was on a roll after winning at Pocono, which was the round prior to Seattle. The five-year string of AMA Superbike events in Seattle and/or Oregon began in 1981 at SIR, and what a race it was in that inaugural year. On September 12, 1982, at Seattle, Kawasaki’s Eddie Lawson successfully defended his AMA Superbike victory from the year prior at SIR. Incidentally, 1983 was a banner year for AMA Superbike racing in the PNW because, later that year, our own MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey won the AMA Superbike race at Seattle aboard a Kawasaki on September 11, 1983. For “Flyin’ Fred,” it was his second win in a row at Portland, since he also took the checkers there aboard a Honda on July 24, 1983. We say “and/or” because Fred Merkel won the AMA Superbike race aboard a Honda in 1984, which was held on August 11 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon. MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey was a Superbike race winner at Seattle International Raceway in 1983.
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