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Jay Springsteen (born April 15, 1957 in Flint, Michigan) is a professional motorcycle dirt track racer. He began his professional racing career in 1975 by winning the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Rookie of the Year award. As a member of the Harley Davidson factory race team, he went on to win three consecutive A.M.A. Grand National Championships in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He accumulated 43 Grand National Championship dirt track victories during a career that spanned almost 30 years. According to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction, Springsteen earned enough race winnings to live on by age 17 and by age 18, he was signed by the Harley-Davidson team.〔Motorcycle Hall of Fame〕 He finished fifth in the 2006 Daytona 200.〔 ==Race record== Springsteen has a notable race record: four decades as a leading rider, with victories spanning 25 years; three championships in a row; 43 national wins including every type of dirt track—miles, half-miles, short track and TTs. He was ranked in the top 10 national riders 23 times.〔 Referring to Springsteen's "mysterious illness" that caused sudden and debilitating abdominal pain when he was due to race, forcing him to miss many races, Dave Despain asked "one of the great 'what if' questions in dirt track history ... If Springer had stayed healthy, how many would he have won?"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jay Springsteen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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