- Kevin Cass
Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider
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Name = Kevin Cass
Nationality = flagicon|AustraliaAustralia n
Years = 1965 - 1967
Teams =Bultaco
Races = 3
Championships =
Wins = 0
Podiums = 1
Points = 8
Poles = N/A
Fastest laps = N/A
First race = 1965 250cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1967 125ccUlster Grand Prix Kevin Cass is a former Grand Prix
motorcycle road racer fromAustralia . He is best known for his motorcycle racing career in the 1960s in both Australia and Europe racing atBrands Hatch , theIsle of Man TT and various European Grand Prix events riding both Cotton andBultaco motorcycles in the 125cc and 250cc classes. Returning to Australia in 1968 with his first wife Virginia, he continued racing and then opened a bike shop, Kevin Cass Motorcycles inWollongong ,New South Wales .Also an accomplished mechanical engineer, he designed and built numerous championship racing bikes [ [http://www.classicmotorcycling.com.au/default.asp?cat=registryview&ID=136 Classic Motorcycling Australia - Bike Registry Display © 2000 - 2008 ] ] and supported the likes of Peter Stronarch, Dave Burgess, Murray Sayle, Warren Willing and the young
Wayne Gardner in their racing careers. His bikes had particular success at theCastrol 6 Hour race.In the 1980s, Kevin Cass became increasingly involved in the restoration and re-building of vintage motorcycles. Sponsored by Australian Geographic, he re-created the first 1925 circumnavigation of Australia on a motorcycle, a 16,000km journey which took place on a 1924 Douglas [ [http://www.australiangeographic.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=adventure Australian Geographic ] ] .
Kevin lives with his wife Helen in Wollongong and continues to restore vintage motorcycles. He has three children and four grandchildren.
References
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/xs400/Aust1925.txt Around a Continent by Motor Cycle.By the manufacturer of the machine. Messers. The Douglas Motors LTD.]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=7bGuud7_uy0C&pg=RA1-PA139&lpg=RA1-PA139&dq=%22kevin+cass%22&source=web&ots=V5m9kjcLbv&sig=X_U8hl1I4L0-RWt3D8smYP0VCsk Mick Walker's European Racing Motorcycles, Walker, M.]
* [http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_riders.htm?menu=riders&rider_id=1282&from=archive Kevin Cass career statistics at MotoGP.com]
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