Jay's Book Club: Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers

January 5, 2011 12:00 AM

Once upon a time, the motorcycle-racing world viewed America as a backwater... until Kenny Roberts won the world championship, kicking off an era of American GP dominance that lasted nearly 20 years, and inspired Norm DeWitt's latest book.

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