Ben Spies: Taking It to the Next Level
Larry Lawrence has been involved in motorcycle racing most of his life, briefly as a competitor and then as a journalist and photographer.  Lawrence covered his first race forCycle Newswhen he was 22 years old and since that time he s written features in dozens of enthusiast publications and newspapers across the world. In addition to writing about modern day racing, Lawrence is one of the leading motorcycle racing historians in America. For ten years, starting in 1998, he was the biographer for the Motorcycle Hall of Fame and in that capacity wrote hundreds of bios on the seminal figures in American motorcycling history. He was also a chair for the Hall of Fame Election Committee. Lawrence co-authored AMA Pro Racing media guides during the mid-1990s, and was a contributing editor to the booksHeroes of Harley-DavidsonandMotocross America. Today Lawrence writes a weekly column inCycle Newscalled Archives, is a regular contributor toCycle World, and runs a motorcycle-racing website riderfiles.com.