Great story behind that.Originally Posted by simontibbett
NICE writeup, I have always liked this event, but it doesn't get nearly as much attention as it should. Awesome to see Kevin on there lol, I didn't know that!!
Kevin went to Macau that year after a disappointing 1988 GP season. He was quick from the get go and had a factory GP Suzuki RGV500 under him. The only man that could challenge him was Jamie Whitham. Before raceday, race organizers told Kevin to not just break out of the event and leave everyone way behind (make the event boring). But on race day, they realized that if Jamie Whitham realized he had a chance at the win, he would push very hard. This would have been too dangerous as Macau is the most dangerous course for motorbikes in the world. Kevin was told to push as hard as he wanted and went on to set the standing start lap record. He then proceeded to ride away from the competition. Kevin then realized that because of his massive lead, he wouldn't be on TV as all the cameras would focus on the battles going on behind him.
So.....
Kevin started doing wheelies for the rest of the race to please the fans and get on tv. He was doing them at 90+mph and many say he did half the race on just the back wheel.
I'm sure that win in 1988 helped Kevin become the master of 1989 GP season where he won 6 races. Even more than the champion Eddie Lawson.
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