Mert Lawwill

Mert Lawwill (Yavutse ku ya 25 Nzeri 1940) ni umunyamerika wabigize umwuga wo gusiganwa ku ipikipiki, nyir'ikipe y'isiganwa ndetse n'umushinga w'amagare yo ku misozi . Yitabiriye amarushanwa ya AMA Grand National Championship kuva 1962 kugeza 1977. Lawwill azwiho kuba yaratsinze Shampiyona y’igihugu ya 1969 AMA nkumunyamuryango witsinda ryabasiganwa ku ruganda rwa Harley-Davidson . Nyuma yumwuga we wo gusiganwa ku ipikipiki, Lawwill yabaye umwe mu bambere bashushanya amapikipiki yo gusiganwa ku magare n'abubatsi. Lawwill yahise akoresha ubunararibonye bwe nka moto yubaka moto kugirango abashe gukora igare ryimisozi mishya, atezimbere imwe mumagare ya mbere. Yateje imbere amaguru ya prostate kuri amputees. Lawwill yinjijwe mu Nzu y'ibyamamare ya Mountain Bike mu 1997 no mu Nzu y'ibyamamare ya moto mu 1998.

Umwuga wo gusiganwa kuri moto

Lawwill yavukiye i Boise, muri Idaho . Yatangiye umwuga we wo gusiganwa nkumukinnyi wikinira ku murongo wa TT waho muri Boise, hanyuma, nyuma yo gusiganwa (nyuma uzwi nka motocross ) hirya no hino muri Amerika y'Amajyaruguru. Mu 1961, yimukiye i Los Angeles, muri Kaliforuniya kugira ngo ashobore gusiganwa ku isiganwa ry’isiganwa rya Ascot Park, icyo gihe kikaba ari cyo cyabaye intandaro yo gusiganwa ku mwanda . Yabonye inkunga na Dudley Perkins, umucuruzi wa Harley-Davidson i San Francisco. Muri icyo gihe nibwo Lawwill yatangiye kwiga ibijyanye no guhindura amakarita ya moto kumarushanwa yo gusiganwa. Kugeza mu 1963, yari amaze gutwara umukinnyi wabigize umwuga maze mu 1964 asinyana amasezerano yo guhatanira ikipe yo gusiganwa ku ruganda rwa Harley-Davidson azabana na we mu buzima bwe bwose bwo gusiganwa.

Lawwill yatsinze isiganwa rye rya mbere ry’igihugu cya AMA kuri Sacramento Mile ku ya 19 Nzeri 1965. Mu 1969, Lawwill yegukanye igikombe cya Shampiyona y’igihugu ya AMA kandi, yatowe nk'umukinnyi ukunzwe cyane muri AMA. Ukwirwanaho kwe muri Shampiyona nkuru y’igihugu mu gihembwe cya 1970 byabaye ingingo ya filime yerekana amapikipiki ya Bruce Brown yo mu 1971, Ku Cyumweru icyo ari cyo cyose yakinnye n’umukinnyi wa filime Steve McQueen hamwe n’umukinnyi wiruka mu muhanda Malcolm Smith . Lawwill yakomeje guhatanira igikombe cya Shampiyona y’igihugu ya AMA kugeza mu 1977 ubwo, yasezeye afite imyaka 37 kubera ikibazo cy’amatwi y’imbere cyagize ingaruka ku buringanire bwe. Yakusanyije umwuga 161 AMA Grand National arangiza kandi yatsindiye amasiganwa 15 ya Grand National mugihe cyimyaka 15 yo gusiganwa.

Umwuga wo gushushanya

Mu mpera z'imyaka ya za 70, Lawwill yagize uruhare mu gushushanya amakarita y'amagare ya siporo igenda yiyongera yo gutwara amagare ku misozi . Yari umwe mu bapayiniya ba mbere ku isi ku magare yo hanze, amaze kumenyekanisha igare rya mbere ry’umusozi. Yateje imbere kandi ubucuruzi bwa mbere bwubucuruzi bune buhuza guhagarika amagare yo kumusozi kandi atanga patenti. Muri kiriya gihe, yakomeje kugira uruhare mu gusiganwa ku ipikipiki nka nyir'ikipe yo gusiganwa muri Shampiyona y’igihugu ya AMA kugeza mu 1990 ubwo, yababazwaga n’uburyo AMA yayoboraga shampiyona. Nyuma yayoboye itsinda ryisiganwa rya Yeti Cycles irushanwa ryo gusiganwa ku magare kumusozi kumanuka maze ateza imbere igare ryatsinze Lawwill DH-9 ryuzuye rya gare yamanuka. Amagare yo gusiganwa ku magare ya Lawwill yahawe agaciro cyane n’abasiganwa ku isonga ku isi kandi ibishushanyo bye byatsindiye ibikombe byinshi by’igihugu ndetse n’isi.

Muri iki gihe Lawwill agira uruhare mu kubaka no kwamamaza ibicuruzwa byemewe n’umuhanda wa gare ya Harley-Davidson XR-750 yasiganwe muri Shampiyona nkuru y’igihugu. Ayobora kandi sosiyete idaharanira inyungu itanga amaboko ya prostate kugirango amputees ashobore gutwara amagare cyangwa moto. Hafi ya kimwe cya gatatu cyamaboko ya prostate yose akora ajya mukigo nderabuzima cya Walter Reed Army, kugirango akoreshwe nabasirikare bahoze mu ntambara yo muri Iraki na Afuganisitani.