As of Jan 2nd, 2010..Sad News..

Kenny EggersSubject: Sad News.. One of  motorcycles racing legends has just died

 
Kenny Eggers has died.

Eggers was born in San Jose, California, on June 13, 1929. A neighborhood friend had a motorcycle and Eggers learned to ride his friend’s bike when he was 12.
In the late 1940s, Eggers began winning Northern California races. He turned amateur in 1950 and won a slew of amateur races across the country.

Turning expert in 1951, Eggers continued winning. The biggest win of his career came on July 1st of that year in San Mateo, California, at Bay Meadows. Riding a Sifton-tuned Harley-Davidson, Eggers shocked the best riders in the country by winning the AMA 20-Mile National, the first race on a mile oval that year. A month later, Eggers finished runner-up to Bobby Hill at the national championship Springfield, Illinois, Mile.
Eggers wrapped up his rookie season by finishing second to Dick Klamfoth on the half mile in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The AMA Grand National Series was inaugurated in 1954. Eggers finished fifth in the series opener at Daytona Beach,
Eggers retired in 1990 and enjoyed restoring historic racing motorcycles. Survived by his wife, Kay, They have three grown children.

Notes courtesy of AMA Hall of Fame postings.
Local services will be held in San Jose’ Willow Glenn area and at Los Gatos Memorial Park Saturday 11am

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