Today in motorcycle history, April 9, 1989

  

     

  Homeboy Wayne Gardner wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.


 
  The 1989 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second leg of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and was the first ever World Championship Motorcycle Grand Prix to take place in Australia.

  With the crowd behind him Wayne Gardner (Honda) outraced American Wayne Rainey and the Frenchman, Christian Sarron, both aboard Yamaha's.

   After the race a whiney Rainey said, “Gardner ran into the back of me twice, and didn’t even notice. He was one of the sloppiest guys I ever raced – he reminded me of a bulldog on a bike. When he was on a good day, he could ride that thing right out of the saddle. He was a bit like Kevin, but more out of control. Not a thinking racer: he rode by the excitement of the crowd. If nobody was there I think he wouldn’t do much.”



    Nobody likes a crybaby.