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Calvin Lee Rayborn A Story | Cycle World | JULY 1973
Cal Rayborn
American motorcycle racer
Calvin Rayborn II ((1940-02-20)February 20, 1940 – December 29, 1973(1973-12-29) (aged 33)) was a top American professional motorcycle road racer in the 1960s and early 1970s.[1]
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Rayborn began riding motorcycles at an early age.
He began his racing career in dirt track events in Southern California and in 1964, he began racing professionally in the A.M.A. Grand National Championship, a series which encompassed events in four distinctive dirt track disciplines plus road racing. Rayborn excelled at road racing, winning his first AMA national at Carlsbad, California in 1966.[1]
His prowess on road courses earned him a place on the Harley-Davidson factory racing team.
It was with Harley-Davidson that he achieved his greatest success, winning two consecutive Daytona 200 victories in 1968 and 1969.[1] He also set two 1970 motorcycle land speed records. He acco Cal Rayborn’s Lost Ride - Motorcyclist KYSOC