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In the News (Sun 6 Dec 09)

  
  SLAM! Wrestling Harley Race Chat
Harley Race: The Kiel wound up being and was for many years before me, and to say I was a part of the Kiel in era means a lot to me. Sam was a guy who again, kind of like Vince, if he gives you his word he will keep it.
Race, it is indeed an honor and a pleasure to be allowed to ask such a legend a question.
Harley Race: Some of the lighter, younger kids are really abusing their bodies with the high flying that they are doing, but basically the way it is right now, the way I was in my prime, I'd still be there into my 70s.
www.canoe.ca /SlamWrestlingHarleyRace/race_chat-can.html   (3094 words)

  
  Harley Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Race lost the title to Flair in the bloody and memorable Starrcade cage match (with Gene Kiniski as the special referee) in November, 1983.
Race was enraged, famously confronting Hulk Hogan at a WWF event in Kansas City.
Race lost over $500,000 as an owner of the Kansas City territory, and despite his championship years being at an end and wishing to retire from active competition, was forced to rely on continuing to wrestle to make a living.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harley_Race   (2485 words)

  
 Harley Race
Race was given the nickname ‘Handsome’ Harley Race by wrestling fans in Japan, but for a brief time in the early 70s was tagged with the nickname ‘Mad Dog’ Harley Race after attacking Kansas City television announcer Bill Kersten.
Race bounced around between Japan, the AWA, and various NWA and independent promotions for a couple of years (even winning the Mid-America Heavyweight title in 1985) before settling in with Vince McMahon and the WWF.
Race entered the WWF as “King” Harley Race, and was managed for a time by his long-time friend Bobby “the Brain” Heenan.
www.kayfabememories.com /Wrestlers/WLrace-2.htm   (1885 words)

  
 Race, Harley Wrestleinfo
Harley Race’s honor was intact and he went on to drop the NWA title to Ric Flair at the first Starcade.
Race was less than happy with the officiating of Kiniski, a man who Race had had many battles with in the past.
Race was a crafty manager and one who could inflict considerable punishment on his own when the referee was distracted.
www.wrestleinfo.com /Page2.html   (1887 words)

  
 Warned.net - Wrestling Profile of Harley Race
Harley Leland Race was born on April 11, 1943 in Quitman, Missouri.
Harley Race was forced to turn over his NWA Missouri Title because he was leaving for the WWF.
Harley Race was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New York City on March 13, 2004.
www.warned.net /HarleyRace.html   (1105 words)

  
 Learning from Harley Race
Harley Race and wife B.J. at the NWA 50th Anniversary convention.
The Sheik, Race's head instructor, loomed before me. Standing 6-foot-2 and weighing in at a well-muscled 240 pounds, the dark-bearded Sheik, known as Derek Stone outside the ring, gave me some tips on how to survive the drubbing he was about to deliver.
Race lives 12 miles away in a lakefront home with his wife, B.J. Race walks slowly and rests often, partly because of recent back surgery and partly from years of being battered in the ring.
slam.canoe.ca /SlamWrestlingFeatures/apr12_race.html   (953 words)

  
 Harley Race Wrestling Academy
The Harley Race Wrestling Academy is a six-month training course on becoming a professional wrestler.
The Harley Race Wrestling Academy and WLW have been in place since 1999.
Also, because of the relationship of Harley Race with Pro Wrestling NOAH many wrestlers have gone on to Japan for extensive training in the world famous NOAH Dojo as well as wrestle for the company itself on several tours.
www.harleyrace.com /wlw/hracademy.htm   (363 words)

  
 Profile
Harley's injuries were so bad that doctors told him he may never walk and would definitely never wrestle again.
- Race signed with the WWF where he was originally known as "Handsome" Harley Race and managed by Bobby Heenan.
- Race won the 1986 King of the Ring tournament and was known as "The King of Wrestling".
www.gerweck.net /harleyrace.htm   (460 words)

  
 AVault | PC | Harley-Davidson: Race Across America Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Racing fans usually expect and demand a huge variety of choices to add diversity to their driving experience.
The opportunity to race this glorious vehicle through several colorful settings across the United States appears, on the surface, to be the ideal showcase for the bike's capabilities, far more than a sterile set of closed stadium tracks.
It is therefore no coincidence that one of the racing routes takes you through the corporate base in Milwaukee, Wisc. So the match seems perfect between a trademark representing the best of American technology and landmark scenic areas representing the finest U.S. topography.
www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=harley   (548 words)

  
 Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Ring Chronicle Hall of Fame Inductee - Harley Race
Harley Race has been credited by numerous wrestlers as having been the toughest man in wrestling during his career, both inside and outside of the ring.
Harley regained the belt a week later and held it until he was beaten by Baba the Giant in Tokyo.
Race managed Vader to 3 WCW World Heavyweight championships and was a major part of many exciting WCW storylines and matches during the early 1990's.
www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/halloffame/racebio.html   (1181 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Harley Race wrestled as "Jack Long" early in his career teaming with Johnny Long as the Long Brothers..
Harley Race teamed with Larry "the Ax" Hennig in the American Wrestling Association..
Harley Race signed with the WWF where he was originally known as "Handsome" Harley Race and managed by Bobby Heenan..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/h/harley-race.html   (982 words)

  
 Track Test: Harley-Davidson VR1000
Harley's road-racing department put the bike together using a list of American parts suppliers, some with no motorcycle experience, using no existing Harley motorcycle parts.
The 60 degree V-twin (previous Harleys have all shared a narrower, 45 degree angle between the cylinders) is less tall than a narrower angle v-twin would be, yet doesn't present the design difficulties that a long, 90 degree V-twin (like all the current two-cylinder Ducatis) would to a frame designer.
It would cost Harley a fortune to make the VR street legal in emissions-conscious America, so a country of convenience was chosen.
www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcharley/vr1000.html   (1368 words)

  
 IWIM - Harley Race
Known as "Handsome Harley Race" for much of his career, the Missouri native was one of the ring's best brawlers, taking on everyone from coast to coast.
Harley wrestled in the WCW in the early 1990s and then retired to become a trainer of aspiring pro wrestlers, running a camp in his native Missouri.
For nearly three decades, Harley Race battled all the top stars in wrestling, from Verne Gagne to Ric Flair and earned recognition as one of the top wrestlers of all time.
www.wrestlingmuseum.org /people/race_harley.html   (384 words)

  
 Amazon.com: King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story: Books: Harley Race,Gerry Tritz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Race tells the story of his career with both candor and respect to the people he works with in the wrestling biz.
Harley Race tells of his humble beginnings in the business; serving as chauffer for 800+ pound wrestler Happy Humphrey, learning how to market himself properly, from being a tag team mid-card wrestler to an individual main eventer.
Race's battles with Jack Brisco, Terry Funk, Dusty Rhodes, and Ric Flair are great moments, but the reader will truly enjoy accounts of the backstage struggles he endured as being co-owner of the Kansas City territory, and the eventual business threat he faced in the WWE.
www.amazon.com /King-Ring-Harley-Race-Story/dp/1582618186   (2029 words)

  
 Harley Race
Race began his training as a teenager while working on the Zbyszko brothers’ farm in northwest Missouri.
Harley Race won his first title in Tennessee, the Southern Tag Team Title, using the alias of Jack Long, with John Long as his tag team partner.
Race took his father’s advice and wrestled as “Harley Race” from that time on.
www.kayfabememories.com /Wrestlers/WLrace.htm   (567 words)

  
 Harley Race Interview
After Race retired as an active wrestler, he went on to manage both Lex Luger and Big Van Vader to WCW world heavyweight titles and has been involved in the promoting aspect of the business since as early as 1972.
Race, who compares his in-ring style to the likes of modern day WWE superstars Kurt Angle and Triple H, gets a kick out of seeing younger wrestlers perform the moves he made famous.
Race believes that Murdock’s signing with the WWE will also open the door for some of his other talented wrestlers as well.
patrickhickeyjr.tripod.com /harley_race_interview.html   (735 words)

  
 Harley-Davidson: Race Across America for PC Review - PC Harley-Davidson: Race Across America Review
Race Across America lets you hop on one of six Harleys - Dyna Low Rider, Fat Boy, Softail Custom, Sportster 1200 Custom, Road King Classic, and a customized 1956 KHK you can only access after placing high enough in competition - and put 'em through their paces on rally routes in seven states.
You can choose to race against three computer opponents in any of the states in practice mode, which is a good way to learn each route.
This race is in and around the town that's world-famous for the thousands of bikers who show up each year, but these masses are nowhere to be found.
www.gamespot.com /pc/driving/harleydavidsonraceaa/review.html   (1120 words)

  
 Official Harley Race home page
During that time Race won eight NWA World Championships (plus dozens of other regional titles), managed two wrestlers to the WCW World Championship (Lex Luger and Vader) and was involved in operating the NWA territories in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Harley and his wife BJ have recently retired to their lake home in the Lake of the Ozarks.
Race is currently booking live events in the Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois, and hopes to be able to bring wrestling back to many of the smaller towns there.
www.harleyrace.com /home.htm   (559 words)

  
 Still in the Ring
Harley, 57, climbs through the ropes and onto the mat to demonstrate the correct way to take down an opponent.
Harley quit school in the 10th grade, leaving tiny Quitman, in northwest Missouri, to be a wrestler.
Ask Harley about the World Wrestling Federation and you'll get a reaction as strong as any expressed during his grudge match days with "Dick the Bruiser." Today Harley's ire is aimed at the WWF, which has transformed pro wrestling into a venue for foul language and vulgar behavior.
www.ruralmissouri.org /01pages/marchwrestle.html   (1134 words)

  
 Race (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Race (biology) deals with race as a general biological classification.
Racing refers to competitive sports whose goal is speed, such as running, horse racing, and auto racing.
The Race (Worldwar), a fictional alien race of invaders in the Worldwar and Colonization novels of Harry Turtledove.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Race_(disambiguation)   (252 words)

  
 Harley Race in action
Harley Race squared off with literally thousands of opponents during his long wrestling career.
Race is also very close to Dusty's son Dustin Rhodes, considering him like a second son.
Race recalls Backlund riding his bicycle to the Tampa arena daily while both were in the Florida territory.
harleyrace.com /Actionpix.htm   (403 words)

  
 HARLEY DAVIDSON RACE ACROSS AMERICA By: GT INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE Platform: W95 Category: Games-Racing Media: CD-ROM at ...
WizardWorks' Harley-Davidson's® Race Across America for PC puts gamers in the driver's seat of their own "Hog", as they race across the country to the motorcycle mecca - the Sturgis, South Dakota rally.
In 1909, Harley Davidson introduced the V-Twin engine which, at the time, was the most powerful motorcycle engine on the market, carrying riders to a then-unprecedented 60 miles per hour.
Racing through the badlands of the Dakota territories during twilight in Sturgis is beautiful.
www.cdromshop.com /cdshop/desc/p.722242517015.html   (793 words)

  
 Harley Race in action
Race is also very close to Dusty's son Dustin Rhodes, considering him like a second son.
Harley considers Bob Backlund to be one of the best conditioned wrestlers ever.
Race recalls Backlund riding his bicycle to the Tampa arena daily while both were in the Florida territory.
www.harleyrace.com /Actionpix.htm   (389 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Harley Davidson: Race Across America: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Harley Davidson Motorcycles: Race Across America is a game whose title says it all--players select a bike and then try to beat other riders in a highway race.
Race Across America offers on- and offline play, quick races, and a tournament mode, where players spend race winnings to customize their hogs.
Race Across America isn't the greatest looking game and it certainly doesn't have the greatest playability but it does offer a brief winter reprieve.
www.amazon.com /Harley-Davidson-Race-Across-America/dp/B0000296YP   (982 words)

  
 Harley Race / 1980s Mid-Atlantic Wrestling
Race was a legend; many time NWA champ and nobodies punching bag.
Race saw the sign and heaved old Fagnum out to the floor right in front of me. Race gave him a stiff punch in the back and scooped him up and slammed him on the concrete.
Race refused to sell and grabbed Magnum by his hair and heaved him over the top rope like a Frisbee.
www.tvparty.com /80swrestling/5harley.html   (879 words)

  
 King Of The Ring: The Harley Race Story by Harley Race Detailed Book Review
With over fifty years in the wrestling business, Harley Race has been around to see the colorful characters, and evolution of the sport that he was a master craftsman of.
In the early 70's Harley had a short stint as the National Wrestling Alliance champion; a title he would go on to win 6 more times.
Aging, Harley also goes into his multiple abdominal surgeries and the being divorved at the age of 47.
www.allreaders.com /topics/info_30825.asp   (494 words)

  
 Harley Race
- Florida Battle of the Belts (September 2, '85) = Race & Stan Hansen fought to a Double Countout with the AWA Tag Champs, the Road Warriors.
Race fought to a Double Countout with Duggan.
- WWF Royal Rumble '88 (January 24) = Race competed in the Royal Rumble, which was won by Jim Duggan.
www.accelerator3359.com /Wrestling/bios/race.html   (985 words)

  
 Harley Race - Suzuki XN85 Chat Forum
I raced a Harley today and after some really hard riding I managed to PASS the guy.
Most of the harley riders I have encountered over the last 18 years of riding have not been the freindiest bunch, they don't even wave to you when passing.
I personally have no experence with Harleys except some of the people I have met besides for you seemed either uptight or to good for the rest to associate themselves with.
www.xn85turbo.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=682   (1057 words)

  
 Harley Race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Harley Race was only in WWE for about a year and a half.
In the coming years, Race would face Bob Backlund in similar matches, all with the same
He narrowly escaped losing the crown to the Junkyard Dog in a match at WrestleMania 3.
www.carlson316wrestling.net /halloffame/harleyrace.html   (445 words)

  
 100 Years of Harley Davidson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As Harley riders, fans and historians look back over the accomplishments of its first century, certainly one of the standouts is their domination of American racing in the 1950s and ‘60s.
I was racing in the Nationals during this period and was a close friend of Cal Rayborn.
Harley-Davidson concentrated its racing efforts in dirt track events and this would become a decade of true dominance for the Motor Company with some of the greatest names in the history of the sport coming onto the scene.
www.partsmag.com /0305/100-yrs-HD-0305/100-yrs-hd-0305.html   (2218 words)

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