By Dean Adams
Details are still reasonably sketchy but it seems that American racer Dick Mann has passed away at age 86.
Dick Mann was a legendary racer in his own right with full membership in the Grand Slam Club, his infamously wonderful 1970 Daytona 200 win and other two-wheeled feats. However perhaps just as important to his personal record was his mentor-ship and tutelage of an entire generation of American racers from Gary Nixon to Mert Lawwill to Kenny Roberts to Dave Aldana to Gene Romero.
