Kurtis Roberts

Kurtis Roberts (born 17 November 1978 in Turlock, California) is an American motorcycle road racer. He is the youngest son of three-time 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, and the younger brother of 2000 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts, Jr. He has raced in most major US and international motorcycle racing championships, in both Grand Prix and Superbike categories.

AMA In 1998, Roberts joined Erion Honda, starting out in 250s as he had experience of this level. He was runner-up in the AMA 250cc series that year, also riding in a few 600cc Supersport races. In both 1999 and 2000, he won the AMA Formula Xtreme series, adding the 600cc Supersport in 2000. Moving to the prestigious American Honda team, his first three AMA Superbike Championship podium finishes came in 2001 - taking his first wins and third overall in 2003, after missing much of 2002 due to injury. 2005 was a disastrous return to Erion, despite a second place in the Daytona 200.

International In 1997, Roberts contested the 250cc World Championship.

In 2004, Roberts joined his father's Proton MotoGP team, but this was uncompetitive, scoring just one point all year. In , he rode in selected Superbike World Championship rounds for the Pedercini Ducati team.

After attempting to set up an AMA team with former champion Doug Chandler, Roberts resumed his links with his father's MotoGP team for 2007, taking over from his brother when Kenny Roberts, Jr. decided the bike was not competitive enough. He took minor points in three successive rounds.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 1997 250cc Aprilia, Honda 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 500cc Proton KR Proton Team KR 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 MotoGP Proton KR Proton Team KR 80 8 0 0 0 0 1 29th 2005 MotoGP Proton KR Team Roberts 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2007 MotoGP KR212V Team Roberts 80 13 0 0 0 0 10 19th Total 34 0 0 0 0 11

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts 1997 250cc Aprilia MALRet JPNRet SPARet ITARet AUT18 FRA NED IMO NC 0 Honda GER22 BRA18 GBR18 CZE18 CAT19 INARet AUS 2001 500cc Proton KR JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MALRet BRA NC 0 2004 MotoGP Proton KR RSA WD SPA Ret FRA 15 ITA Ret CAT Ret NED Ret BRA19 GER Ret GBR Ret CZE DNS POR JPN QAT MAL AUS VALDNS 29th 1 2005 MotoGP Proton KR SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR VALRet NC 0 2007 MotoGP KR212V QAT SPA TUR CHN FRA ITA Ret CAT 18 GBR 13 NED 15 GER 12 USA Ret CZE 15 RSM 15 PORRet JPN Ret AUS17 MAL20 VAL Ret 19th 10

AMA Superbike Championship

AMA Formula Xtreme Championship By year