Kevin Schwantz

Kevin Schwantz is, for me, the purest kind of racer: thrilling precisely because he never played it safe. Born in Houston in 1964, riding that unmistakable number 34 Suzuki, he took the 1993 world championship through sheer late-braking audacity. I always loved that he chased the kind of victory that electrified fans rather than the cautious points-management style that wins quietly. His legendary duels with Wayne Rainey remain some of the most heart-stopping racing I know. Three separate hall-of-fame inductions confirm it, but the real testament is the memory of his style. He raced like the stakes were everything, because to him they were.

Name (English)

Kevin Schwantz

Name (Japanese)

ケビン・シュワンツ

Reading

けびん・しゅわんつ

Born

June 19, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Occupation

motorcycle racer / motorcyclist / racing automobile driver

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Motorcycle Hall of Fame
• 2000 MotoGP Legends
• 2019 Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

• Official sitehttps://kevinschwantz.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kschwantz34/
• Xhttps://x.com/kevinschwantz
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Schwantz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540522

Tags

• Texas
• motorcycle racer
• motorcyclist
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

2026-06-24

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.