Larry Shorts racing a Kawasaki Superbike at Road America in 1987. (Larry Lawrence photo)
Larry Shorts racing his Kawasaki Superbike down the Moraine Sweep straightaway heading towards turn five at Road America in 1987. Shorts scored four top-10 Superbike finishes on the Kawasaki that season.
Kawasaki left Superbike racing after the 1983 season. Dale Quarterley filled the gap admirable in the mid-1980s. Shorts came along in 1987 with this Kawasaki and eventually the team morphed into Targa Kawasaki with Rob Muzzy coming back building machines for the AMA Endurance Series and that eventually led to Kawasaki getting behind Muzzy and back into Superbike by 1989.
So if you think about it Shorts deserves some credit from helping eventually bring Kawasaki back into AMA Superbike.
Rider Files 
Was this a GPz900 sleeved down to 750cc?
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I remember a write up in a magazine from the day. Muzzy talked about all he had to do to get that sport-touring bike down to race weight. He took out the counter balancer & a host of other unnecessary items. The final weight was quite impressive. He wanted to get it even lighter but said “we need the engine”.
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I raced Larry,
Great guy, and a madman on the track. If guts and determination got a $$$ ride Larry was the guy. Kind of a NASCAR throw back to the 60s guy…
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