Jeff Hagan in the Suzuki GSXR Cup Final

More scanning of the Suzuki GSXR Cup Finals at Road Atlanta and this is AFM star Jeff Hagan. I think this is from 1986, the first year of the Suzuki Cup. If I remember correctly Suzuki gave travel expenses to the top GSXR club racers from regions across the country. The buzz at the 1986 WERA Grand National Finals was incredible. For the first time in club racing history riders from all across the country, like Hagan, were meeting at a year-end championship. It wasn’t just the Suzuki Cup, but the Honda 500 Interceptor Finals were held at Road Atlanta during the GNF as well. The races were nationally televised. To this day it was probably the greatest WERA GNF of all time. Jeff Hagan was one of the leading West Coast riders and he continued racing for years after this 1986 event. He may still be racing AFM events.

Leading AFM road racer Jeff Hagan racing in the Suzuki GSXR Cup Finals at Road Atlanta in November of 1986. The Suzuki Cup brought together, for the first time, leading club racers from all across the country. (Larry Lawrence photo)

Leading AFM road racer Jeff Hagan racing in the Suzuki GSXR Cup Finals at Road Atlanta in November of 1986. The Suzuki Cup brought together, for the first time, leading club racers from all across the country. (Larry Lawrence photo)

5 thoughts on “Jeff Hagan in the Suzuki GSXR Cup Final

  1. Larry, awesome site. I will be bookmarking and checking regularly.

    Jeff raced a full season on an SV650 in 2007 and won a couple of championships with ease, taking the #6 plate in the process. Looks like he ran some events on a liter bike in 2008 and I can’t recall him racing last year.

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  2. Jeff is retired now and living in Hawaii, I was his tuner for many winning years in AFM, AMA and WERA road racing from 1987 to 1990, to include racing a rare Moriwaki GSXR 1100 with RGB 500 factory race forks (GP500 Suzuki)-Cliff Sherlock

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  3. I helped sponsor Jeff with a GSXR 1100 and 750 I have many memories and, was with Jeff when he raced his TZ750 at Laguna Seca

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