Rob McElnea sits on the grid just before the start of the Canadian round of the World Superbike Championship at Mosport in 1990. McElnea raced for the Loctite Yamaha squad. McElnea finished 11^th and sixth in the two races at Mosport. He went on the next week to score a pair of top-five finishes at Brainerd, Minn., in the U.S. round of the championship. He finished the season ranked fifth in the final standings. In addition to his solid World Superbike career, McElnea built an amazing racing road racing resume in his decade of racing. He was a three-time winner of the Isle of Mann, winning the Classic TT twice and the Senior TT once aboard Heron Suzukis. He then raced six seasons in 500cc Grand Prix, including stints with the Yamaha and Suzuki factory squads. A year after this photo was taken he earned the British Superbike Championship. He retired from racing after the 1993 season and moved into team management. RobMac went on to direct Yamaha’s British Superbike squad.

Rob McElnea sits on the grid just before the start of the Canadian round of the World Superbike Championship at Mosport in 1990. (Larry Lawrence photo)