Norifumi abe biography of barack

Japanese motorcycle racer

Norifumi "Norick" Abe (阿部典史, Abe Norifumi, September 7, 1975 – October 7, 2007),^[1][2] or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycleroad racer who was previously a 500 cc/MotoGP rider.^[3] He died in a road traffic crash in October 2007.

Career

Abe was born to Mitsuo Abe (阿部光雄, Abe Mitsuo), a paved flat track rider, in Tokyo. When he was eleven, Abe began racing minibikes and spent his earlier career competing in motocross. He turned to road racing when he was fifteen and also competed in the United States. In 1992, Abe was the runner up in the 250 cc category for the domestic National A championship.^[4] The following year at the All Japan Road Race Championship, Abe won the 500 cc title in the category's final year and became the youngest title winner.^[4]

In 1994, while racing in his home championship, Abe had a chance to race at the 1994 Japanese G