was a French-Canadian professional motorcycle racer and father of former AMA Superbike road racer Miguel Duhamel. He won the World Championship Snowmobile Derby in 1970. He was also a very active ice racer, using hockey shin pads to allow him to lean over farther, scraping his knee on the ice rather than merely sliding his foot as did speedway racers. Duhamel is best remembered as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team during the 1970s along with teammates Gary Nixon and Art Baumann. He made famous the No. 17 on the neon green factory Kawasaki, a number now honoured by his son Miguel.Following in the footsteps of motorcycle legends Joe Weatherly and Paul Goldsmith, Duhamel raced a NASCAR Winston Cup race at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in 1973, finishing tenth for Junie Donlavey in the No. 90 Truxmore Ford after starting 15th, completing 381 laps of the 400-lap Gwyn Staley 400., , In Memory of Yvon Duhamel. Personal Death record and Detailed information about the deceased person.
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