AAMRR and AMA Pro racer Lentz has died at age 73, after battling cancer.
As near as we can tell, he started his AMA Pro racing career on a TZ250 in the International Lightweight class (a.k.a. 250cc GP) at Daytona in 1975.
Lentz finished 6th in the first official AMA Superbike race, at Daytona in 1976, riding a Ducati, and also raced a Kawasaki H2R in the 1976 Daytona 200.
In 1977 he finished in the top-10 in AMA Superbike races three times on a Ducati, with two best finishes of 5th place at Loudon and Pocono.
In 1978 he finished sixth in Superbike, again on A Ducati.
In 1983 he earned two top-10 finishes in AMA Formula One on a TZ750, taking 6th in the Daytona 200 and 9th at Mid-Ohio.
He is survived by an adult child, Ariel Lentz.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Research courtesy of Larry Lawrence/Rider Files.
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