Brit Alan Carter on the MacLean Racing Honda RS250R at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1987. Carter had been teammates with Wayne Rainey on Kenny Roberts’ Marlboro Yamaha 250 GP World Championship team in 1984. The year before Carter won the French 250cc Grand Prix in his GP debut creating quite a sensation. Carter raced in the U.S. from 1987 through 1989. His best season-end result was a ranking of fifth in the 1988 AMA 250 Grand Prix Championship. (Larry Lawrence photo)

Alan Carter on the beautifully prepared Team MacLean Honda RS250R at Mid-Ohio in 1987. (Larry Lawrence photo)