Roland Sands

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Roland Sands (born August 12, 1974) is an American motorcycle racer and designer of custom motorcycles. In his career as a professional motorcycle racer, he won the 1998 AMA 250GP National Champion road racer championship. Sands is also the owner and founder of Roland Sands Design.

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Sands is from Long Beach, California.

Pro racing career

During Sands' professional racing career, from 1994 to 2002, Sands gained 10 wins.

At the age of 19, Sands' father sent him to Keith Code's California Superbike School.

He won his first novice 250GP race at Willow Springs Raceway in California, Sands had a nine-year professional racing career at the top of the AMA 250GP ranks, including a national championship in 1998.

In 2000, Sands did a stint in the British Super Cup series on a factory Honda.

Sands currently holds four track records, including Daytona, Sears Point, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

In 2004, designer Chip Foose awarded Sands with the Award of Design Excellence for his design on the motorcycle 'The Hard Way'.

In 2005, he was voted Rookie of the Year on the Discovery Channel Biker Build-Off award show.

Since his first television appearance on Biker Build-Off, he's been featured on ESPN2's Chopper Nation and Super Bikes, Speed Channel's American Thunder and Build or Bust, and crowned champion of Biker Build-Off in 2006 against Jesse Rooke.

Awards and accomplishments

Press and publicity

Covers

 Hardcore Chopper(Japan),November 2005

Articles

Television appearances

Retail Expansion

July 2021 Roland Sands Design (RSD) moved their retail store to Long Beach, CA.

References

  1. "Wrench Against the Machine Official Site | Esquire Network". Esquire Network. Retrieved 2017-01-05.

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