Yes King Kenny then was what Rossi is now, 3 world titles on the trot after never seeing the tracks before on an under powered Yamaha when the bike to be on was the RG Suzuki, oh & he beat our own Bazzer to do it.
I remember going down to the Exeter half mile track around 1977 to see Kenny & (Dave Aldana in his skeleton leathers) riding Yamaha XS650's against 6 British lads (they only alowed 8 in the race) I'm glad I went.