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Ralph Rodolphus Hepburn (April 11, 1896 – May 16, 1948) was a pioneer American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racing driver.
Ralph Hepburn was one of the great motorcycle racers of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hepburn won national championships in those decades and was a factory rider for both Harley-Davidson and Indian.
RALPH HEPBURN, the man who obliterated the Indianapolis qualifying track records with the supercharged V8 Novi in 1946, was one of America’s leading motorcycle racers before turning to four wheels in 1924.
Ralph R. Hepburn, known as "Hep" by his friends, had a reputation as one of the most talented racers of his day, and as one of the kindest. Born in Somerville Maryland, April 11th, 1896, his family moved to Las Angeles when he was 10 years old.
Who was Ralph Hepburn? Ralph Hepburn was a pioneer American motorcycle racing champion and an Indianapolis 500 racecar driver. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Hepburn's family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was ten years old.
Jul 7, 2014 · Ralph Hepburn… Unlike Swede, who was gone before reaching 30, Ralph Hepburn didn’t find charisma until, by Indianapolis standards, he was a very old man — in his 50s. His great two-wheel period took place during the 1920s, when he wore a cloth skull cap and was Harley-Davidson’s star boardtrack trigger.
Aug 24, 2017 · Ralph Rudolphus Hepburn, a man who could easily be considered one of the greatest ever to tuck in behind the bars of an iron rocket was not only one of the most prolific pioneer American motorcycle racers, but unequivocally one of the kindest.
