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Duke Road Racing Rankings
The Duke Road Race Rankings was established in 2002 to analyse and acknowledge the season-long performances of riders involved in a series of motorcycle road racing events held on public roads. It was the idea of Isle of Man-based Peter Duke, son of former World Champion Geoff Duke, who in conjunction with road-racing journalist Leslie Moore, author Mac McDiarmid and archivist Phil Edge, developed a scoring system which would recognise the significance of the individual events. Riders' aggregate performances over a season-long assessment of several road racing events acknowledges the most consistent racer as the ‘championship’ winner. Since Ian Lougher's first-year win in 2002, all big names of road racing have been considered, such as Adrian Archibald, Richard Britton, Jason Griffiths, Darran Lindsay and, more recently, Manxman Conor Cummins. Background The purpose of the Duke Road Race Rankings is to recognise achievements across the year by those riders who enter not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern 100
The Southern 100 is a motorcycle road racing event held on the Isle of Man in July of each year. The event was first held in 1955, with three races for different classes of solo motorcycles; the 2015 calendar included twelve races for various classes. The participants compete on the Billown Circuit in the south of the island, starting and finishing at Castletown. History In 1955, the inaugural Southern 100 held events for each of the two traditional classes, the 250 cc and the 350 cc, over six laps with a race distance of . A 500 cc race was also included as the feature race with 24 laps, totalling in excess of . The meeting that year had 73 entrants, with the first race held, the 350 cc event, won by Manxman Derek Ennett.Southern 100 Results for 1955 Southern 100 Motorcycle Racing. Retrieved 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Henshaw
Steven J. Henshaw (died 7 June 1989) was an English professional motorcycle racer and working motorcycle mechanic. Born in Nottingham, East Midlands, Henshaw began racing at the nearby club circuit at Darley Moor in Derbyshire, progressing to circuits like Mallory Park and twice winning the Scarborough Gold Cup held at the Oliver's Mount race circuit. Henshaw's road racing career included racing on both street circuits and race circuits. His road race entries included a total of 23 appearances at the Isle of Man TT from 1981–1989. He made one appearance in the Grand Prix world championships finishing in 17th place at the 1983 British Grand Prix. Henshaw died after an accident at Quarry Bends during the 1989 Isle of Man TT races. When trying to avoid fallen James Whitham, Henshaw and Mike Seward touched trying to avoid the debris, and Henshaw was killed instantly in the crash. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
