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The Haslam family is motorbike royalty. 'Rocket' Ron Haslam, one of ten brothers and sisters from a Derbyshire mining town, started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of three World titles and four British championships, as well as a record six Macau GPs, he rode in more than 100 Grands Prix. Despite tragically losing two of his brothers, Phil and Terry, in motorbike accidents, Haslam kept on riding in his chosen sport, setting speed records wherever he went, with his most recent outing being on a Ducati 998 at the Race of the Year at Mallory Park in October 2004. His son, Leon, the 'Pocket Rocket', is following in his father's extremely speedy footsteps. A national Motorcross champion and national Scooter champion at the age of just 14, he became the youngest ever rider to compete in the 500cc World Championship and is now one of Britain's top racers. He was placed second in the British Superbike Championship in 2006, missing out on the title only on the very last race weekend, and was voted MCN's Man of the Year and Riders' Rider of the Year. Now 24, he starts the 200Product Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139780593059630
eBay Product ID (ePID)87140998
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Book TitleRocket Men
AuthorHaslam & Haslam
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
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Title_AuthorHaslam & Haslam
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom