Kork Ballington

Kork Ballington, whose full name is Hugh Neville Ballington, is a South African former professional motorcycle racer, born on 10 April 1951 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, to a family that emigrated to South Africa. He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1976 to 1982, mostly for the Kawasaki factory team, winning four world championships: the 250cc and 350cc titles in both 1978 and 1979. He finished second to Anton Mang in the 1980 250cc championship and developed Kawasaki's KR500 in the premier class, then won six straight races to take the 1982 British 500cc national title. Later he raced the Daytona 200, finished second in the 1986 AMA Formula One Championship, and retired after the 1988 AMA 250cc season. He lives in Brisbane, Australia, and was inducted into the MotoGP Legends Hall of Fame in 2018.