Ron Haslam

Ronald Haslam is an English former professional motorcycle racer, born on 22 June 1956 in Langley Mill, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1977 and 1993, winning two world titles, four British championships and riding in almost 110 Grand Prix races. One of ten siblings, he began racing in 1972 on a 750cc Norton Commando, and lost his brothers Phil in 1974 and Terry in 1984 to racing accidents. He won the 1979 TT Formula One world title and the 1980 TT Formula Three title, was second in the 1979 Suzuka 8 Hours, won the Macau Grand Prix a record six times, and held world speed records set in France in 1986. He made his Grand Prix debut in 1977 at Silverstone on a 500 Suzuki and in 1982 raced the experimental four-stroke Honda NR500. He later helped his son Leon Haslam and ran a race school at Donington.