Stanley Woods

Stanley Woods, born on 28 November 1903 and died on 28 July 1993, was an Irish motorcycle racer whose career spanned the 1920s and 1930s. He is remembered for winning 29 motorcycle Grand Prix races, a total that placed him among the most successful road racers of his era. Ten of those victories came in the Isle of Man TT races, the most demanding road race on the calendar, and he also took wins at Assen in the Netherlands and at other circuits. Alongside his road racing he was a skilled trials rider and competed in that off-road discipline during the 1940s, which makes his career unusually broad for a rider known first for speed on public roads.