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Barry Sheene 1950-2003 - The Biography (Paperback, New ed)
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Barry Sheene 1950-2003 - The Biography (Paperback, New ed)
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The definitive life story of the seventies world 500cc motorcycle
champion Barry Sheene - the Brit whose death-defying crashes and
playboy lifestyle made him the most famous bike racer on the
planet. Written by the only journalist to have ridden on the roads
with him, and featuring interviews with closest friends, team mates
and former rivals. Born in London's East End in 1950, Sheene was
introduced to motor sport at the age of five, with his father Frank
building him his first ever motorbike. His story traces his humble
beginnings as a maverick opposed to every educational influence,
through an apprenticeship as a part-time rider and full-time
mechanic, to a works team racer, with a host of diversions in
pursuit of the opposite sex. It charts his success between 1975 and
1982, a golden period during which Sheene won more international
500cc and 750cc Grand Prix titles than anyone, including the world
500cc title in 1976 and 1977. This despite the horrendous carnage
from a series of near-fatal crashes from which Sheene miraculously
survived and overcame, against all odds. Outside the sport, Sheene
discovered an acting talent, appearing in the ITV show Just Amazing
and in numerous TV commercials, making him a household name. On his
retirement, he found fulfilment (and a friendlier climate for his
battered body) in Brisbane as an expert motor sport commentator and
an accomplished businessman. After being diagnosed with cancer in
2002 he shunned conventional treatments, preferring natural
remedies, but died early in 2003. This is the complete portrait of
perhaps the greatest circuit racer of them all.
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