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Mike Hailwood
Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, , (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time.〔(Mike Hailwood at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame )〕〔(''Who Was The Man Many Call The Greatest Roadracer Ever?'', by Dean Adams, Superbike Planet, 1998 )〕
Hailwood was known as "Mike The Bike" because of his natural riding ability on bikes with a range of engine capacities.〔Motor Cycle, 19 August 1965. p.242/244. Hutchinson 100. ''Hailwood assortment. "Doesn't make much odds what model Mike the Bike wheels out; he's likely to win on it. As at Silverstone last Saturday at BMCRC Hutchinson 100 meeting where, on such a variety of machinery as an AJS three-fifty, a BSA LIghtning, and (well, of course) the MV Agusta four, he collected a trio of laurel wreaths."'' Accessed 2014-03-30〕〔Carrick, Peter ''Motor Cycle Racing'' Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.68 ISBN 0 600 02506 3 "''Between 1962 and 1965 Hailwood was supreme in the 500 cc class, winning race after race...He also rode frequently and with success in other classes.''" Accessed 2014-03-22〕 Later in his career he went on to compete in Formula One and other classes of car racing, becoming one of the few men to compete at Grand Prix level in both motorcycle and car racing.
He died following a road traffic accident in Warwickshire, England.
==Early life==
Hailwood was born at Langsmeade House, Great Milton in Oxfordshire, His father, who also raced in the pre-World War II era, was a successful motorcycle dealer and Hailwood had a comfortable upbringing.〔 He learned to ride at a young age on a minibike as a small boy in a field near his home.〔 He was educated at Purton Stoke Preparatory School, Kintbury, and Pangbourne Nautical College where he wore a naval-type uniform,〔 but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycles.〔
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