Oxford motorcyclist Mike Hailwood won a record 14 TT races
Mike with the Mellano Trophy he won at Silverstone in 1960 A 100mph crash brought his car career to an end at the Nurburgring circuit in 1974. This was two years after he had been awarded the George Medal for bravery in pulling fellow driver Clay Regazzoni from his blazing car during the South African Grand Prix. His fans, however, had not seen the last of Hailwood. Ten years after being awarded the MBE for services to motorcycle racing, he entered the 1978 TT, just for fun. Jim Adams, left, and Mike Hailwood with Vic Willoughby, a reporter from The Motorcycle magazine Amid ...