Hutchy: Miracle Man - Rilegato

Hutchinson, Ian; MacAuley, Ted

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ISBN 10: 1786061236 ISBN 13: 9781786061232

Casa editrice: John Blake, 2016

Riassunto

Ian Hutchinson - 'Hutchy' to his many thousands of fans - is a motorcycle racer like few others. A road racer to the core, he has enjoyed spectacular success at the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix, but his own story goes far beyond even those triumphs. In the summer of 2010, Hutchy set the record for most wins in a single Isle of Man TT festival - five in all - having already won the Supersport class at the North West 200 in Northern Ireland. Then disaster struck. At a British Supersport round in September that year, he crashed heavily after being struck by another rider's machine, breaking his left leg so badly that at one stage it was feared it might have to be amputated. After many surgical operations and a long period of recovery, he fractured the same leg in 2012 while practising exhibition-riding for a motorycle show in London. Yet not even these disasters could keep the Yorkshireman from racing. After modifications to the gear levers and rear brakes on his race machines, he went out and won the 2013 Macau Grand Prix.Two years later saw an even more staggering return to form, when he secured three wins, a second and a third place at the 2015 Isle of Man TT, also winning the Joey Dunlop TT Championship Trophy for that year. Hutchy: Miracle Man is a book not only for fans of motorcycle road racing, but for anyone interested in the life and career of a brilliant rider and an extraordinarily brave and enduring man, a hugely popular figure not just for his achievements, but for his unassuming modesty, kindness and humour.

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L'autore:

IAN HUTCHINSON'S co-author, Ted Macauley, is a journalist, columnist and broadcaster, and the author of twelve books, most of them on his favourite sport motorcycle racing. He was the legendary Mike Hailwood's manager and organiser of the great man s historic and unforgettable winning comeback at the Isle of Man TT in 1978 and again on his successful return in 1979.

Macauley was awarded the much-prized Seagrave Medal by the Royal Automobile Club, the first journalist to have been so honoured, for his part in Mike the Bike s sensational return to the TT, aged thirty-nine and after an eleven-year absence from the dangerous Mountain Circuit. He was also voted Journalist of the Year.

He is currently F1 writer for the Daily Star Sunday and columnist for Gulf News Dubai after a long term as, first, Motor Cycle Grand Prix specialist, then Formula One reporter and, finally, Chief Sports Feature Writer for the Daily Mirror.

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• Editore: John Blake
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1786061236
• ISBN 13: 9781786061232
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288