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Leslie Stuart Graham (born 9 January 1942) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Saloon car racing specialist. He is the son of the 1949 500cc world champion , Leslie Graham . Graham started racing in 1961 on a 125 cc Honda Benly Sports , followed by spells with Bill Webster and on Syd Lawton's Aermacchis .
Nov 24, 2021 · Motor Sport. The fiercest rivalries in motorcycle racing back in the 1960s were not just between the riders but also the manufacturers, like Suzuki, Yamaha and Honda. Our Japanese masters kept the pressure on us. Those bikes were devilishly difficult to ride – we used to say they knew it would be easier to change the rider than change the bike.
Jul 21, 2022 · FLOWERS and tributes have been left at the scene of a crash which claimed the life of a motorcyclist. Police have named Stuart Graham as the man who died after a collision between his motorcycle and a car on Berwick Hill Road, near Ponteland, shortly after 3.45pm Monday (July 19). Sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, the 53-year-old ...
The 1967 Isle of Man International 50cc TT - June 16th 1967. This is an overview of the race with more detail to follow. The one good thing about the 50cc race was that Stuart Graham won it! For, after his brilliant ride in Wednesday’s 125 cc event, Stuart, the new boy in the Suzuki team, richly deserved a TT victory, and his success must ...
Jul 7, 2014 · A top-level bike racer in the 1960s, Stuart is the only Isle of Man TT winner who is the son of a TT winner. He then switched to cars, and became the only man to win the TT on two wheels and four. His father, the great Les Graham, was World Champion in 1949; but in 1953, when Stuart was just 11, Les was killed on the Isle of Man. Six years ...
Apr 1, 2019 · 2019-04-01 - INTERVIEW: JOHN WESTLAKE PHOTOGRAPHY: CHIPPY WOOD, STUART GRAHAM ARCHIVE Many aspects of Stuart Graham’s life are worthy of a Hollywood film: the tragic death of his father, car racing heroics, Mike Hailwood as a team-mate… but perhaps the most astonishing period was his first year in Grands Prix.
Jul 20, 2022 · Flowers and tributes have been left at the scene of a crash which claimed the life of a motorcyclist. Police have named Stuart Graham as the man who died after a collision between his motorcycle ...
