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HANKS RACING HAVE ANNOUNCED - Malcolm - 14-03-2017

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THAT ROY WILL BE RETIRING FROM ALL RACING WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. 
BRINGING TO AN END OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER IN BOTH CIRCUIT AND ROAD RACING.

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RE: HANKS RACING HAVE ANNOUNCED - BRADDAN OAK - 14-03-2017

He has been a good ambassador for sidecar racing, and a true and genuine gentleman.
All the best to Roy, and no dought he will still be seen around the tracks giving his usual advise.


RE: HANKS RACING HAVE ANNOUNCED - Splashdown - 14-03-2017

The Hanks family have been extraordinary supporters of the TT. Their enthusiasm for sidecar racing must be unparalleled.
I wish Roy and Rose a long and happy retirement.


RE: HANKS RACING HAVE ANNOUNCED - BenjiesDad - 14-03-2017

Sad day for the TT and racing in General,
Will always remember the year Roy won the F2 race years ago,
He was still smiling for Days afterwards, Thats the effect that racing has on you,

Enjoy your time off Roy,
You both deserve it !


RE: HANKS RACING HAVE ANNOUNCED - Malcolm - 14-03-2017

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S100 Press Item - Roy Hanks Retires

Southern 100 Racing would like to offer their congratulations to Sidecar competitor Roy Hanks, who has recently announced his ‘early’ retirement from racing, after 50-years!

Roy first raced at the Southern 100 in 1968 driving a BSA outfit, as his father Fred had done so three-years earlier. Unlike his father, Roy returned to the July races in 1969 and 1970 achieving two second places - one each year.

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Roy Hanks during the 1969 Southern 100 Road Races - Southern 100 Archive

The popular Birmingham sidecar racer came back to the Billown Course in 1996 taking the winners laurels in the F2 Sidecar Consolation race with Phil Biggs in the chair.

Roy has entered and competed every year since including last year 2016, with the exception of 2001 when the foot & mouth epidemic caused all racing to be abandoned.

His first period of racing in the friendly races saw him compete in five races, gaining two-seconds and an eleventh spot.

After his ‘sabbatical, Roy with Dave Wells as his long-time passenger and from 2012 Kevin Perry in the sidecar, he started in a total of 32 races, including 16 prestigious Sidecar Championship races gaining one victory; five - second; seven - third; three - fourth and one - sixth place finishes.

Always a true sportsman and a thorough gentleman Roy has given much enjoyment and tough competition to his fellow competitors over many years and the familiar orange helmet with black stripes will be missed at the Southern 100 in this and future years.

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Roy Hanks & Kevin Perry
Lap of Honour during 2015 Southern 100
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Hopefully Roy Hanks, his family and friends will honour us with their presence at the ‘friendly races’ where they will always will be made welcome.