(14-12-2014, 03:19 AM)cregnybaa Wrote:

(13-12-2014, 06:53 PM)eman1948 Wrote: Is Mike the youngest rider to have won 3 TT`s in a week? He also averaged over 100mph for 6 laps on a single when he won the 1961 TT, Has anybody else done that in that era? Doing one 100 mph was an achievement but six was phenomenal and only 21 years old.

Mike also nearly won 3 world championships in one season {1967} he won the 250 and the 350 but tied with ago on points for the 500, ago having one win more than mike in that season he was crowned the champion. also i believe that in the whole race season of 67 mike never finished any lower than 3rd in all of the races he finished. Mike finished 3rd in his first world championship year 1959 but by 67 he had won 9 world titles and that was at a time when lots of GP's where held on road circuits. Mike was very special and will always be missed.

Sorry Creg,

But Mike's first world championship year was 1958 when he finished 4th.

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