Book description
'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in
1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and
fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of three World titles and
four British championships, as well as a record six Macau GPs, he rode
in more than 100 Grands Prix. Despite tragically losing two of his
brothers in motorbike accidents, Haslam kept on riding, setting speed
records wherever he went.
His son, Leon, the 'Pocket Rocket', is following in his father's
extremely speedy footsteps. A national Motorcross champion and
national Scooter champion at the age of just 14, he became the
youngest ever rider to compete in the 500cc World Championship and is
now one of Britain's top racers, competing for Stiggy Honda in the
World Superbike Championship.
This is the extraordinary story of a father and a son who are
addicted to motorbikes, with all the thrills and spills, miraculous
escapes and multiple broken bones that involves. Both colourful
characters, their story takes us all the way from the 1970s to today
and is full of hilarious high-octane derring-do, a cast of characters
including legends like Fast Freddie Spencer and Barry Sheene, and
nothing less than terrifying but exhilarating adventure.
Ron and Leon Haslam live near Smalley in Derbyshire with Ron's wife
Ann and their other children Emma and Zoe. Ron now devotes much of his
time to running the Ron Haslam Motorbike School in Donington. Leon is
racing for Stiggy Honda in the 2009 World Superbike Championship.
