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Steve Hislop, the flawed genius of British racing, grew up in the village of Chesters, near the town of Hawick.

Despite his brother Gary being killed in a racing incident Steve still took up the sport.


	Hislop entered and finished second in a newcomers’ race at the Manx Grand Prix in 1983 - the year after Garry had won it. He won the 250cc British Championship in 1990, and the British Superbike Championship in 1995

Hislop's talent and outright speed around the TT circuit was legendary and in 1992 aboard the poorly funded and unreliable factory Rotary Norton.

Hislop beat the future four-times Superbike World champion Carl Fogarty who was riding a better-handling and more reliable works Yamaha.

Having lost his brother and many friends in motorcycle accidents, Hislop made a point of never going to the funerals of fellow racers, saying: "Some people might find that a bit callous. I only ever attend family ones and people find it a bit strange that I won’t go to a friend’s funeral, but it’s just my little way of shutting off."

Hislop died in a helicopter accident near Teviothead, Roxburghshire and was laid to rest near his birthplace in Scotland.

There is a bronze statue in memory of Steve Hislop on Onchan Head, Isle of Man


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