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Kork Ballington
South African motorcycle racer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugh Neville "Kork" Ballington (born 10 April 1951) is a South African former professional motorcycle racer.[1] He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1976 to 1982, most prominently as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team with whom he won four FIM road racing world championships.[2] Ballington was inducted into the MotoGP Legends Hall of Fame in 2018.[3]
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![]() Ballington in 1978 racing on the Chimay Street Circuit in Belgium. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1951-04-10) 10 April 1951 (age 73) Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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