Jack Findlay
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Cyril John Findlay (1935-2004) was a professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer in Australia.
He is known for having one of the longest racing careers in Grand Prix history, as well as one of four riders (long with ngel Nieto, Loris Capirossi, and Valentino Rossi) to compete in Grand Prix motorcycle racing for 20 years or more.
Despite racing as a privateer, not as a contracted employee of a factory team, he competed at the highest level throughout his racing career.
Motorcycle racing career
Findlay was born in Mooroopna, Victoria, about 120 miles north of Melbourne. He started racing as a child under the age of 15, adopting the name "Jack" in order to access the identification papers of his father, John 'Jock' Findlay, a Scottish immigrant to Australia. He worked as a trainee accountant at Commonwealth Bank of Australia until 1957 after leaving school.
He came from England to race, worked at a BSA factory in Birmingham, and was able to join the Grand Prix circuit in 1959 with a 350cc Norton Manx. In 1959, he participated in his first Isle of Man TT. From 1958 to 1978, he competed on the Grand Prix circuit.
In 1968, his best championship result came as he rode a Matchless to finish second in the 500cc category, behind Giacomo Agostini. He won his first competition for Suzuki at the Ulster Grand Prix in 1971. The victory was also a mark of Suzuki's first 500cc class triumph, as well as the first 500cc class triumph for a motorcycle powered by a two stroke engine. After 15 years of trying, he won the Isle of Man Senior TT in 1973. In 1973 and 1974, he rode Suzuki TR500s. He appeared on the Suzuki factory racing team in 1974 and helped develop the Suzuki RG 500, with Barry Sheene and Paul Smart. He defeated Barry Sheene in 1975 for the FIM Formula 750 championship. He stopped racing in 1978 after a skull fractured his skull. In 1987, he was arrested again on motorcycles after a high-speed accident.
Dominique Monneret, the widow of Georges Monneret, died and established his domestic base in France, where he has a son, Gregory Findlay. He was elected Grand Prix technical director by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme in 1992 and stayed in charge until he resigned in 2001. He was aided by his French and Italian fluency. In 1972, French film director Jérôme Laperrousaz made Continental Circus, a documentary film about road racing. It starred Findlay and Giacomo Agostini and featured a psychedelic rock band Gong's soundtrack, as well as a song called "Blues for Findlay." In July 2006, a bronze statue of Findlay on a TT-winning Suzuki by Philip Mune was unveiled in a park in his hometown that was renamed the Jack Findlay Reserve.