Hizzy: The Autobiography of Steve Hislop
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Steve Hislop. Hizzy: The Autobiography of Steve Hislop
Dedication
Contents
1 Day Number One, Life Number Two ‘I’d been trying to race bikes for a month with a broken neck.’
2 Shooting Crows ‘My real name’s actually Robert Hislop but my dad made a mistake when he registered me.’
3 Off the Rails ‘All I seemed to do was get pissed and crash cars.’
4 Tales from the Riverbank ‘I poached salmon and sold them to pubs to help pay for my racing.’
5 The Flying Haggis ‘The sport which took my brother’s life actually gave me a life.’
6 The Burger Van Queue ‘If I hadn’t gone for a burger I wouldn’t have won that first TT.’
7 Money, Money, Money ‘I rode all year for no money at all.’
8 Girls, Girls, Girls ‘They said I was a secret lesbian.’
9 Bored ‘I aimed the bike at the toilet block and crashed straight into it.’
10 The Impossible Dream ‘I laughed when they asked me to ride a Norton at the TT.’
11 A Day at the Races ‘For the first time in my life I thought victory maybe wasn’t as important as living.’
12 The Champ ‘People said I only won because Jamie Whitham had cancer.’
13 Sacked ‘He loaded the gun and got Roger to pull the trigger.’
14 Sacked Again ‘I set pole position then got a fax telling me I’d been sacked again.’
15 Swearing at Fairies ‘Racing is my life – it’s what I do.’
16 2002: A Race Odyssey ‘I’m going to show these fuckers how to race properly.’ Round 1: Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 1 April
Round 2: Brands Hatch, Kent, 14 April
Round 3: Donington Park, Leicestershire, 28 April
Round 4: Oulton Park, Cheshire, 6 May
Round 5: Snetterton, Norfolk, 3 June
Round 6: Brands Hatch, Kent, 16 June
Round 7: Rockingham, Northamptonshire, 23 June
Round 8: Knockhill, Fife, 7 July
Round 9: Thruxton, Hampshire, 11 August
Round 10: Cadwell Park, Lincolnshire, 26 August
Round 11: Oulton Park, Cheshire, 1 September
Round 12: Mallory Park, Leicestershire, 15 September
Round 13: Donington Park, Leicestershire, 29 September
17 The Final Lap ‘I can’t walk away with a sad exit from Rockingham. I’d like to have a good result somewhere else then call it a day.’
18 A Scottish Hero ‘If I die young then I’ve still packed in more than most would do in two lifetimes.’
Career Results
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
Index
Acknowledgements
Author’s Note
Author’s acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
STEVE HISLOP 1962–2003
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I pondered on all these things as I awaited my operation and repeatedly questioned why I still wanted to race motorbikes more than anything else in my life. It certainly wasn’t for the financial rewards since I haven’t made any serious money from racing even though I’ve raced for more than 20 years. The truth is that when I retire I’ll have to get a normal job like everybody else because I have no savings worth talking about. Some racers, like my former team-mate, Carl Fogarty, have become millionaires from the sport but I’ve been financially naive throughout my career and consequently never got the rewards I feel I deserve.
Having said that, racing at least gives me some sort of wage to live on from day to day, so I suppose money was one of the reasons I had to get back on a bike again. After all, I have two small sons to support with no other obvious means of earning cash to feed and clothe them. But more than anything I wanted to get back on a bike again because I desperately wanted to win the British Superbike championship – the toughest domestic race series in the world.
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