Steven 'Hizzy' Hislop (January 11, 1962 - July 30, 2003) was a Scottish motorcycle racer. Hislop won the Isle of Man TT eleven times and also the British 250cc Championship (1990) and British Superbike championship (1995 and 2002).
Hislop was born into a close Scottish Borders family, and grew up in the village of Chesters, near the town of Hawick, with his father Sandy, mother Margaret and best friend/younger brother Garry. Their father inspired...
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Steven 'Hizzy' Hislop (January 11, 1962 - July 30, 2003) was a Scottish motorcycle racer. Hislop won the Isle of Man TT eleven times and also the British 250cc Championship (1990) and British Superbike championship (1995 and 2002).
Hislop was born into a close Scottish Borders family, and grew up in the village of Chesters, near the town of Hawick, with his father Sandy, mother Margaret and best friend/younger brother Garry. Their father inspired the boys to take up motorcycle racing, but when Garry was killed in a motorbike accident at Silloth in 1982 aged 19, and his father had died three years earlier from a heart attack, Hislop slumped into an alcohol inspired depression.
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 - some attributed his success to James Whitham battling cancer having led the championship...
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