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Surtees

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Surtees [ˈsɜːtiːz]
n
1. (Biographies / Surtees, John (1934 M, British, SPORT AND GAMES: racing motorcyclist, SPORT AND GAMES: racing driver) John. born 1934, British racing motorcyclist and motor-racing driver. He was motorcycling world champion (1956, 1958-60) and world champion motor-racing driver (1964), the only man to have been world champion in both sports
2. (Biographies / Surtees, Robert Smith (1803-1864) M, British, WRITING: journalist, WRITING: novelist) Robert Smith. 1803-64, British journalist and novelist, who satirized the sporting life of the English gentry in such works as Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838)


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Surtees said he was unable to reach the high speeds of his racing heyday as he was forced to keep within the 50kph (31mph) speed limit of the Channel Tunnel service tunnel.
FORMER motor sports star John Surtees said he had been keeping a "stiff upper lip" since the death of his 18-yearold son, after he was struck on the head by a wheel during a Formula Two race.
FORMER motor sports star John Surtees made history yesterday by becoming the first person to drive a sports car the full length of the Channel Tunnel - but he said "speed was the last thing involved".
 
 
 
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