MOTOGP STALWART RECOGNISED BY RAC

MotoGP stalwart Mike Trimby was presented with the Royal Automobile Club ’ s prestigious Torrens Trophy , with the award citation paying tribute to Trimby ’ s tireless work to improve circuit safety and represent the riders , teams and commercial side of MotoGP . “ Last year was another superb year for motorcycle racing and selecting a winner was no easy task ,” said former racer Barrie Baxter , Chairman of the Torrens Trophy Nominations Committee . “ Steve Holcombe clinched his seventh World FIM EnduroGP Championship , Brad Ray was crowned British Superbike Champion , and Jane Daniels won the World Enduro Championship for the third time , making her Team GB ’ s best and most successful enduro racer . “ Finally we decided to honour the man known as ‘ the King of the MotoGP paddock ’. The Torrens Trophy celebrates an individual or organisation considered to have made an outstanding contribution to motorcycling in Britain . It therefore gives us enormous pleasure to award the 2022 Torrens Trophy to one of the biggest unsung heroes of British motorcycle racing .” Trimby ’ s love affair with motorcycles and motorcycle racing started when he was a teenager in the 1960s . He started working as a mechanic for famed tuner Syd Lawton to fund the start of his own racing career , which included rides in the Isle of Man TT and the F750 world championship . In 1978 he was asked to organise the Macau motorcycle Grand Prix , a job he continued doing until 2011 . He also launched the Racing and Sporting Show at Alexandra Palace , London , which became a must-do event for race fans . Trimby became a major force in the world of Grand Prix racing following a long period of rider unrest in the late 1970s and early 1980s , which included rider strikes at the Austrian and French GPs and an attempt by three-times MotoGP