Frank Perris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | May 28, 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | March 17, 2015 Isle of Wight, England | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Frank Perris (May 28, 1931 – March 17, 2015) was a Canadian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and TT rider from Toronto.[1] Perris was noticed by the Suzuki team after his third-place in the 1961 500 cc World Championship, becoming a contracted-rider from 1962 until 1966. His best season was in 1965 when he won two 125cc Grand Prix races aboard a Suzuki two-stroke, and finished the year in second place in the 125cc world championship behind Hugh Anderson.
He later became Competitions Manager for Norton-Villiers, running the reformed works Norton road-race team.[3]