Mick Grant

For other people named Michael Grant, see Michael Grant (disambiguation).

Mick Grant
Mick Grant at Parliament Square, Ramsey, Isle of Man demonstrating a 1980s Suzuki during a Classic Parade in 2007
NationalityBritish
Born (1944-07-10) 10 July 1944 (age 80)
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1970 – 1984
First race1970 350cc Isle of Man TT
Last race1984 500cc British Grand Prix
First win1975 500cc Isle of Man TT
Last win1977 250cc Swedish Grand Prix
Team(s)Kawasaki, Honda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
25 3 9 1 4 143
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested16 (1970 – 1985)
TT wins7
First TT win1974 Production 750 TT
Last TT win1985 Production 750 TT
TT podiums16

Mick Grant (born 10 July 1944) is an English former professional motorcycle road racer and TT rider. A works-supported rider for Norton, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki, he is a seven-time winner of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race on various makes, including 'Slippery Sam', a three-cylinder Triumph Trident.[1] The son of a coal miner, the soft-spoken, down-to-earth Yorkshireman from Wakefield, was a sharp contrast to the brash, playboy image presented by Londoner Barry Sheene during the 1970s.[2]

  1. ^ Mick Grant career profile at the Isle of Man TT web site
  2. ^ Barker, Stuart (2003). Barry Sheene 1950–2003: The Biography. UK: CollinsWillow. p. 148. ISBN 0-00-716181-6.