"HAILWOOD'S VICTORY"

"Mike Hailwood" is a trademark of the Estate of Mike Hailwood. Used with permission.

Considered to be the 'best motorcycle racer ever' by experts the world over, Mike Hailwood is a legend to which others can only aspire to. He won his first World Championship at the age of twenty one. He won ten World Championships, 76 Grand Prix wins and fourteen T.T. Races on the notoriously dangerous Isle of Man course. He was revered for his outstanding talent and versatility, he was a true sportsman, charismatic yet unassuming, he loved music and had a huge sense of fun. In 1968 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to the sport.

Compulsion Gallery have been granted a license to create a range of sculptures of this legendary sporting hero. The first is "Hailwood's Victory" a giant size wall-art featuring Mike on the six cylinder Honda in the 1960s.