Surtees
Americannoun
noun
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John. born 1934, British racing motorcyclist and motor-racing driver. He was motorcycling world champion (1956, 1958–60) and Formula One world champion (1964), the only man to have been world champion in both sports
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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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There were plenty of British title winners in the sixties in what was a very British sport, but the softly spoken Surtees stood out as an international talent.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
Seeing Clark's problems, Ferrari ordered Bandini to let Surtees by into second place, which gave him the title by one point from Hill.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
Surtees trailed fellow Englishman Graham Hill by five points before the decider in Mexico, while Scot Jim Clark was in third, a further four points behind.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
Only two British drivers have won titles for Ferrari, Mike Hawthorne and John Surtees.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2019
The Surtees Society, on the 7th December, 1836, resolved to print the Records of the Sanctuaries of Durham and Beverley, and shortly afterwards the work was issued.
From Old Church Lore by Andrews, William
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