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NAME: Mervyn John Stratford
Date of Birth: 1/4/49
HOME TOWN: Oakley, Bucks.
OCCUPATION: Specialist Engineer
HOBBIES: Motorcycle racing, Shooting.
WHEN DID HE FIRST START RACING: 1st race was at Cadwell Park in September 1968, on his 250cc Rudge.
MACHINES RACED: 250cc Rudge, 500cc Rudge, 500cc Cotton Blackburne (ex-Brooklands), Greeves Silverstone, 250cc Aermacchi Alad'Oro, Mk 7 KTT Velocette, 500cc Cotton Norton, 350cc Velocette KSS, 250cc BSA, Seeley Goldstar Mk3, Seeley G50 Mk2.
CIRCUITS RACED AT: Lydden, Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace (he also raced in the last ever meeting there), Snetterton, Wroughton, Gaydon, Staverton, Mallory Park, Donington Park, Oulton Park, Pembrey, Silverstone, Anglesey (Ty-croes), Darley Moor, New Brighton, Cadwell Park, Three Sisters, East Fortune, Billown (Isle of Man southern 100), The Mountain Course (Isle of Man TT circuit), and Eastern Creek (Australia).
BEST RESULTS: He has been the VMCC 250cc Champion 18 times between 1969 and 2002, and the VMCC unlimited to 1934 champion 6 times between 1988 and 1997. He has had a 3rd and 2nd overall in the Southern 100 pre TT classic (Isle of man) in 1993 and 1994, and also a class winner on both occasions, and Winner of 250cc Singles 2004, 2006 & 2007. He has had over 500 race wins in total.
BEST RESULTS ON A GREEVES: He has been 12th in the 1999 lightweight classic Manx Grand Prix, and he finished 3rd in the CRMC 250cc Singles Championship (Arai Helmets) in 2001. Also 11th in the 2002 & 2003, 8th 2004 lightweight classic Manx Grand Prix, being the first single cylinder machine, and first British bike home. Winner of 250cc Singles race at 2004, 2006 & 2007 Pre TT Classic.
