Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Tom Hawthorn
Publication Date: August 30, 2025 - 07:00
Canadian motorcycle racer Michelle Duff risked death in pursuit of speed
August 30, 2025
Michelle Duff was the first North American and, so far, the only Canadian to win a motorcycle race on the world championship grand prix circuit.
A triumph at the 1964 Belgian grand prix helped make Duff a popular figure among racing fans in Britain and on the Continent – where the sport enjoyed crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands – but earned her little notice back home.
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