Racing History

Crooks Suzuki riders have won many of road racings premier trophies including the TT, Manx Grand Prix and British Championships.

Amongst our riders have been;

Barry Sheene,
Phil Read,
Frank Perris,
Frank Whiteway,
Stan Woods,
Les Trotter,
Charlie Williams,
Malcolm Uphill,
Stuart Graham
and Tony Rutter.

Our Existing World Record


1968 24 Hour World Record for 350cc Class at Monza ITALY Eddie Crooks, Frank Whiteway, Brian Ball and Hans Georg Anscheidt. Riding a Crooks Suzuki T20 bored out to 256cc

Racing Results


1967 : Frank Whiteway came 2nd in the 250cc Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1968 : Frank Whiteway came 1st in the 250cc Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1969 : Frank Perris came 2nd in the 250cc T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1969 : Frank Whiteway came 2nd in the 250cc Production T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki T250
1969 : Stan Woods & Frank Whiteway came 1st in the 250cc Thruxton 500 miler riding a Crooks Suzuki T250
1970 : Frank Whiteway came 1st in the 500cc Production T.T riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
1970 : Stan Woods came 3rd in the 250cc Production T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki T250
1970 : Frank Whiteway came 1st in the 50cc British Championship riding a Crooks Suzuki TR50
1970 : Stuart Graham came 1st in the 500cc Production Race riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
1970 : Stan Woods came 3rd in the North West 200 - 250cc Production Race riding a Crooks Suzuki T250
1970 : Stan Woods & Frank Whiteway came 1st in the 500cc Thruxton 500 miler riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
1971 : Les Trotter came 3rd in the 250cc Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1972 : Stan Woods came 1st in the 500cc Production T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
1973 : Stan Woods came 2nd in the 500cc Production T.T riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
1976 : Les Trotter came 1st in the Senior Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR500 Seeley
1976 : Les Trotter & Nigel Rollason came 3rd in the 500cc Production T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki GT500
1976 : Tony Rutter & Dave Hughes came 2nd in the 250cc Production T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki GT250
1977 : Brian Peters came 2nd in the Formula 3 T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki GT250
1979:  Les Trotter was 3rd in the Ulster Grand Prix Furmula 3 Race riding a Crooks Suzuki GT250
1979:  Les Trotter was 4th in Formula 3 World Championship riding a Crooks Suzuki GT250
1986 : Les Trotter came 1st in the 250cc Classic Bike Championship riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1987 : Les Trotter came 1st in the 250cc Classic Bike Championship riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1988 : Eddie Crooks came 3rd in the 250cc Classic Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1991 : Les Trotter came 3rd in the 250cc Classic T.T. riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1991:  Les Trotter was 250cc Classic Champion of Oulton Park on a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1995 : Les Trotter came 2nd in the 250cc Classic Manx Grand Prix riding a Crooks Suzuki TR250
1999:  Les Trottter was 3rd in the 500cc  Classic Race at the Southern 100 riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
2000:  Les Trottter was 2nd in the 500cc  Classic Race at the Southern 100 riding a Crooks Suzuki T500
2006:  Les Trottter was 4th in the 500cc  Classic Race at the Southern 100 riding a Crooks Suzuki T500