Kork Ballington
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Ballington in 1978 racing on the Chimay Street Circuit in Belgium. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 1951 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Neville "Kork" Ballington (born 10 April 1951) is a South African former professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1976 to 1982, most prominently as a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team with whom he won four FIM road racing world championships. Ballington was inducted into the MotoGP Legends Hall of Fame in 2018.