Kork Ballington will be a special guest at the Festival of Speed.
The annual Barry Sheene Festival of Speed squeals into action on Friday, April 10 with more than 300 bikes expected to compete across the different classes.
The event runs throughout the Easter long weekend, with Sydney’s Eastern Creek racetrack set to become a temporary shrine to help celebrate the life of Barry Sheene.
It will also double as a mecca for lovers of all things two-wheeled with plenty of activities including a swap meet and trade and club displays.
This year, the festival will feature four-time World Grand Prix champion Kork Ballington and two-time World TT Formula One champ Graeme Crosby, who will appear as guest riders in several parade laps over the weekend.
Ballington will be riding either his Kawasaki H1RA 500cc or his KR250 GP motorcycles — bikes that helped him become one of only 16 riders to win consecutive double titles on 250/350cc machines in 1978 and 1979.
On top of his World TT F1 win, his Isle of Mann Senior TT victory and several successful rides with Suzuki, Crosby will be riding the Suzuki GS1000R that netted him the Australian Swann series in 1980.
