As stated here a few weeks ago, former Beatle George Harrison has been a motorcycle and car racing enthusiast for some time. You could catch him at GP races in the 1970s and 80s and up until four or five years ago he was sighted at many F-1 car races. 

But, as revealed in the new Beatles book, Harrison has been a racing fan for a lot longer than anyone realized. 

The new book, authored by the three surviving Beatles, features a picture of Harrison sitting on a roadrace-style motorcycle at Aintree, a small racetrack near the birthplace of the Beatles, Liverpool, England in 1955. Aintree is now largely a horse racing facility.
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