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Roger Jenkins (boat racer)

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Roger Jenkins
NationalityBritish
BornRoger Jenkins
(1940-08-08)8 August 1940
Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died30 October 2021(2021-10-30) (aged 81)
Mojacar, Spain
F1 Powerboat World Championship
Years active1981-1984
Best finish1st in 1982
Championship titles
1982F1 Powerboat World Championship

Roger Jenkins (8 August 1940 – 30 October 2021) was a British and Welsh powerboat racer, and the winner of the 1982 John Player Special F1 Powerboat World Championship.

Life and career

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Jenkins began his boating career in 1965. He won a huge number of titles, including the F3 World Sprint Championship and the Paris Six Hours. Then he won the biggest title in his career so far, the JPS Formula 1 championship in 1982. In August 1984 he retired from racing after the Liege Grand Prix that ended in the death of his friend and fellow driver Tom Percival.[1]

Jenkins died from heart failure in Mojacar, on 30 October 2021, at the age 81.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Roger Jenkins". Fast on Water.
  2. ^ Bevan, Nathan (20 November 2021). "The rock star life of a daredevil Welsh world champion you may never have heard of". Wales Online. Retrieved 5 January 2023.