Antonio Sánchez
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| Complete name: Antonio Sánchez Garrido |
| Birth date: ??.???.???? |
| Birth Place: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
| Death date: 22.Sep.1963 |
| Death Place: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
| Nationality: Spain |
| Gender: male |
| Age at death: ?? |
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| Event date: 22.Sep.1963 |
| Series: unknown |
| Race: I Trofeo Nuestra Señora de la Merced - Premio Internacional Jerez Xerez Sherry |
| Event type: race |
| Country: Spain |
| Venue: Jerez de la Frontera (Circuito de la Constancia) |
| Variant: street track |
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| Role: rider |
| Vehicle type: motorcycle |
| Vehicle sub-type: sports bike - from 51 cm3 up to 125 cm3 |
| Vehicle brand/model: Bultaco |
| Vehicle number: ?? |
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Notes:
Antonio Sánchez Garrido, known by his friends as "Peluqui", was a popular motorcycle racer from Jerez de la Frontera. He died in a first-lap accident during the 1963 Gran Premio de La Merced, a race held on a street circuit in his hometown.
A corner of the Jerez pemanent circuit is named "Peluqui" after Antonio Sánchez.
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Sources:
- Newspaper El Mundo Deportivo (Barcelona, Spain), issue of 23 September 1963.
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Magazine Paddock, issue 2, of 23 February 2007, page 14, article "Aquellos locos Románticos", by José Prudencio López-Campuzano. Available online at the address http://www.ondajerez.com/fileadmin/pdf/paddock_2007.pdf .
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Website Diario de Jerez, articles "El emprendedor veloz", page http://www.diariodejerez.es/article/jerez/222009/emprendedor/veloz.html .
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Website Diario de Jerez, articles "El emprendedor veloz", page"El hombre que 'inventó' el circuito", page http://www.diariodejerez.es/article/jerez/88466/hombre/invento/circuito.html .
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Website Racing Memory by Vincent Glon, page http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20COURSES%20INTER/MOTO%20ESPAGNE.htm .
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