Alan Carter: Light in the Darkness

A preview of the latest publication from Retro Speedway....

ALAN CARTER became a motorcycle racing sensation at 18, winning his first Grand Prix in France - the youngest-ever GP winner and one of only three Brits to finish on the MotoGP podium for more than 20 years.

His best season was 1985, when he finished seventh in the 250cc World Championship, and went on to compete in 54 GPs until 1990.

No-one doubted he had the talent to go all the way to the top but failed to fulfil his enormous potential for numerous reasons.

In Light in the Darkness, Halifax-born Alan reveals the intimate truth behind his meteoric rise and fall and all the many contributory factors that helped shape his extraordinary life, for better or worse.

He lifts the lid on his stormy relationship with his domineering father, former manager and sponsor, Halifax 'hard man' Mal Carter.

He talks from the heart about the tragic death of his young brother and the suicide of both his mother and his elder brother, the controversial double British Speedway Champion and England No. 1 Kenny Carter.

What was Kenny, one of the sport's biggest draws, really like away from the track? Only his brother knows the truth behind speedway's biggest box office attraction - and it's all here in his astonishingly frank autobiography.

He tells, too, about the other tragedies that shook the Carter family, including the death of his own baby daughter, plus the bitter personal struggles that followed . . . losing his home, his business, bankruptcy and how he became an emotional wreck on the brink of a breakdown.

"I've been to hell and back," says Alan.

Now, as part of his recovery process, he has bared his soul by writing this amazing book.

Light in the Darkness is a compelling page-turner you won't be able to put down. Thanks to Alan Carter's searing honesty and Yorkshire wit, it will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

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