Roger Jenkins (boat racer)

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Roger Jenkins
Nationality	British
Born	Roger Jenkins (1940-08-08) 8 August 1940 (age 81) Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died	Mojacar, Spain
F1 Powerboat World Championship
Years active	1981-
Best finish	1st in 1982
Championship titles
1982	F1 Powerboat World Championship

Roger Jenkins (born 8 August 1940) is a British and Welsh former powerboat racer, and the winner of the 1982 John Player Special F1 Powerboat World Championship.

Career[]

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]

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