Alec Wright, the former factory racing manager for Kawasaki UK and one of the pioneers of T🔜eam Green Kawasaki, 🌟has died at the age of 77.

Wright, the father of GSE Racing team chieꦅf Colin Wright, suffered a heart attack at his Lincolnshire home on Monday evening.

He leaves a wife and two sons, as well a♓s one grandson.

"It was a terrible shock to us all, but then Alec was always the master of the unexpected," Co🏅lin Wright said in a family statement. "Now that the news is starting to sink in, I've been telling people that Alec has finally reached life's chequered flag - but he was lucky to have enjoyed more success than many people.

"He inspired a passion for motorcycling and motorsport in many people, including me, and will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved 🦹him."

The funeral s🔯ervice will be held at St Germain's Church, Scothern, Lincolnshire on Tuesday 19 January ▨at 12.45pm.

The family kindly requests donations to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Trust either via or the funeral director, Lincolnshire Co-operative Fun🌞eral Services, 12 Portland Street, Lincoln, LN5 7JX.