The Toff as he was called was on for a pretty certain win that day when the race was stopped I believe at the request of a certain works rider and works team who could not stay with Chris, caused a fair bit of bad feeling at the time, especially when the offending parties went on to win the re-run. Well I suppose if you can't win in the rain lets stop the race?

I believe Chris then went on to buy one of the first Works NS500 Hondas and remortgaged his house and went into massive debt to pay for it.

I heard he crashed the bike in a big way, maybe Silverstone? and it was a total wreck he then went bankcrupt and lost his house because of it.

If true thats dedication to the sport