Facts:   - caption: gould read 61 following mike hailwood 35 , around 1967 at on cadwell park a 250 bultaco 33 close behind phil      - name: rodney gould    - image size: 270px    - nationality: british    - image: file : hailwood read gould cadwell start cropped.jpg   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rodney gould .
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rodney gould -lrb- born 10 march 1943 in banbury -rrb- is a british former grand prix motorcycle road racer and uk short circuit specialist .gould began racing in 1961 and made his first isle of man tt appearance in 1967 .he rode a variety of machines including manx nortons and two-stroke bultacos for the smaller classes , and was supported by uk aermacchi concessionaire syd lawton from 1966 , before turning to yamaha td2s and tr2s .he won the 1970 fim 250cc world championship on a yamaha .after finishing third in the 250 class and fourth in the 500 class in 1972 , gould retired from competition and took a position as yamaha 's european racing manager .in 1979 gould established a retail motorcycle dealership in birmingham -lrb- uk -rrb- named hailwood and gould , in partnership with famous former-racer mike hailwood , who was subsequently killed in a road traffic accident in 1981 .in 1984 , gould was briefly sales manager for the second incarnation of hesketh motorcycles based at lord hesketh 's easton neston stately home .