John Newbold (14 December 1952 - 15 May 1982) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1952 Jacksdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1982 (aged 29) Coleraine, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Newbold was born in Jacksdale, where his parents ran a butchers shop, and was brought up in South Normanton.[2] He began riding motorcycles on grass when he was 15.[2] He progressed from riding at Darley Moor on a bike loaned to him by John Cooper, to performing in front of 50,000 crowds at Silverstone Circuit.[2]
His best season was in 1976 when he finished in fifth place in the 500cc world championship riding a Suzuki motorcycle.[3] Newbold won his only world championship race in 1976 at the 500cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix.[4] He was a teammate of Barry Sheene and Mick Grant at Suzuki.[2]
Newbold won the 1978 North West 200 race in Northern Ireland.[5] He made his debut at the Isle of Man TT in 1981, finishing fourth and third.[6] Also in 1981, Newbold was the top points scorer for Great Britain in the Transatlantic Trophy competition between British and American riders of the day.[7] Newbold was killed after colliding with Mick Grant at the 1982 North West 200 in Coleraine.[2][8]
References edit
- ^ "Quick and Quiet". On Two Wheels. 4 (59). London: Orbis: 1173–1174. 1976–1979. ISSN 0309-5584. OCLC 499097539.
- ^ a b c d e "Henshaw was 150th victim on Isle of Man". nottinghampost.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "John Newbold MotoGP statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "1976 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix". motogp.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "1970s North West 200 results". northwest200.org. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "John Newbold Isle of Man TT results". iomtt.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ Stead, Jean (21 April 1981). "Motor Cycling - Britain's Record Haul over America". The Guardian. London. p. 24.
- ^ "John Newbold at Motorsport Memorial". motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 6 February 2016.