Jack Brett
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Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1]
Brett was born in Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, Northern England.[2] He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1949 to 1960. He won his only world championship race in the 500cc class at the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, riding an AJS.[1] He was a two-time winner at the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland and finished on the podium four times at the Isle of Man TT.[3] Brett completed the first-ever 100 mph lap of the North West 200 circuit in 1957.[4]
Motorcycle Grand Prix results[edit]
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 350cc | Norton | IOM 42 |
SUI - |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
0 | – | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Norton | IOM 30 |
SUI - |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||||
| 1950 | 350cc | Norton | IOM 15 |
BEL - |
NED - |
SUI - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | |||
| 500cc | Norton | IOM 9 |
BEL - |
NED - |
SUI - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||||
| 1951 | 350cc | Norton | ESP - |
SUI - |
IOM 3 |
BEL - |
NED - |
FRA 2 |
ULS 6 |
NAT 3 |
15 | 5th | 0 | |
| 500cc | Norton | ESP - |
SUI - |
IOM NC |
BEL NC |
NED 5 |
FRA 6 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
3 | 18th | 0 | ||
| 1952 | 350cc | AJS | SUI 4 |
IOM NC |
NED 6 |
BEL 4 |
GER - |
ULS 4 |
NAT 4 |
12 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 500cc | AJS | SUI 1 |
IOM NC |
NED 9 |
BEL 4 |
GER - |
ULS 4 |
NAT 7 |
ESP - |
14 | 5th | 1 | ||
| 1953 | 350cc | Norton | IOM 4 |
NED 4 |
BEL 4 |
GER - |
FRA - |
ULS - |
SUI 4 |
NAT - |
12 | 5th | 0 | |
| 500cc | Norton | IOM 2 |
NED 5 |
BEL - |
GER - |
FRA 6 |
ULS 3 |
SUI - |
NAT - |
ESP - |
13 | 6th | 0 | |
| 1954 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM NC |
ULS 2 |
BEL - |
NED - |
GER 3 |
SUI 4 |
NAT 6 |
ESP - |
14 | 6th | 0 |
| 500cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM 3 |
ULS - |
BEL - |
NED - |
GER 6 |
SUI 4 |
NAT - |
ESP - |
8 | 9th | 0 | |
| 1955 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM NC |
GER - |
BEL - |
NED - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||
| 500cc | Norton | ESP - |
FRA - |
IOM 4 |
GER - |
BEL - |
NED - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
3 | 16th | 0 | ||
| 1956 | 350cc | Norton | IOM NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS 4 |
NAT - |
3 | 12th | 0 | |||
| 500cc | Norton | IOM 3 |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS 6 |
NAT - |
5 | 11th | 0 | ||||
| 1957 | 350cc | Norton | GER - |
IOM NC |
NED 4 |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
3 | 10th | 0 | |||
| 500cc | Norton | GER - |
IOM NC |
NED 4 |
BEL 2 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
9 | 5th | 0 | ||||
| 1958 | 350cc | Norton | IOM NC |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
SWE - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||
| 1959 | 500cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM NC |
GER - |
NED - |
BEL - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||
| 1960 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM 17 |
NED - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Norton | FRA - |
IOM 23 |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
0 | – | 0 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Jack Brett career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Jack Brett Motorsport Biographies". imuseum.im. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Jack Brett Isle of Man TT statistics at IOMTT.com". iomtt.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Wain, Phil (2020), "The North West; A History", Classic Racer, Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd, ISSN 1470-4463,
The 1950s saw some terrific racing with household names like McIntyre, Dale, Armstrong and Sammy Miller all tasting the winners' champagne, whilst another man to impress was Jack Brett and it was he who completed the first-ever 100 mph lap in 1957,