Mat Oxley
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| Mat Oxley | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.matoxley.com | ||||||||||||||
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Mat Oxley (born 1959)[1] is a former motorcycle racer, motorcycle journalist, and author.
Oxley started his racing career in production bike racing, taking part in the Yamaha RD350LC championship in 1983 and 1984.[2]
He won an Isle of Man TT race in 1985 at his second attempt, as a racing-journalist working for Motor Cycle News.[3] Aside from his TT racing career, Oxley specialised in endurance racing, with a best of second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and at the 24 Hours of Spa.
Oxley has written regular columns on the web version of Motor Sport since 2012.[4] He is an author of several books on motorcycle racing and its history,[5] and is known to have been a ghostwriter on Valentino Rossi's 2004 book, What If I Had Never Tried It.[6]
Full TT results
| 1984 | Production 250cc 3 |
| 1985 | Production 250cc 1 |
| 1986 | Production D 3 |
| 1987 | Production D 3 |
| 1988 | Production D 4 |
| 1989 | Supersport 400cc 5 |
References
- ^ "Matthew OXLEY personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "CUP – PRO-ARM SERIES". rd350lc.net. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "IOM TT Database".
- ^ Oxley, Mat (2012-02-17). "Surtees and Ago: now officially legends!". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ ThriftBooks. "Mat Oxley Books | List of books by author Mat Oxley". ThriftBooks. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "Guest Blog: Mat Oxley – What really happened in MotoGP's 2015 finale | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks". motomatters.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
- ^ "IOM TT Database".