Derek Chatterton: Difference between revisions

Derek Chatterton
Derek Chatterton
	Derek Chatterton at the Donington Classic Motorcycle Festival August 2017
Nationality	British
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1967 - 1977
First race	1967 Isle of Man 250cc Lightweight TT
Last race	1977 500cc British Grand Prix

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 01:44, 28 January 2024

Derek Chatterton (Born 31 January 1945) is a British former professional motorcycle road racer.^[1]

Motorcycle racing career[edit]

Born in Lincolnshire, England, Chatterton's motorcycle road racing career spanned thirty years, beginning in 1961 at the age of 16.^{[citation needed]} His first race was at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire on a 1949 250 cc (15 cu in) Velocette, early promise that year didn't initially translate to good results until Mallory Park at the end of the season where Chatterton, riding an NSU Sportmax, finished third in the Junior race collecting 'Rider of the Meeting' in the process.^{[citation needed]} In 1967, riding a Ducati framed Yamaha TD1, he won the British 250cc National championship.^{[citation needed]} Chatterton also won the 1970 British 350cc National championship.^[2] In 1974 Chatterton scored an impressive 500cc class victory over multi-time world champion Giacomo Agostini at Cadwell Park.^[3]

Chatterton also competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. His best season was in 1975 when he finished the year in 15th place in the 250cc world championship.^[1] At the 1977 500cc British Grand Prix, Chatterton finished in seventh place on a Suzuki RG500.^[4] He was also a two-time winner of the North West 200 road race in Northern Ireland, winning the 250cc event in 1971 and 1975 on a Yamaha. Chatterton was a regular Isle of Man TT competitor from 1968 until 1991, his best result was a second-place finish in the 1975 Lightweight 250cc race on a Chat Yamaha.^[5] During practice for the 1991 Isle of Man TT races, he suffered a high speed crash on a Honda RS250 at Ballaspur which resulted in multiple injuries which ended his racing career.^{[citation needed]}

Later career[edit]

Chatterton is still involved in the motorcycle industry however, running his long-standing motorcycle business Chatterton Motors and is still active in historic motorsport events such as; the 1998 Dutch TT Centennial meeting at Assen, the 60th anniversary Scarborough meeting at Olivers Mount, the 2014 Cadwell Park 80th anniversary meeting and at the Donington Park Classic Motorcycle Festival where he paraded a Yamaha TZ 350cc racebike.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ Guntrip, Bob (2015). Racing Line: British motorcycle racing in the golden age of the big single. ISBN 9781845847937. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
^ "Local Legend Derek Chatterton Ready To Roll Back the Years". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Derek Chatterton Isle of Man TT career statistics". iomtt.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links[edit]

[Derek_Chatterton_MotoGP_career_statistics-1] "Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[2] Guntrip, Bob (2015). Racing Line: British motorcycle racing in the golden age of the big single. ISBN 9781845847937. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[3] "Local Legend Derek Chatterton Ready To Roll Back the Years". motogp.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[Derek_Chatterton_Isle_of_Man_TT_career_statistics-5] "Derek Chatterton Isle of Man TT career statistics". iomtt.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|British motorcycle racer}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
+{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
 {{Infobox motorcycle rider
-|image         =
-|caption       =
 |name          = Derek Chatterton
+|image         = D.Chatterton at Donington Park 2017.jpg
-|nationality   = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom|British]]
+|caption       = Derek Chatterton at the Donington Classic Motorcycle Festival August 2017
-|GP Active years         = [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]] - [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]]
+|nationality   = {{flagicon|UK}} British
+|GP Active years  = [[1967 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1967]] - [[1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1977]]
 |GP Teams         =
-|GP Race Starts         = 12
+|GP Race Starts   = 12
 |GP Championships =
-|GP Race Wins          = 0
+|GP Race Wins     = 0
 |GP Podiums       = 1
-|GP Total Points        = 71
+|GP Total Points  = 71
 |GP Poles         = N/A
 |GP Fastest laps  = N/A
@@ Line 19: / Line 22: @@
 }}
+'''Derek Chatterton''' (Born 31 January 1945)  is a British former professional motorcycle road racer.<ref name="Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics">{{cite web |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Derek+Chatterton |title=Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics |publisher=motogp.com |access-date=29 November 2019 }}</ref>
-'''Derek Chatterton''' (Born 31 January 1945 in Lincolnshire, England)  was a successful British motorcycle road racer. His racing career spanned thirty years, beginning in 1961 at the age of 16, his first race was at [[Cadwell Park]] in Lincolnshire on a 1949 250cc [[Velocette KTT|Velocette]], early promise that year didn't initially translate to good results until [[Mallory Park]] at the end of the season where Derek, riding an [[NSU Sportmax]], finished 3rd in the Junior race collecting 'Rider of the Meeting' in the process. In 1967, riding a Ducati framed Yamaha TD1, he won the British 250cc National championship.
+__TOC__
+==Motorcycle racing career==
+Born in [[Lincolnshire, England]], Chatterton's motorcycle [[road racing]] career spanned thirty years, beginning in 1961 at the age of 16.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} His first race was at [[Cadwell Park]] in Lincolnshire on a 1949 {{cvt|250|cc|abbr=on}} [[Velocette KTT|Velocette]], early promise that year didn't initially translate to good results until [[Mallory Park]] at the end of the season where Chatterton, riding an [[NSU Sportmax]], finished third in the Junior race collecting 'Rider of the Meeting' in the process.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} In 1967, riding a Ducati framed Yamaha TD1, he won the British 250cc National championship.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} Chatterton also won the 1970 British 350cc National championship.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LU2FCgAAQBAJ&q=derek+chatterton+vs+giacomo+agostini&pg=PA226 |title=Racing Line: British motorcycle racing in the golden age of the big single |author=Guntrip, Bob |year=2015 |isbn=9781845847937 |access-date=1 December 2019 }}</ref> In 1974 Chatterton scored an impressive 500cc class victory over multi-time world champion [[Giacomo Agostini]] at Cadwell Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.msv.com/7672.aspx |title=Local Legend Derek Chatterton Ready To Roll Back the Years |publisher=motogp.com |access-date=29 November 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-Derek was also a former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. His best season was in [[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] when he finished the year in 15th place in the 250cc world championship. At the inaugural 1977 [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] British Grand Prix, in the 500cc race Derek finished in 7th place on a Suzuki RG500. He was also a two-time winner of the [[North West 200]] road race in [[Northern Ireland]], winning the 250cc event in 1971 and 1975 on a Yamaha. Derek was a regular [[Isle of Man TT|IOM TT]] competitor from 1968 until 1991, his best result was a 2nd-place finish in the 1975 Lightweight 250cc race on a Chat Yamaha. During practice for the 1991 IOM TT races Derek suffered a high speed crash on a Honda RS250 at Ballaspur which resulted in multiple injuries which ended his racing career. He is still involved in the World of motorcycles however, running his long standing motorcycle business Chatterton Motors and is still active in the revival of the classic motorcycle race scene, appearing at the 1998 Dutch TT Centennial meeting at Assen, the 60th anniversary Scarborough meeting at [[Oliver's Mount|Olivers Mount]] and more recently at the 2014 Cadwell Park 80th Anniversary meeting.
+Chatterton also competed in [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]. His best season was in [[1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1975]] when he finished the year in 15th place in the 250cc world championship.<ref name="Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics"/> At the [[1977 British motorcycle Grand Prix|1977 500cc British Grand Prix]], Chatterton finished in seventh place on a [[Suzuki RG500]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1977/GBR/500cc/RAC|title=BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1977|website=Motogp.com|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230030456/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1977/GBR/500cc/RAC|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also a two-time winner of the [[North West 200]] road race in [[Northern Ireland]], winning the 250cc event in 1971 and 1975 on a Yamaha. Chatterton was a regular [[Isle of Man TT]] competitor from 1968 until 1991, his best result was a second-place finish in the 1975 Lightweight 250cc race on a Chat Yamaha.<ref name="Derek Chatterton Isle of Man TT career statistics">{{cite web |url=https://www.iomtt.com/tt-database/competitors?ride_id=2018&filter=C |title=Derek Chatterton Isle of Man TT career statistics |publisher=iomtt.com |access-date=29 November 2019 }}</ref> During practice for the 1991 Isle of Man TT races, he suffered a high speed crash on a [[Honda NSR250|Honda RS250]] at [[Ballaspur]] which resulted in multiple injuries which ended his racing career.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
+==Later career==
-'''Isle of Man TT results''':
+Chatterton is still involved in the motorcycle industry however, running his long-standing motorcycle business Chatterton Motors and is still active in [[historic motorsport]] events such as; the 1998 [[Dutch TT]] Centennial meeting at Assen, the 60th anniversary Scarborough meeting at [[Oliver's Mount|Olivers Mount]], the 2014 Cadwell Park 80th anniversary meeting and at the [[Donington Park]] Classic Motorcycle Festival where he paraded a Yamaha TZ 350cc racebike.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
-{{list to table|date=May 2017}}
-Lightweight 250 TT 10th Yamaha.   Lightweight 125 TT DNF Mondial.
+==References==
-Lightweight 250 TT  6th  Yamaha.
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-Lightweight 250 TT 11th Yamaha.    Junior TT  DNF Yamaha.
+* [https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Derek+Chatterton Derek Chatterton MotoGP career statistics]
+* [https://www.iomtt.com/tt-database/competitors?ride_id=2018&filter=C Derek Chatterton Isle of Man TT career statistics]
-Lightweight 250 TT  7th  Yamaha.    Junior TT  5th   Yamaha.     Senior TT   5th Yamaha.
-Lightweight 250 TT  4th  Yamaha.    Junior TT  6th   Yamaha.     Senior TT DNF Yamaha.
-Junior TT............... DNF  Yamaha.    Senior TT DNF Yamaha.     Formula 750 Classic 10th Yamaha.
-Lightweight  250 TT 2nd  Yamaha.    Junior TT 5th   Yamaha.     Classic TT   5th  Yamaha.
-Lightweight  250 TT 11th Yamaha.    Junior TT 6th   Yamaha.      Senior TT  DNF Yamaha.
-Junior 250 TT........  25th Yamaha.    Senior TT 12th Yamaha.      Classic TT DNF Suzuki.    Jubilee TT 7th Suzuki.
-Junior 250 TT...........7th  Yamaha.     Senior TT 7th  Yamaha.      Classic TT DNF Yamaha.
-Junior 250 TT ........ DNF Yamaha.    Senior TT DNF Yamaha.     Classic TT  12th Yamaha.
-Junior TT.................. 9th Yamaha.     Senior TT DNF Yamaha.
-Junior TT................ DNF Yamaha.     Senior TT 17th Yamaha.      Classic TT    12th Yamaha.
-Junior TT.................14th Yamaha.     Senior TT 27th Yamaha.      Formula Two 13th Yamaha.
-Junior 250 TT...........7th  Yamaha.     Production DNF Yamaha.     Formula Two  6th Yamaha.
-Junior TT................ DNF Yamaha.     Production 32nd Suzuki.      Formula One  21st Yamaha.
-Junior TT................. 7th  Yamaha.     Formula One 25th Yamaha.
-Junior TT.................16th Yamaha.     Supersport 400 11th Kawasaki.
-==References==
-*[http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_riders.htm?menu=riders&rider_id=1633&from=archive Derek Chatterton career statistics at. MotoGP.com]
-{{-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterton, Derek}}
 [[Category:1945 births]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from Lincolnshire]]
 [[Category:British motorcycle racers]]
 [[Category:250cc World Championship riders]]
@@ Line 72: / Line 47: @@
 [[Category:500cc World Championship riders]]
 [[Category:Isle of Man TT riders]]
-[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-{{England-motorcycle-racing-bio-stub}}