Alan Shepherd
Alan Shepherd (born September 28, 1935 - July 16, 2007 ) was a British motorcycle racer .
Alan Shepherd was an internationally recognized motorcycle racer during his active career from 1957 to 1964. From 1961 to 1964 he took part in world championship races as an MZ factory driver , although he mostly had to do without factory support in western countries. The GDR citizens of the MZ-Werksmannschaft did not receive any entry visas into the NATO countries during these years . The greatest successes for Alan Shepherd have been two Grand Prix victories:
- At the 1962 World Championship race for the Finnish Grand Prix in Tampere , he won the 500 cc class on Matchless . In 1963 he narrowly missed this success in the same place and finished second behind the world champion Mike Hailwood .
- At the Daytona International Speedway won Alan Shepherd in 1964 to the US Grand Prix in the 250 cc class MZ. Alan Shepherd also proved himself as a mechanic in Daytona, as he had to carry out extensive engine adjustments on his racing machine himself, with the assistance of Walter Kaaden from Zschopau over the phone. At the end of this season he finished third in the world championship drivers' standings in the 250 cc class behind Phil Read and Jim Redman .
When he lived in Grange-over-Sands in 1964 , he was allowed to keep his two 125 cc and 250 cc MZ factory machines in England as a fee component in the fee contract with the MZ racing department in order to circumvent currency and exchange rate problems. In September 1964 he offered the two MZ racing machines for sale in the weekly British motorcycle magazine Motor Cycle .
Web links
- Alan Shepherd on the official motorcycle world championship website.
- Alan Shepherd on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- Alan Shepherd died at burning-out.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Motor Cycle , September 24, 1964, p. 593 Racing Line by David Dixon. "Who wants to buy an MZ? Alan's address is Appledene, Lindale, Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire ". Accessed November 24, 2014
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| SURNAME | Shepherd, Alan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1935 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 2007 |