Charlie Williams (racing driver)

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Charlie Williams
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Charlie Williams (born July 31, 1950 in Kelsall , Cheshire ) is a former English motorcycle racer and world champion.

Live and act

Williams grew up near Oulton Park and came into contact with racing at an early age. He started riding a motorcycle when he was 12 years old. He denied his career exclusively on Yamaha . In the FIM - Motorcycle World Championship he stepped up to the 500cc class, but came with a tenth place overall in 1974 never out. In the smaller displacement classes of the road and endurance races of the 1970s and early 1980s, it was able to assert itself much more. In addition to victories on long distances such as the street circuit in Barcelona or the 24 Hours of Spa , he was successful in the Isle of Man TT and became world champion in Formula II in 1980 . In 1981 he retired from active racing. Only as a radio announcer during the Tourist Trophy did he remain involved in motorcycle racing. Since 2013 he has been taking part again as an active driver in historical racing series (English Classics) and vetarian races.

Victory statistics

year class machine run
1973 Lightweight 250 Yamaha Isle of Man
1973 Production 250 Yamaha Isle of Man
1974 Lightweight 250 Yamaha Isle of Man
1975 Junior Yamaha Isle of Man
1975 350cm³ Yamaha North west 200
1977 Junior 250 Yamaha Isle of Man
1978 Junior Yamaha Isle of Man
1979 Junior Yamaha Isle of Man
1980 350cm³ Yamaha North west 200
1980 Formula II Yamaha World Champion
1980 Junior Yamaha Isle of Man
1980 Formula II Yamaha Isle of Man
1980 Formula II Yamaha Ulster GP
1981 500cm³ Yamaha North west 200

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charlie Williams announces racing return to Isle of Man TT after a three-decades absence. Northwich Guardian, January 5, 2014, accessed January 3, 2016 .
  2. Charlie Williams Portrait. (No longer available online.) Richard Heald design agency, archived from the original on January 3, 2016 ; accessed on January 3, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / richardheald.com
  3. TT great Charlie Williams in Classic comeback. www.crash.net, December 18, 2013, accessed January 3, 2016 (English).