Jack Ahearn
Jack Ahearn (born October 8, 1924 in Sydney , † April 10, 2017 in Lismore ) was an Australian motorcycle racer .
Career
Ahearn first came to Europe to race in 1953 at the age of 29 . As a double starter (350 and 500 cm³) he made around 30 starts per season during this time. In 1954 he won on Norton - Manx after an exciting wheel-to-wheel fight with Maurie Quincey , also Australian, at the Feldberg race in the Taunus . Ahearn made his first notable appearance in the motorcycle world championship at a time when other riders were already ending their careers - at the age of 30 in the 500 cc race for the 1955 German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring - Nordschleife . In this race he finished sixth on Norton.
It was not until 1963 that Jack Ahearn - now almost 40 years old - took part in World Championship races more regularly. His only Grand Prix victory came in 1964 in the half-liter run for the Finnish Grand Prix in Imatra , when he relegated Matchless drivers Mike Duff ( Canada ) and Gyula Marsovszky ( Switzerland ) to Norton . The 1964 season was also the most successful in Ahearn's career. With second place at the German Grand Prix behind the British MV-Agusta - works driver Mike Hailwood and third places at the Grand Prix of Nations in Monza and the Ulster Grand Prix in Ireland , he was runner-up behind Hailwood in the 500 cm³ class. This made Jack Ahearn the most successful Australian in the 500cc World Championship for a long time. It was not until 1987 that he was outbid by Wayne Gardner , who became world champion .
successes
- 1964 : 500 cc vice world champion on Norton , Grand Prix victory in Imatra at the Grand Prix of Finland .
literature
- Don Cox 'Circus Life: Australian Motorcycle Racers In Europe In The 1950s
Web links
- Jack Ahearn on the Official Motorcycle World Championship website.
- Jack Ahearn on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- Hansjörg master, field mountain race
- Don Cox Jack Ahearn
- Jack Ahearn reported death
- Jack Ahearn's death report.
- Report on Jack Ahearn, engl.
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SURNAME | Ahearn, Jack |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |
DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 2017 |
Place of death | Lismore (New South Wales) |