Mick Grant
Nation: | United Kingdom |
Mick Grant (born July 10, 1944 in Middlestown , Yorkshire ) is a retired British motorcycle racer . He mostly drove road races .
Career
Grant grew up as the son of a miner . According to his own statements, he started riding a motorcycle at the age of eleven. Lacking money for fuel, he pumped these cars out of parked cars at night.
In the late 1960s he started professional racing on Triumph . Grant sporadically took part in the motorcycle world championship and was able to take two Grand Prix victories in the quarter-liter class and eighth place in the overall standings in 1977 . However, he was able to record his greatest successes in road races. In 1972 he won the Thruxton 500 for Norton . In the all-time list of the Isle of Man TT , he ranks ninth with seven wins. His most successful year was 1977 on a Kawasaki . In addition to road races, he also competed in the national Superstock Cup until he retired from active racing in 1985. Mick Grant remained connected to motorcycling as the manager of Jamie Whitham , Steve Plater , Craig Jones and Chris Vermeulen . In 2010 he published his biography "Takin 'the Mick". In 2014, Norton announced they had hired Grant for their racing team.
Victory statistics
year | class | machine | run |
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1974 | Production 1000 | triumph | Isle of Man TT |
1975 | Senior | Kawasaki | Isle of Man TT |
1975 | 500 cc | Kawasaki | North west 200 |
1975 | 750 cc | Kawasaki | North west 200 |
1977 | Classic | Kawasaki | Isle of Man TT |
1977 | 750 cc | Kawasaki | North west 200 |
1977 | 750 cc | Kawasaki | Macau Grand Prix |
1977 | 250 cc | Kawasaki | Dutch TT |
1977 | 250 cc | Kawasaki | Swedish Grand Prix |
1978 | Classic | Kawasaki | Isle of Man TT |
1980 | TT-F1 | Honda | Isle of Man TT |
1975 | 500 cc | Suzuki | North west 200 |
1981 | Senior | Suzuki | Isle of Man TT |
1975 | Superbike race 2 | Suzuki | North west 200 |
1985 | Production B | Suzuki | Isle of Man TT |
References
literature
- Mick Grant: Takin 'the Mick , JH Haynes & Co Ltd 2010, ISBN 978-1844257287
Web links
- Mick Grant on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Mick Grant on the Isle of Man TT official website.
- "Mick Grant to ride NW200 parade" on motorcyclenews.com, accessed September 28, 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Motorbike racer Mick Grant releases autobiography. The Huddersfield Examiner, October 5, 2010, accessed September 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Legendary TT Racer Mick Grant teams up with Norton for TT 2014. www.iomtt.com, accessed on September 28, 2015 (English).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Grant, Mick |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Middlestown , Yorkshire |