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Jack Brett

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Jack Brett
NationalityBritish
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years19491960
First race1949 Isle of Man TT 350cc Junior TT
Last race1960 Isle of Man TT 500cc Senior TT
First win1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
Last win1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
Team(s)AJS
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
36 1 11 0 1 114

Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1]

Brett was born in Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire, Northern England.[2] He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1949 to 1960. He won his only world championship race in the 500cc class at the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix, riding an AJS.[1] He was a two-time winner at the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland and finished on the podium four times at the Isle of Man TT.[3] Brett completed the first-ever 100 mph lap of the North West 200 circuit in 1957.[4]

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Points Rank Wins
1949 350cc Norton IOM
42
SUI
-
NED
-
BEL
-
ULS
-
0 0
500cc Norton IOM
30
SUI
-
NED
-
BEL
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
1950 350cc Norton IOM
15
BEL
-
NED
-
SUI
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
500cc Norton IOM
9
BEL
-
NED
-
SUI
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
1951 350cc Norton ESP
-
SUI
-
IOM
3
BEL
-
NED
-
FRA
2
ULS
6
NAT
3
15 5th 0
500cc Norton ESP
-
SUI
-
IOM
NC
BEL
NC
NED
5
FRA
6
ULS
-
NAT
-
3 18th 0
1952 350cc AJS SUI
4
IOM
NC
NED
6
BEL
4
GER
-
ULS
4
NAT
4
12 6th 0
500cc AJS SUI
1
IOM
NC
NED
9
BEL
4
GER
-
ULS
4
NAT
7
ESP
-
14 5th 1
1953 350cc Norton IOM
4
NED
4
BEL
4
GER
-
FRA
-
ULS
-
SUI
4
NAT
-
12 5th 0
500cc Norton IOM
2
NED
5
BEL
-
GER
-
FRA
6
ULS
3
SUI
-
NAT
-
ESP
-
13 6th 0
1954 350cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
NC
ULS
2
BEL
-
NED
-
GER
3
SUI
4
NAT
6
ESP
-
14 6th 0
500cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
3
ULS
-
BEL
-
NED
-
GER
6
SUI
4
NAT
-
ESP
-
8 9th 0
1955 350cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
NC
GER
-
BEL
-
NED
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
500cc Norton ESP
-
FRA
-
IOM
4
GER
-
BEL
-
NED
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
3 16th 0
1956 350cc Norton IOM
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
GER
-
ULS
4
NAT
-
3 12th 0
500cc Norton IOM
3
NED
-
BEL
-
GER
-
ULS
6
NAT
-
5 11th 0
1957 350cc Norton GER
-
IOM
NC
NED
4
BEL
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
3 10th 0
500cc Norton GER
-
IOM
NC
NED
4
BEL
2
ULS
-
NAT
-
9 5th 0
1958 350cc Norton IOM
NC
NED
-
BEL
-
GER
-
SWE
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
1959 500cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
NC
GER
-
NED
-
BEL
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
1960 350cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
17
NED
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0
500cc Norton FRA
-
IOM
23
NED
-
BEL
-
GER
-
ULS
-
NAT
-
0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jack Brett career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jack Brett Motorsport Biographies". imuseum.im. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Jack Brett Isle of Man TT statistics at IOMTT.com". iomtt.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ Wain, Phil (2020), "The North West; A History", Classic Racer, Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd, ISSN 1470-4463, The 1950s saw some terrific racing with household names like McIntyre, Dale, Armstrong and Sammy Miller all tasting the winners' champagne, whilst another man to impress was Jack Brett and it was he who completed the first-ever 100 mph lap in 1957,