Jack Brett
British motorcycle racer (1917–1982)
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Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1]
NationalityBritish
First race1949 Isle of Man TT 350cc Junior TT
Last race1960 Isle of Man TT 500cc Senior TT
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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
| 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 | |||