Tony Rutter
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Tony Rutter (born 24 September 1941) is a British former professional motorcycle road racer.[1] He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985.[2]
Rutter competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle world championships from 1969 to 1976.[1] He was the British road racing national champion in the 350cc class in 1971, on a Yamaha and the 250cc class in 1973 again on a Yamaha.[3] Rutter also won four consecutive Formula Two World Championships from 1981 to 1984.[4][5][6][7]
Rutter inducted into the North West 200 Hall of Fame after winning the event nine times.[8]
His career was effectively ended by a very bad accident at the Montjuïc circuit, Barcelona (Spain) in 1985 – however even after this incident he recovered and continued to ride in the TT until 1991.
He is the father of current British Superbike rider Michael Rutter.
References
- 1 2 "Tony Rutter career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tony Rutter Isle of Man TT results at iomtt.com". iomtt.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "British Motorcycle Champion". f1network.net. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "1981 Formula TT championship results". racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "1982 Formula TT championship results". racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "1983 Formula TT championship results". racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "1984 Formula TT championship results". racingmemo.free.fr. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ↑ "North West 200 Hall of Fame". devittinsurance.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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| Preceded by Charlie Williams |
TT Formula Two World Champion 1981–1984 |
Succeeded by Brian Reid |