Motorcycling: What’s happened over the last 80 years? Simpson spent many years as a works rider, primarily with AJS and Norton, and was one of the most successful riders before the Second World War. From 2011 onwards, he’s competed in the MotoGP World Championship, taking a best position of fifth overall in 2013. Riding Yamaha, Ducati and Honda machinery, he now has eight GP podiums. The machines are 600cc production bikes that are allowed a set amount of tuning and aftermarket parts. Camier started his racing career in grass track, becoming a multiple British Champion, a feat he repeated on the tarmac during the 2000s. GP success was hard to come by and he returned to Britain in 2005, contesting the British Superbike Championship for the official Ducati and Honda teams, finishing second overall in both 2006 and 2008. In 2006, he moved to the Ten Kate Honda team, finishing second that year before winning his second World title in 2007. The 2016 KTM British Junior Cup was won by 15 year old Aaron Wright from Northern Ireland. A talented engineer, Williams introduced alloy wheels to motorbikes and was also an early pioneer of disc brakes. His racing career was cut short by arm injuries received in an accident at Oulton Park in 1974. Haslam started racing as a teenager in the early 1970s but it was when he joined Halifax car dealer Mal Carter that his career really took off and, having finished second in the 750cc British championship in 1975, ’76 and ’77, he was signed by Honda Britain and rewarded them with the 1979 World F1 Championship following it up a year later with the World F3 crown. Two successful years in the British Superbike Championship followed before he joined the factory Yamaha team, winning the World Supersport title in 2009 and finishing fifth in the 2010 World Superbike series. He retired from racing at the end of 1954 but returned with BMW in 1956 only to be killed at Floreffe, Belgium. International Touring-Car Championship (1995–1996), British Saloon Car Championship (1958–1986), Uniroyal Production Saloon Car Championship, Speedvision Cup (aka PSR Endurance Challenge) (1995–1998), IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship (1985–1994), IMSA RS (aka Champion Spark Plug Challenge (−1985, retained name until 1988)), SCCA Escort Endurance Challenge (1986–1989), Drift Masters European Championship (2018-present) (formerly Drift Masters GP), Driftingowe Mistrzostwa Polski (2010-present), Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge, Finali Mondiali (Ferrari Challenge World Championship Race in, Ginetta Junior Championship Winter Series, Copa Radical Llantas Continental Latinoamérica, Championnat Européen de Formule Renault (1974), Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Alpine (1977–1980), Coupe d'Europe Renault 5 Turbo (1981–1984), Europa Cup Renault Alpine V6 Turbo (1985–1988), Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy (1996–1998), Renault Sport Clio Cup Elf Belgium (2001–2007), British Truck Racing Association Championship, Powerboat P1 World Championship (2003-2009), Copa Sudamericana de 1:8 Todo Terreno Gas (2003-2009), JMRCA All-Japan 1:10 Scale EP Touring Car Championship – Expert (1996-2006), This page was last edited on 4 August 2020, at 19:29.