Darren Dixon
British motorcycle racer
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Darren Dixon is an English former professional motorcycle racer.[1]
Originally a sidecar racer, he scored his first win at Lydden Circuit in 1981 in the 'B' final with a new passenger, Terry McGahan. They stayed together through 1982 and scored 38 wins together including a lap record at Brands Hatch which stood until 1991. After an astounding rise through club racing finances meant his sidecar promise would be put on hold and he took to solo racing and quickly climbed the ranks to become a top national level solo racer. He won the British F1 Championship in 1988 on a Suzuki RG500 and made two 500cc Grand Prix appearances.[1][2] His greatest achievement was winning the Sidecar World Championship in 1995 and 1996.[3] Dixon later went on to manage a Superbike team.[4] Darren is the father of 2018 second placed British Superbike rider, and current Moto2 rider Jake Dixon.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Darren Dixon career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - British Superbike championship winners". www.f1network.net.
- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "World Sidecar Champs 1995/6". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012.
- ^ Martin, Guy (2015). Guy Martin: When You Dead, You Dead. Ebury Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-7535-5667-2.
External links
- Pics of Darren Dixon racing Archived 16 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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| Preceded by Rolf Biland With: Kurt Waltisperg | World Sidecar Champion 1995-1996 With: Andy Hetherington | Succeeded by Steve Webster With: David James |
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Sidecar World Champions
1949 Oliver - Jenkinson | 1966 Scheidegger - Robinson | 1980 Taylor - Johansson | 1995 Dixon - Hetherington | 2011 Päivärinta - Hänni |
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