Dave Simmonds

Dave Simmonds
Dave Simmonds
	Simmonds standing behind his historic 1971 Kawasaki triple 500 cc Grand Prix race machine with a special frame by Ken Sprayson, Development Engineer of Reynolds Tubes
Nationality	British
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years	1963 - 1972
First race	1963 50cc 1965 Isle of Man TT
Last race	1972 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
First win	1969 125cc West German Grand Prix
Last win	1971 500cc Spanish Grand Prix
Team(s)	Kawasaki
Championships	125cc - 1969

Dave Simmonds (25 October 1939 – 23 October 1972) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1963 to 1972. Simmonds is notable for winning the 1969 125 cc FIM road racing world championship.^[1]^[2]

^ "Dave Simmonds career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ Cox, Bruce (2018), "Dave Simmonds and Kawasaki's red tank racers", Classic Racer, Mortons Media Group Ltd, ISSN 1470-4463

[Dave_Simmonds_career_statistics_at_MotoGP.com-1] "Dave Simmonds career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[Dave_Simmonds_and_Kawasaki's_red_tank_racers-2] Cox, Bruce (2018), "Dave Simmonds and Kawasaki's red tank racers", Classic Racer, Mortons Media Group Ltd, ISSN 1470-4463

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