Jack Brett

Jack Brett
NationalityBritish
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1949 – 1960
First race1949 Isle of Man TT 350cc Junior TT
Last race1960 Isle of Man TT 500cc Senior TT
First win1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
Last win1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix
Team(s)AJS
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
36 1 11 0 1 114

Jack Brett (17 June 1917 – 29 December 1982) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Jack Brett career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jack Brett Motorsport Biographies". imuseum.im. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Jack Brett Isle of Man TT statistics at IOMTT.com". iomtt.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ Wain, Phil (2020), "The North West; A History", Classic Racer, Mortons Motorcycle Media Ltd, ISSN 1470-4463, The 1950s saw some terrific racing with household names like McIntyre, Dale, Armstrong and Sammy Miller all tasting the winners' champagne, whilst another man to impress was Jack Brett and it was he who completed the first-ever 100 mph lap in 1957,