Gavin Trippe

Gavin Trippe
Born1940
Norfolk, England
Died2 July 2018(2018-07-02) (aged 77–78)
California
Occupation(s)Motorcycle racing promoter and publisher
Organization(s)President of Trippe-Cox Associates, Inc.
AwardsMotorcycle Hall of Fame (2005)

Gavin Trippe (1940 – 2 July 2018) was a motorcycle racing promoter, journalist, and publisher who was inducted to the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2005.[1][2] He died following an automobile accident in California.[3]

Trippe was a motorcycling journalist in the UK until he founded a motorcycling magazine, Motor Cycle Weekly, in the United States in 1969.[1] In the early 1970s he brought European style motocross racing to the US by founding the Carlsbad USGP.[4][5][6] Trippe was also the creator of supermoto racing, which attracted a large US television audience from 1979–1985, and had a resurgence, first in Europe and then beyond, since the early 2000s.[1][7][8] Since 2007 Trippe worked to create a single cylinder racing class with low barriers to entry for amateur racers and young riders.[9]

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  2. ^ Pinchin, Gary (1 October 2007), "Gary Pinchin's singles blog", Motor Cycle News, retrieved 23 December 2010
  3. ^ In Memoriam: Gavin Trippe Snr, racing pioneer Bikesport News, 6 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018
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  8. ^ "Supermoto Returns to X Games 15 Courtesy of X Games 15 (press release)", MotorcycleUSA.com, 28 July 2009, archived from the original on 23 March 2012, retrieved 27 December 2010
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