Bill Ivy (2) leads Yoshimi Katayama (6) during the 1967 125cc Dutch TT. In 1967, Ivy dominated the 125 cc championship: he won eight out of twelve races to claim the World Championship by 16 points over Phil Read. [6] On top of this, he won two 250 cc races in France and Belgium.

Bill Ivy had died a racing death, like so many of his fellow racers at that time. For me it was not only a sad loss of my idol. It was also a kind of key experience that has engraved itself deeply in me and remains with me to this day.

2011年7月13日 · Ivy took his first race on a Yamaha (125cc RA97) in 1965 at the Isle of Man TT, back when the mountain road course was the pinnacle and almost the definition of road...

2023年6月4日 · Some drivers don't need to race for decades to make history. This is the case of Bill Ivy, who had a short but intense life. Today, let's look at the career of "little Bill", as beautiful as it is tragic. It was at the age of 17 that Bill became interested in motorcycle racing.

Bill Ivy. UK Born: 1-Aug-42. Born August 1942. Infatuated with motorcycles since childhood, and as soon as he could leave school took a job as a mechanic at a local ...

2021年1月21日 · Bill Ivy in Oulton Park – the newly minted English champion in the 500 cc class from 1965. 125cc final World Championship standing 1965 Of the 12 races in 1965, only the 7 best results were counted, which is why the first 3 pilots in the World Championship table had cancellation points.

2019年7月1日 · Bill Ivy is commencing the final practice session for the 350cc East German Grand Prix at the Sachsenrin­g aboard Jawa’s disc-valve V4. The bike is the latest creation from the Czech marque that started life as a World War I armaments manufactur­er.