Robin Appleyard (born 10 May 1964) is a British former professional motorcycle racer and race team manager. He competed in the 125cc class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing full time from 1985 to 1992.[1] He competed in British Championship 1993~1998. Retiring in ‘98.
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| Born | 10 May 1964 Shipley, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Appleyard was born in Shipley, Yorkshire. He won the 125cc Marlboro Clubman's British Championship in 1982, the Shell Oils Championship in 1984, British Super-cup 125cc Championship twice (1993, 1996) and was 125cc National Cup champion in 1995.[2]
When his own racing career was over, he moved into team management, where he was the original Red Bull Rookie manager. He managed Team Appleyard/Macadam Yamaha, finishing the team in 2022[3] winning British SuperSport Championships in 2017,18,19 and 2020. winning 63 British Championship races with Keith Farmer,Jack Kennedy,Rory Skinner,Brad Perie & Brad Jones.
References
edit- ^ "Robin Appleyard MotoGP career statistics". motogp.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "My life in bikes: Robin Appleyard". motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Team Appleyard Macadam Racing". colinappleyard.com. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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