 Ivy,
Bill (GB)
b - d 12/7/1969 (Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany)
1967 - World 125cc Motorcycle Championm
1968 - Motorcycles (Yamaha)
1969 - Bought the ex-Alan Rees Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23C F2 car,
and entered it into the Easter International F2 race at Thruxton, having
had minimal testing at Goodwood and Oulton Park (where he crashed). Racing
against Stewart, Rindt, Hill and Beltoise, Ivy put his car on pole for
his heat to the amazement of everyone. Even Ivy was a bit surprised, and
he asked if he could start from the back of the grid as he had never been
in a race before! He came fourth in the heat, and was in sixth place in
the final before his engine blew up. He entered the car at the Nurburgring,
but crashed out after setting third best practice time on a damp track.
However, he was dovetailing his car career with a bike career, racing a
350cc Jawa. In the East German GP at the Sachsenring, the two-stroke bike's
engine seized while the riders hand was away from the clutch lever. Ivy
was thrown from the boke into a wall, receiving serious head and chest
injuries from which he died in hospital.
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Ickx,
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