Irish motorcycle racer
Eddie Laycock Eddie after winning the 1987 Junior TT
Nationality Irish Born (1961-05-25 ) 25 May 1961 (age 63) Dublin , Ireland North West 200 Wins 4 Ulster Grand Prix wins 5
Eddie Laycock (born 25 May 1961) is a former professional motorcycle racer from Dublin, Ireland.
Motorcycle racing career
A two-time Isle of Man TT race winner, in 1986, Laycock finished runner-up to Brian Reid in the TT Formula 2 World Championship.[ 1] In 1987 he beat Reid to win the Junior TT 250cc race,[ 2] and in 1989 won the Supersport 400cc Race. He also competed in the 500cc World Championship[ 3] on Millar Racing machines from 1988 to 1992, with a best race result of 9th at the Dutch TT in 1992,[ 4] and a best championship ranking of 12th in 1991.[ 5]
In 2015, Laycock and former sponsor Gerry Lawlor prepared a Yamaha TZ250 for Ian Lougher to ride in the Lightweight class at the Isle of Man Classic TT .[ 6]
Career statistics
Complete TT record
Races by year
(key )
1990 [ 7]
Junior TT 3
Senior TT 7
Formula 1 TT Ret
Supersport 400 Ret
1989
Junior TT 2
Senior TT 5
Formula 1 TT Ret
Supersport 400 1
1988
Junior TT 3
Senior TT 8
Production Class D 5
1987
Junior TT 1
Senior TT 10
Formula 1 TT 12
Formula 2 2
Production Class B 23
1986
Junior TT Ret
Formula 2 5
1985
Junior TT Ret
1982
Junior TT Ret
Senior 350cc TT Ret
Eddie on the Millar Racing NS500 Honda
Races by year
Year
Class/Race
Machine
Position
Source
1982
250cc
Yamaha
7th
Motocourse 1982[ 8]
1983
350cc
Yamaha
5th
Motocourse 1983[ 9]
250cc
Yamaha
6th
1986
250cc Race 1
EMC
1st
Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1986-87[ 10]
250cc Race 2
EMC
2nd
1987
350cc Race 2
Yamaha
1st
Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1986-87[ 10]
Superbike
Yamaha
5th
1988
250/350cc
Yamaha
5th
Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1988-89[ 11]
Superbike
Honda
2nd
1989
Prince of the Roads 250/350cc
Yamaha
Ret
The Power and the Glory, The History of the North West 200[ 12]
250/350cc Race 2
Yamaha
3rd
King of the Roads 750cc
Honda
2nd
NW200 Superbike
Honda
Ret
1990
250cc Race 1
Yamaha
1st
The Power and the Glory, The History of the North West 200[ 12]
250cc Race 2
Yamaha
1st
Superbike Race 1
Honda
3rd
Superbike Race 2
Honda
3rd
Races by year
Year
Class/Race
Machine
Position
Source
1981
250cc
Yamaha
8th
Motocourse 1981[ 13]
1983
250cc
Yamaha
4th
Motocourse 1983[ 9]
500cc
Yamaha
8th
1984
350cc
Yamaha
Ret
Days of Thunder, The History of the Ulster Grand Prix[ 14]
1985
Formula 2
Yamaha
2nd
Days of Thunder, The History of the Ulster Grand Prix[ 14]
1986
Formula 2
Yamaha
1st
Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1986-87[ 10]
350cc
Yamaha
1st
1988
350cc Race 1
EMC
2nd
Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1988-89[ 11]
350cc Race 2
EMC
4th
Senior
Honda
1st
1989
Prince of the Roads 250/350cc
Yamaha
1st
Days of Thunder, The History of the Ulster Grand Prix[ 14]
Supersport 400
Suzuki
1st
King of the Roads
Honda
3rd
1990
King of the Roads
Honda
3rd
Days of Thunder, The History of the Ulster Grand Prix[ 14]
Races by year
(key )
Year
Bike
1
2
3
4
Pts
1985
Yamaha
Isle of Man TT
Vilareal, Portugal
Montjuic, Spain
Ulster GP 2
8th
12
1986
Yamaha
Isle of Man TT 5
Jerez, Spain 6
Ulster GP 1
2nd
26
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Races by year
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
^ "TT FORMULA 1986" . racingmemo.free.fr . Retrieved 12 January 2019 .
^ "Racing legend and TT hero Eddie Laycock to return to Isle of Man - iomtt.com: The World's #1 TT Website" . www.iomtt.com . Retrieved 14 November 2018 .
^ "Nutt takes his winning formula to Mondello" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 14 November 2018 .
^ "Dutch TT 1992 Results" . motogp.com .
^ "1991 500cc World Championship standings" . motogp.com . Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2020 .
^ "Laylaw Classic Racing to field Ian Lougher at Classic TT" . MCNews.com.au . 7 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2018 .
^ "Race Results - iomtt.com: The World's #1 TT Website" . www.iomtt.com . Retrieved 4 January 2019 .
^ Clifford, Peter (1982). Motocourse . Surrey: Hazleton Publishing. p. 185.
^ a b Clifford, Peter (1983). Motocourse . Surrey: Hazleton Publishing. p. 186.
^ a b c Harris, Nick (1986). Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1986-87 . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 125, 175, 176.
^ a b Harris, Nick (1988). Rothmans Grand Prix Motorcycle Year Book 1988-89 . London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 222, 223.
^ a b McCook, Alastair (2004). The Power and the Glory, The History of the North West 200 . Belfast: Appletree Press Ltd. pp. 147–151, 238–239.
^ Clifford, Peter (1981). Motocourse . Surrey: Hazleton Publishing. p. 187.
^ a b c d McCook, Alastair (2004). Days of Thunder, The History of the Ulster Grand Prix . Dublin: Gill & McMillan Ltd. pp. 104, 107–108, 111–112, 177–179.
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