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Gary Nixon
Gary Nixon
	Nixon with the Daytona 200 winner's trophy
Nationality	American
Born	January 25, 1941; Anadarko, Oklahoma
Died	August 5, 2011 (aged 70); Baltimore, Maryland

Gary Nixon (January 25, 1941 – August 5, 2011) was an American professional motorcycle racer who most notably won the A.M.A. Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968 as a member of the Triumph factory racing team.^[1] He was also the winner of the 1967 Daytona 200 motorcycle race on a 500cc Triumph Daytona.^[2]

Nixon was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma.^[1] He was known for his partnership with legendary tuner Erv Kanemoto when they won the 1973 U.S. National Road Racing Championship for Kawasaki.^[1] He competed at the international level in the 1976 Formula 750 championship, laying claim to the Formula 750 world championship on a modified Kawasaki KR750 until international politics denied him that prize.^[3]^[4]^[5]

He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America^[6] in 2003.^[1] He last resided in Maryland and participated in vintage motorcycle racing as well as testing motorcycles for the locally produced syndicated public TV automotive review program MotorWeek.

Nixon suffered a heart attack on July 29, 2011, and died in Baltimore, Maryland on August 5 from complications.^[7] He was 70.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Gary Nixon at the Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ "Daytona 200 winners". motorsportsetc.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ "Gary Nixon's Kawasaki KR750 (archived)". americanmotorcyclist.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ Assoc, American Motorcyclist (January 1977). Nixon Loses FIM Appeal and F750 World Championship. Retrieved 15 December 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ DeWitt, Norman L. (2010). Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers: The American Heroes. Motorbooks. ISBN 9781610600453. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ Gary Nixon at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
^ Swarts, David (19 February 2005). "R.I.P. Gary Nixon". Roadracing World. Retrieved August 5, 2011.

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