Jack Ahearn
Australian motorcycle racer
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| Intro | Australian motorcycle racer | |
| Places | Australia | |
| is | Motorcycle racer Racecar driver | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 8 October 1924 | |
| Age | 100 years |
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Biography
Jack Cornelius Ahearn (born 8 October 1924) is an Australian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1964 when he won the 500cc Finnish Grand Prix and finished second to Mike Hailwood in the 500cc world championship. On 16 January 2001, Ahearn was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his achievements.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - | IOM NC | ULS - | BEL - | NED - | GER - | SUI - | NAT - | ESP - | 0 | - | 0 | |||
| 500cc | Norton | FRA - | IOM 9 | ULS - | BEL - | NED - | GER - | SUI - | NAT - | ESP - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||
| 1955 | 350cc | Norton | FRA - | IOM 10 | GER 10 | BEL 9 | NED - | ULS - | NAT - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||
| 500cc | Norton | ESP - | FRA - | IOM NC | GER 6 | BEL 7 | NED - | ULS - | NAT - | 1 | 26th | 0 | |||||
| 1958 | 350cc | AJS | IOM 17 | NED - | BEL - | GER - | SWE - | ULS - | NAT - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||
| 500cc | Matchless | IOM 29 | NED - | BEL - | GER - | SWE - | ULS - | NAT - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||
| 1962 | 350cc | Norton | IOM 12 | NED - | ULS - | DDR - | NAT - | FIN - | 0 | - | 0 | ||||||
| 500cc | Norton | IOM NC | NED - | BEL - | ULS - | DDR - | NAT - | FIN - | ARG - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||
| 1963 | 125cc | Ducati | ESP - | GER - | FRA - | IOM 21 | NED - | BEL - | ULS - | DDR - | FIN - | NAT - | ARG - | JPN - | 0 | - | 0 |
| 350cc | Norton | GER - | IOM 5 | NED 5 | BEL - | ULS - | DDR - | FIN - | NAT - | JPN - | 4 | 11th | 0 | ||||
| 500cc | Norton | IOM 9 | NED 4 | BEL 5 | ULS - | DDR - | FIN - | NAT - | ARG - | 5 | 10th | 1 | |||||
| 1964 | 125cc | Honda | USA - | ESP - | FRA 8 | IOM - | NED - | GER - | DDR - | ULS - | FIN - | NAT - | JPN - | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 250cc | Suzuki | USA - | ESP - | FRA - | IOM NC | NED - | BEL - | GER - | DDR - | ULS - | NAT - | JPN - | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| 350cc | Norton | IOM NC | NED - | GER - | DDR - | ULS - | FIN - | NAT 6 | JPN - | 1 | 22nd | 0 | |||||
| 500cc | Norton | USA - | IOM 14 | NED 4 | BEL 4 | GER 2 | DDR 6 | ULS 3 | FIN 1 | NAT 3 | JPN - | 25 | 2nd | 1 | |||
| 1965 | 500cc | Norton | GER - | IOM 9 | NED 5 | BEL - | DDR 4 | CZE 3 | ULS - | FIN - | NAT - | JPN - | 9 | 5th | 0 | ||
| 1966 | 350cc | Norton | GER - | FRA - | NED - | DDR 6 | CZE - | FIN 3 | ULS - | IOM 4 | NAT - | JPN - | 8 | 8th | 0 | ||
| 500cc | Norton | GER - | NED - | BEL 3 | DDR 3 | CZE 5 | FIN 4 | ULS - | IOM NC | NAT - | 13 | 6th | 0 | ||||
| 1974 | 350cc | Yamaha | FRA - | GER - | AUT - | NAT - | IOM 34 | NED - | SWE - | FIN - | YUG - | ESP - | 0 | - | 0 |