Chris Vincent is a former motorcycle sidecar road racer who was very successful in short-circuit (tarmac) racing in the 1960s and also rode solo motorcycles.
His son Jason 'Jay' Vincent (born 1972) was also a successful racer at national, international and world level during the 1990s and continuing into 2000s, scoring points in the British round of 2001 500cc GP at Donington Park on a Red Bull Yamaha when standing-in for injured Garry McCoy, having been released by his Pulse team for the event. He retired at the end of 2006 season
Chris was a BSA employee and bike-tester in the 1960s working in the Birmingham area.
He won the Isle of Man Sidecar TT race in 1962.
Chris campaigned the early BSA 500cc pre-unit construction (A7) engined sidecar outfits and then later the unit-construction (A50) engines when these became available. During the 1960s some sidecar races particularly those carrying World Championship status including the TT were restricted to 500cc, whereas the UK national series races had classes where the 650cc (BSA A65 in Chris' case) and larger engines were used
During the 1980s Chris had a motor cycle shop in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire where he still lives
Always a motor enthusiast, during the 1990s Chris had an American Vixen motorhome (a compact-size, high-quality, low-volume production, low exterior profile, coachbuilt camper with a BMW diesel engine) and owned Brough Superior vintage motorcycles
Famous quotes containing the words chris and/or vincent:
“When I get all these accolades for being true to myself, I say, “Who else can I be? I can’t be Chris Evert.””
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year;
My soul is all but out of me,—let fall
No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)