:Malcolm Uphill
{{Short description|Welsh motorcycle racer}}
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{{Infobox motorcycle rider
| image = File:Malcolm Uphill.jpg
| caption = Uphill in 1965 when he achieved a double win in the 350 cc 'Junior' Manx Grand Prix and 500 cc 'Senior' races in the Isle of Man
| name = Malcolm Uphill
| nationality = Welsh
|GP Active years = 1968 - 1970
|GP Teams =
|GP Race Starts = 5
|GP Championships =
|GP Race Wins = 0
|GP Podiums = 4
|GP Total Points = 26
|GP Poles = 0
|GP Fastest laps = 0
|GP First race = 1968 Isle of Man 250cc Lightweight TT
|GP First win =
|GP Last win =
|GP Last race = 1970 Isle of Man 350cc Junior TT
}}
Malcolm Ernest Uphill (15 April 1935 – 15 August 1999){{cite web | url=http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?firstname=malcolm&lastname=uphill&birthyear=1935&birthyear_offset=2&keyword=caerphilly&sourcecategory=births%252c%2bmarriages%2b%2526%2bdeaths | title=England and Wales deaths | publisher=genesreunited.co.uk | accessdate=2015-12-20 }} was a Welsh professional motorcycle racer. He competed in British national-level short-circuit and in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.{{cite web | url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Malcolm+Uphill | title=Rider Statistics - Malcolm Uphill | publisher=MotoGP.com | accessdate=2015-12-20 }} Uphill was the first competitor in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races to achieve a 100 mph average lap speed on a production motorcycle.{{cite web | url=http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=the-malcolm-uphill-caerphilly | title=The Malcolm Uphill, Caerphilly | publisher=historypoints.org | accessdate=2015-12-20 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.webbikeworld.com/valmoto/060303.htm | title=Triumph's Return to Isle of Man | publisher=webbikeworld.com | accessdate=2015-12-20 }}
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Motorcycle racing career
A native of Caerphilly, Wales, Uphill later lived at Heol, Trecastle and was educated at Twyn Secondary Modern School. Apprenticed at the Rhymney former railway works near Caerphilly, he worked as a fitter/turner/erector for British Rail.{{cite web | url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=2424 | title=Malcolm Uphill Profile | publisher=iomtt.com | accessdate=2015-12-20 }} In 1965, Uphill achieved a double win in the 350 cc 'Junior' and 500 cc 'Senior' races at the Manx Grand Prix.{{cite web | url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=2424 | title=Malcolm Uphill Isle of Man TT results | publisher=iomtt.com | accessdate=2015-12-20 }} His best season in world championship competition was in 1968 when he finished in ninth place in the 250cc world championship.
In 1969, he teamed with Percy Tait to win the Thruxton 500 endurance race for production (road-based) machines and at the 1969 Isle of Man TT, Uphill won the 750 Production class on a Triumph Bonneville with a 100 mph lap, which prompted renaming of the Dunlop K81 motorcycle tyre as the TT100.Motorcycle Mechanics, June 1973, Dunlop full page advert, p.6 Every time they race you win. "Tyres like the K70, Ribbed and the fabulous K81, re-named the TT100 after lapping the TT course at over 100 mph on a production machine". Accessed 23 March 2015[http://www.dunlopmotorcycle.eu/dunlop_euen/mc/tyres/on_road/K81_TT100.jsp Dunlop tyres K81 TT100] Retrieved 1 March 2015 He also won the 750 Production class at the 1970 North West 200 held in Northern Ireland followed by the 1970 TT 750 production class on a Triumph Trident.{{cite web | url=http://www.northwest200.org/results/?y=1970 | title=North West 200 Results - 1970s | publisher=northwest200.org | accessdate=2015-12-20 }}
Uphill died aged 64 in 1999 of asbestosis. In 2011 a pub named The Malcolm Uphill was opened by Wetherspoons in Caerphilly town centre,[http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/320447/malcolm-uphill-wetherspoon-pub-gets-ready-for-opening/ Caerphilly Observer], 10 October 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2015 and in 2013, following local fundraising, a bronze plaque dedicated to Uphill's memory was installed on a wall close to the pub location at Station Terrace.[http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/915020/motorcycle-hero-malcolm-uphill-honoured-with-plaque/ Motorcycle hero Malcolm Uphill honoured with plaque] Caerphilly Observer, 20 September 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2015
File:The Malcolm Uphill pub Caerphilly geograph 2925730.jpg|The Malcolm Uphill pub, opened in 2011 on the corner of Cardiff Road and Clive Street in the centre of Caerphilly
File:Malcolm Uphill plaque Caerphilly geograph 4190982.jpg|Commemorative plaque installed into a wall during 2013 at Station Terrace, Caerphilly
References
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External links
- [http://www.ovguide.com/malcolm-uphill-9202a8c04000641f800000000765fc1a Short videos with commentary, Uphill and Tait production race and Triumph Bonneville 1969 TT races] (text content from Wikipedia)
- [http://www.guskuhn.net/GKMLtd/Racing/MalcolmUphill.htm Malcolm Uphill at Gus Kuhn]
- [http://www.triumphbonneville.com/Business/newsbusiness/archivesbusiness.htm Uphill 100mph TT lap]
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Category:Sportspeople from Caerphilly
Category:Welsh motorcycle racers
Category:250cc World Championship riders
Category:350cc World Championship riders