Arthur Lampkin
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{{Infobox Motocross rider
| name = Arthur Lampkin
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| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 30, 1938}}
| birth_place = Kent, England
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| years = 1959 - 1968
| teams = BSA
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| wins = 7
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Arthur Lampkin (born 30 May 1938) is an English former professional motorcycle racer.{{cite web |url=http://www.bestsports.com.br/db/atlpag.php?atl=8382&lang=2 |title=Arthur Lampkin profile |publisher=bestsports.com.br |accessdate=11 August 2012 }} The oldest son in a Yorkshire motorcycling dynasty, he competed in a variety of off-road motorcycle events such as observed trials, motocross and enduros.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/arthur_lampkin_1_2553422 |title=Arthur Lampkin Sr. obituary |work=Yorkshire Post |accessdate=11 August 2012 }}
Motorcycling career
Born in Kent, England, Lampkin's father moved the family to Silsden, West Yorkshire in 1941. He began riding his father's BSA motorcycle even before he was old enough to have a licence. Lampkin purchased his first motorcycle from money he had earned from his paper route, and by the age of 18 he had won the British trials national championship.
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In the 1960s, Lampkin became a member of the BSA factory racing team along with his brother Alan. Lampkin, along with Dave Bickers and Jeff Smith, were part of a group British motorcyclists that dominated the sport of motocross in the early 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/museum/exhibits/mx/history2.asp |title=The History of Motocross: Part Two; Motocross goes International 1947 through 1965 |publisher=motorcyclemuseum.org |accessdate=11 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404103531/http://motorcyclemuseum.org/asp/museum/exhibits/mx/history2.asp |archivedate=4 April 2012 |df=dmy }} In the 1961 European motocross championships, he won the Italian, German and Swiss Grands Prix, placed second five times, and finished the season in second place behind Bickers.{{cite web|url=http://www.mxbikes.com/vintage/bikes60.php |title=Vintage History - 1960s |publisher=mxbikes.com |accessdate=11 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929014220/http://www.mxbikes.com/vintage/bikes60.php |archivedate=29 September 2012 }} Lampkin actually scored more points overall than Bickers, but fell victim to FIM scoring rules which only recognize the top seven of thirteen results. The following year, the championship was upgraded to world championship status and Lampkin finished the year in third place behind Torsten Hallman and Jeff Smith. He was also a member of British motocross teams that won the 250cc Trophée des Nations events in 1961 and 1962, as well as the 1965 500cc Motocross des Nations event.
Lampkin continued to compete in other off-road motorcycle competitions, winning prestigious events such as the 1963 Scottish Six Days Trial, and the Scott Trial in 1960, 1961 and 1965. He also competed internationally in enduro events, representing Great Britain and earning a gold medal in the 1966 International Six Days Trial held in Sweden.{{cite web |url=http://speedtracktales.wordpress.com/index-of-isdt-events/isdt-1966-sweden/ |title=ISDT 1966 - Sweden |publisher=speedtracktales.wordpress.com |accessdate=11 August 2012 }}
Lampkin won 8 individual heat races and 7 Grand Prix victories during his world championship racing career.{{cite web | url=https://www.memotocross.fr/downloads/fpm-gp-lampkin-a.pdf | title=Arthur Lampkin career statistics | publisher=memotocross.fr | accessdate=2025-04-22}} He won the 500cc British motocross national championship in 1959 and the 250cc British motocross national championship in 1961, the same year that he was the 250cc World Vice Champion. He was a member of two victorious British Trophée des Nations teams (1961, 1962), and five consecutive victories as a member of the British Motocross des Nations team (1963-1967).
Lampkin's younger brothers, Alan and Martin Lampkin also experienced success in motorcycle competitions. Alan won the British trials championship while Martin became a British trials champion as well as winning the 1975 FIM Trial World Championship.
Later life
After retiring from competition, Lampkin took over his father's engineering business. Lampkin's nephew, the son of Martin Lampkin, is twelve-time trials world champion, Dougie Lampkin.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090435/http://www.colchester.co.uk/six03-1a.asp?newsid=270 Article on Lampkin Engineering]
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Category:Sportspeople from the City of Bradford
Category:Sportspeople from Kent