Arthur Wheeler

Arthur Frederick Wheeler (5 August 1916 – 16 June 2001 ) was an English professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Wheeler gained a reputation as one of the top privateer racers on the Grand Prix circuit. He was a five-time winner of the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland and won the Leinster 200 at least twice. His best season was aboard a Moto Guzzi in 1962, when he won the 250 cc Argentine Grand Prix and had a fourth-place finish in the Isle of Man Lightweight TT, finishing in third place in the 250 cc world championship behind Jim Redman and Bob McIntyre. ) he developed a spine frame with swinging arm rear suspension and oil bearing top tube.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results Points system from 1950 to 1968: Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points Rank Wins 1949 350cc Velocette IOM20 SUI- NED- BEL- ULS10 0 – 0 500cc Triumph IOMNC SUI- NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1950 350cc Velocette IOM12 BEL16 NED- SUI- ULS10 NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Norton IOM26 BEL- NED- SUI- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1951 250cc Velocette SUI- IOM5 FRA- ULS3 NAT- 6 7th 0 350cc Velocette ESP- SUI- IOM47 BEL- NED- FRA- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc BSA ESP- SUI- IOMNC BEL- NED- FRA- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1952 250cc Moto Guzzi SUI- IOM9 NED4 GER6 ULS- NAT- 4 12th 0 350cc Velocette SUI- IOMNC NED12 BEL- GER- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Norton SUI- IOM21 NED- BEL- GER- ULS- NAT- ESP- 0 – 0 1953 250cc Moto Guzzi IOM4 NED- GER- ULS6 SUI- NAT- ESP- 4 10th 0 350cc AJS IOM19 NED- BEL- FRA- ULS- SUI- NAT- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc Matchless IOMNC NED- BEL- GER- FRA- ULS- SUI- NAT- ESP- 0 – 0 1954 250cc Moto Guzzi FRA- IOM7 ULS4 NED6 GER4 SUI- NAT1 15 4th 1 350cc AJS FRA- IOM10 ULS- BEL- NED- GER- SUI- NAT- ESP- 0 – 0 500cc AJS FRA- IOM28 ULS- BEL- NED- GER- SUI- NAT- ESP- 0 – 0 1955 250cc Moto Guzzi IOM4 GER5 NED6 ULS7 NAT10 6 11th 0 350cc AJS FRA- IOM12 GER16 BEL14 NED- ULS14 NAT9 0 – 0 500cc Matchless ESP- FRA- IOM17 GER- BEL15 NED- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1956 125cc MV Agusta IOMNC NED- BEL- GER- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 250cc Moto Guzzi IOM6 NED- BEL- GER- ULS3 NAT- 5 9th 0 350cc Moto Guzzi IOM18 NED- BEL11 GER- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1957 125cc MV Agusta GER- IOMNC NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 250cc Moto Guzzi GER- IOM8 NED6 BEL4 ULS- NAT- 4 13th 0 350cc Moto Guzzi GER- IOM19 NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc Moto Guzzi GER- IOM23 NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1958 125cc Mondial IOM9 NED- BEL- GER- SWE- ULS6 NAT- 1 13th 0 250cc Mondial IOMNC NED5 BEL- GER- SWE- ULS- NAT- 2 16th 0 350cc AJS IOMNC NED- BEL- GER- SWE- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc AJS IOM35 NED- BEL- GER- SWE- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1959 125cc NSU IOM7 1 14th 0 Ducati GER- NED- BEL- SWE- ULS6 NAT- 350cc AJS FRA- IOM21 GER- BEL- SWE- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 500cc AJS FRA- IOMNC GER- NED- BEL- ULS- NAT- 0 – 0 1961 125cc Ducati ESP- GER- FRA- IOM13 NED- BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- ARG- 0 – 0 250cc Moto Guzzi ESP- GER- FRA- IOM7 NED- BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- ARG- 0 – 0 350cc Moto Guzzi GER- IOM39 NED- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- 0 – 0 500cc Matchless GER- FRA- IOM27 NED- BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- ARG- 0 – 0 1962 250cc Moto Guzzi ESP- FRA- IOM4 NED6 BEL5 GER5 ULS4 DDR- NAT- ARG1 19 3rd 1 350cc Moto Guzzi IOM23 NED- ULS- DDR- NAT6 FIN- 1 17th 0 500cc Moto Guzzi IOMNC NED- BEL- ULS- DDR- NAT- FIN- ARG- 0 – 0