Mat Oxley Explained

Mat Oxley
Nationality:British
Birth Date:March 1959
Website:www.matoxley.com
Tt Active Years:1984–1989
Tts Contested:6
Tt Wins:1
Tt First Win:1985 Production 250cc
Tt Podiums:4

Mat Oxley (born 1959)[1] is a former motorcycle racer, motorcycle journalist, and author.

Oxley started his racing career in production bike racing, taking part in the Yamaha RD350LC championship in 1983 and 1984.[2]

He won an Isle of Man TT race in 1985 at his second attempt, as a racing-journalist working for Motor Cycle News.[3] Aside from his TT racing career, Oxley specialised in endurance racing, with a best of second at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and at the 24 Hours of Spa.

Oxley has written regular columns on the web version of Motor Sport since 2012.[4] He is an author of several books on motorcycle racing and its history,[5] and is known to have been a ghostwriter on Valentino Rossi's 2004 book, What If I Had Never Tried It.[6]

Full TT results

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1984Production 250cc
3
1985Production 250cc
1
1986Production D
3
1987Production D
3
1988Production D
4
1989Supersport 400cc
5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matthew OXLEY personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK . 2023-09-16 . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . en.
  2. Web site: CUP – PRO-ARM SERIES . 2023-09-16 . rd350lc.net.
  3. Web site: IOM TT Database .
  4. Web site: Oxley . Mat . 2012-02-17 . Surtees and Ago: now officially legends! . 2023-09-16 . Motor Sport Magazine . en-GB.
  5. Web site: ThriftBooks . Mat Oxley Books List of books by author Mat Oxley . 2023-09-16 . ThriftBooks . en.
  6. Web site: Guest Blog: Mat Oxley – What really happened in MotoGP's 2015 finale MotoMatters.com Kropotkin Thinks . 2023-09-16 . motomatters.com.
  7. Web site: IOM TT Database .