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Malcolm Uphill (Malcolm Ernest Uphill, born 15 April 1935, in Trecenydd, Wales, died 1 January 1999)〔(England and Wales deaths ) Retrieved 1 March 2015〕 was a UK national-level short-circuit and Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1968 when he finished in ninth place in the 250cc world championship.〔(Malcolm Uphill career statistics at MotoGP website )〕 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〕〔(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.〔(Malcolm Uphill profile at iomtt.com )〕 ==Personal life and legacy== Uphill died aged 74 in 1999 of asbestosis. Born in Trecenydd, Caerphilly, he 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.〔(History Points ), Retrieved 23 March 2015〕〔 In 2011 a pub named ''The Malcolm Uphill'' was opened by Wetherspoons in Caerphilly town centre,〔(''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.〔(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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malcolm Uphill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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