Dave Potter
David Potter Birth date: 27.Jul.1950 Birth Place: unknown, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Death date: 18.Sep.1981 Death Place: Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Nationality: United Kingdom Gender: male Age at death: 31 Event date: 31.Aug.1981 Series: British Superbike Championship Race: Event type: race Country: United Kingdom Venue: Oulton Park Variant: 1975-1983 (bikes) Role: rider Vehicle type: motorcycle Vehicle sub-type: sports bike - from 601 cm3 up to 750 cm3 Vehicle brand/model: Yamaha TZ750 Vehicle number: ?? Dave Potter died on 18 September 1981 at hospital of Chester, UK , 18 days after he crashed during a British Superbike Championship race held at Oulton Park on Monday 31 August 1981. On the last lap of 2nd heat of the event, he lost control while approaching the Cascades bend and crashed at 95 mi/h (about 150 km/h) into a guard-rail, whitout straw bales. Potter had already been the winner of the first heat, riding his Yamaha TZ750 tuned by Ted Broad. 31 year-old from Yorkshire, Dave Potter who lived with his wife Sue and two children in Royston, Hertfordshire, UK, started his racing career in 1970 riding a BSA Gold Star. Having been the 1972 British Champion, 750 cm3 class in a Norton, Potter was 2nd in 1978 and won two times in a row in 1979 and 1980, the British MCN Superbike Championship, riding the same Yamaha for team Mitsui, and also in 1981 he led the championship before his fatal accident. He had also 9 starts in World Championship races, 500 cm3 class, scoring a 6th place in the Dutch TT at Assen in 1981.
