Billie Nelson | |
Nationality: | British |
Gp Active Years: | 1965, 1967 - 1974 |
Gp Teams: | Paton |
Gp Race Starts: | 64 |
Gp Championships: | 0 |
Gp Race Wins: | 0 |
Gp Podiums: | 6 |
Gp Total Points: | 261 |
Gp Poles: | 0 |
Gp Fastest Laps: | 0 |
Gp Last Race: | 1974 500cc Swedish Grand Prix |
Billie Nelson (2 November 1941 – 8 September 1974) was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
His best season was in 1969 when he finished the year in fourth place in the 500cc world championship.[1] Nelson also passengered for Charlie Freeman on his Norton Manx sidecar racer in British and International races for a number of seasons in the 1960s. He was killed at the Opatija Circuit during the 1974 250cc Yugoslavian Grand Prix when he crashed into the crowd, injuring several spectators.[2] He died later that night at a hospital.[3]