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Terry Muir

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 27, Terence Robert Muir is a hosiery technician from Chilwell, Nottingham. He rode in the 1957 350 Newcomers' race and finished 50th at 67.70 m.p.h., and has had considerable experience of short circuit races, usually getting into the finals. He finished 55th in the 1958 Snaefell "350," but in 1959 he had trouble on the second lap of the Junior. He continued after about ten minutes and managed to finish in 75th position. Last year he finished 45th in the Junior at 78.25 m.p.h. Terry describes his machine for this year's Junior as "just a standard 1960 40M." Hobbies : "Wine, women and song."
(TT Special, 7 September 1961)

Junior – Norton
Age 26, Terence Robert Muir is a hosiery technician from Chilwell, Nottingham. He rode in the 1957 350 Newcomers’ race and finished 50th at 67.70 m.p.h., and has had considerable experience of short circuit races, usually getting into the finals. He finished 55th in the 1958 Snaefell “350,” but last year he had trouble on the second lap of the Junior. He continued after about ten minutes and managed to finish in 75th position.

Hobbies: “Big fires, armchairs and laying about.”
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, p.12.)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1964 Junior MGP302:47:45.0080.98Norton
1963 Junior MGP472:47:14.0081.23Norton
1962 Junior MGPRNorton
1961 Junior MGPRNorton
1960 Junior MGP452:53:36.0078.25Norton
1959 Junior MGP753:06:26.0072.86AJS
1958 Junior Snaefell MGP552:13:23.0067.9AJS
1957 Junior Newcomers MGP502:13:46.0067.7AJS

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