Robert Polak

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Junior – Norton
Age 31, Robert Polak is a trials engineer and comes from Horsham, Sussex. He has had four years' experience of short circuit racing in the south of England, doing the usual round – Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace, Thruxton, etc. He has had no particular successes, but has had a lot of pleasure being able to “have a go.”

He rode in the 1958 350 c.c. Snaefell race and finished 42nd, but in last year’s Senior Manx race he retired with a split petrol tank at Laurel Bank.

Hobbies: Photography, walking, climbing and music – “when I’ve got time.”
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, pp.12-13.)

Age 29, Polak is an aircraft draughtsman and comes from Horsham, Sussex. He has had two year's experience of short circuit racing in the south of England doing the usual round - Brand's Hatch, Crystal Palace, Thruxton etc. He has had no particular successes, but has had a lot of pleasure being able to "have a go." Hobbies: Photography and music.
(TT Special, Tuesday, September 09, 1958 p11)

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