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Ian Hay

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 32, a manufacturer's agent, of Kensington, London, W. Has had experience of the T.T. course, for he rode in both Junior and Senior "Manx" races in 1947, coming second in just seven seconds outside first-class replica time in the Junior.
Turned "international" last year and rode Nortons in both Junior and Senior races, finishing thirty-sixth in the Junior and seventeenth in the Seniro at 72.9 m.p.h.
His machine is a 1948 "Boys' Racer" and he is entered by Angus Motor Cycles, of Sevenoaks.
(TT Special, 13 June 1949)

Mount: Junior – Velocette

Age 33, a manufacturer’s agent, of Kensington, London, W. Has had experience of the T.T. course, for he rode in both Junior and Senior “Manx” races in 1947, coming in just seven seconds outside first-class replica time in the Junior.

Turned “international” in 1948 and rode Nortons in both Junior and Senior T.T. races, finishing thirty-sixth in the Junior and seventeenth in the Senior at 72.9 m.p.h. Last year, riding a 1948 “Boys’ Racer,” he finished 38th in the Junior T.T. at 76.32 m.p.h., winning a first-class replica.
(TT Special, 5 June 1950, p.15.)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1950 Junior TTRVelocette
1949 Junior TT383:27:39.0076.32AJS
1948 Senior TT173:37:19.6072.92Norton
1948 Junior TT363:51:30.0068.45Norton
1947 Senior MGP393:29:59.0064.71Norton
1947 Junior MGP353:20:21.0067.81Norton

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