George Leigh

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Mounts: Junior—B.S.A.
Senior—Norton.

Age 37, a garage proprietor, of Southport, Lancs., George Leigh has ridden in eleven races over the T.T. course—and has finished in nine of them!

His first event was the Senior “Manx” of 1946 in which he finished 21st. The following year he rode in the Clubman’s Senior T.T. and finished fifth, whilst later in the season he rode in both Junior and Senior “Manx” races, coming in 16th in the Junior and 22nd in the Senior. In the 1948, again in the “Manx”, he was 26th in the Junior and 15th in the Senior, averaging 74.24 m.p.h. in the latter race.

He turned “International” in 1949 and rode a Norton in 55th place in the Junior T.T., averaging 74.21 m.p.h. and gaining a bronze replica. He did not ride in the T.T. races in 1950, but had many successes in short-circuit events.

He was back in the Island in 1951, and rode a 350 Norton in both Junior and Senior races. In the former he finished 54th, with a bronze replica, but he retired at the pits in the Senior at the end of the second lap. Last year he rode his Junior Norton into 35th place to claim a bronze replica, but retired on the third lap of the Senior race.
(TT Special, 16 June 1954, p.19.)

Mounts: Junior – Norton
Senior – Norton

Age 34, a garage proprietor, of Southport, Lancs., George Leigh has ridden in seven races over the T.T. course – and has finished in all of them!

His first event was the Senior “Manx” of 1946 in which he finished 21st. The following year he rode in the Clubman’s Senior T.T. and finished fifth, whilst later in the season he rode in both Junior and Senior “Manx” races, coming in 16th in the Junior and 22nd in the Senior. In 1948, again in the “Manx,” he was 26th in the Junior and 15th in the Senior averaging 74.24 m.p.h. in the latter race.

He turned “International” in 1949 and rode a Norton into 55th place in the Junior T.T., averaging 74.21 m.p.h. and gaining a bronze replica. He did not ride in the T.T. races in 1950, but had many successes in short-circuit events.

Hobbies: Swimming and weight-lifting.

Entered by Leigh Motor Services, his machines are a 1948 348 c.c. model and a new 1951 Senior job.
(TT Special, 6 June 1951, p.13.)

Age 31, garage proprietor, of Southport, Lancs. Has ridden in five Manx Grand Prix races and has finished in them all - 1946 Senior, twenty-first; 1947 Junior, sixteenth; Senior, twenty-second; 1948 Junior, twenty-sixth; Senior, fifteenth. Also competed in the 1947 Clubman's Senior and finished fifth on a Norton.
Has this year gone "International" and is riding a 348 "Manx" Norton as supplied by the makers.
Hobbies: Swimming and weight-lifting.
(TT Special, 13 June 1949)

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