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Ken Lindsay

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 38, Kenneth Allan Lindsay is a motor cycle mechanic from Westfield, Sussex. He is no newcomer to the Island for in 1955 he came 22nd in the Junior Clubman's and in the same event in 1956 he finished 48th. In 1957 he rode in the 350 c.c. Newcomers' race and finished 32nd. In the 1958 Junior Manx he was 49th at 75.09 m.p.h. and in 1959 he was 48th, also in the Junior.
Last year in the same race he finished 59th, at 71.92 m.p.h., after several stops en route. His machine is a 1955 B.S.A. Gold Star.
(TT Special, 7 September 1961)

Junior – B.S.A
Age 37, Kenneth Alan Lindsay is a motor cycle mechanic from Westfield, Sussex. He is no newcomer to the Island for in 1955 he came 22nd in the Junior Clubman’s and in the same event in 1956 he finished 48th. In 1957 he rode in the 350 c.c. Newcomers’ race and finished 32nd.
In the 1958 Junior Manx he was 49th at 75.09 m.p.h. and last year he was 48th, also in the Junior.

His machine is a 1954 B.S.A. Gold Star, with 5 ¼ -gallon tank.
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, pp.9-10.)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1990 Lightweight Classic MGP171:57:26.0077.1Ducati
1969 Junior TT512:52:27.4078.77AJS
1964 Junior TTRBSA
1962 Junior MGP222:46:36.0081.81Norton
1961 Junior MGP293:05:50.0073.1BSA
1960 Junior MGP593:08:51.0071.92BSA
1959 Junior MGP482:49:41.0080.06BSA
1958 Junior MGP493:00:42.0075.09BSA
1957 Junior Newcomers MGP322:00:44.0075.01BSA
1957 Junior MGPR0BSA
1956 Clubman Junior TT481:40:47.0067.39BSA
1955 Clubman Junior TT221:39:26.0058.6BSA

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