Stan Pike
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Junior - Norton
Lightweight - Rudge
Age 32, a motor cycle mechanic of Edgware and younger brother of “R.H. Pike”. Started racing at Brooklands in 1936 and later rode at Donnington and the I.o.M. in 1937, he won a “finishers award” in the Senior M.G.P. riding a standard Rudge Ulster. Competed in the Manx again in ’38 with an Excelsior but did not finish. In 1939 competed in his first T.T. wining a bronze replica and the Newcomer’s Award.
Last year he rode his Rudge in the Lightweight, was fourth for the first four laps, but was over-hauled by Ben Drinkwater in the fifth lap and dropped back to fifth place which he retained to the finish, winning a first class replica.
(TT Special, 11 June 1948, p.12.)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 Lightweight TT | 7 | 3:49:25.20 | 69.08 | Rudge |
| 1949 Junior TT | R | Velocette | ||
| 1948 Lightweight TT | R | Rudge | ||
| 1948 Junior TT | 37 | 3:54:42.60 | 67.52 | Norton |
| 1947 Lightweight TT | 5 | 3:51:09.60 | 68.55 | Rudge |
| 1939 Lightweight TT | 11 | 4:08:39.00 | 63.74 | Rudge |
| 1938 Lightweight MGP | R | Excelsior | ||
| 1937 Senior MGP | 23 | 3:20:13.00 | 67.86 | Rudge |
Worked with Stan Pike at Rex Judd in Edgware. - Peter Bailey Report this