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Jack Simpson

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 28, Jack Simpson is a Thermal insulator, and comes from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. This is his second year of racing and he has ridden at Aintree, Cadwell Park, Catterick, Charterhall, Oulton, Scarborough, Silverstone and Snetterton, and has usually got into the finals. He has won a heat at Cadwell Park and a Newcomer's race at Oulton. He rode in the Junior Manx for the first time last year, but his luck was out—he had to retire on Lap 1. His machine is a 1959 model, ex-Jack Adams.
(TT Special, 7 September 1961, p.12).

Junior – Norton
Age 27, Jack Simpson’s occupation is road haulage – but not as a driver. He comes from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and this is his first year of racing. Nevertheless he has ridden at Aintree, Cadwell Park, Catterick, Charterhall, Oulton, Scarborough, Silverstone and Snetterton, and has usually got into the finals. He has won a heat at Cadwell Park and a Newcomer’s race at Oulton. His machine is a 1959 Manx model
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, p.24.)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1964 Junior TT382:42:58.6083.35Norton
1963 Senior TTRMatchless
1963 Junior TTRNorton
1962 Junior MGP102:41:15.0084.24Norton
1961 Junior MGPRNorton
1960 Junior MGPRNorton

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