John Grace

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 35, Johnny Grace hails from Gibraltar, and over a number of seasons he has achieved a formidable reputation in races in Southern Europe and North Africa. He is no stranger to the Island, for he first rode in the T.T. in 1952, when he was 15th in the Junior race and 16th in the Senior.
1953 found Johnny finishing 18th in the Junior and 10th in the Senior, while Continental successes that year included the Grand Prix de Navarre and the Madrid G.P. For 1954 he brought over a brace of Nortons, and in addition he was an official Montesa entry in the 125 c.c. race; he was 20th in the Junior TT., and seventh in the Clypse circuit 125 c.c. event — incidentally on the only two-stroke to last the race out.
In 1955 Grace was again winner of the G.P. de Navarre, and was second (to Francisco Gonzalez.) in the Grand Prix of Portugal. He had bad luck in the 1956 T.T., for he retired in both 125 c.c. and Senior races. He entered for the T.T. again last year—having been an "absentee" from 1957 to 1959—but his luck was out, for he retired on the first lap of the 125 c.c. race. (TT Special, 12 June 1961, p. 27)

Nationality: Gilbraltarian

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