Mike Kelly
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Age 24, Mike Kelly is a precision engineer from Douglas, Isle of Man. He rode in the 1957 350 c.c. Newcomer's race and finished seventh on his B.S.A. This qualified him for a ride in the Junior M.G.P. the following day, in which he finished 37th. In 1958 he was 13th in the Junior Manx and 6th in the Senior, collecting a couple of replicas and being a member of the winning Club team in each event. In 1959 he was ninth in the Junior and seventh in the Senior, collecting another couple of replicas, and did the same again last year with even better positions - eighth in the Junior and fifth in the Senior.
Hobbies: Football and badminton.
(TT Special, 7 September 1961)
Junior – Norton
Senior – Norton
Age 23, Mike Kelly is a precision engineer from Crosby, Isle of Man. He rode in the 1957 350 c.c. Newcomers' race and finished seventh on his B.S.A. This qualified him for a ride in the Junior M.G.P. the following day, in which he finished 37th. In 1958 he was 13th in the Junior Manx and 6th in the Senior, collecting a couple of replicas and being a member of the winning Club team in each event. Last year he was ninth in the Junior and seventh in the Senior, collecting another couple of replicas.
Hobbies: Football and badminton.
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, p.9.)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Senior MGP | 3 | 2:24:27.00 | 94.04 | Norton |
| 1964 Junior MGP | 4 | 2:30:01.00 | 90.55 | AJS |
| 1963 Senior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1963 Junior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1962 Senior MGP | 5 | 2:31:52.00 | 89.45 | Norton |
| 1962 Junior MGP | 5 | 2:37:00.00 | 86.52 | Norton |
| 1961 Senior MGP | 3 | 2:26:29.00 | 92.73 | Norton |
| 1961 Junior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1960 Senior MGP | 5 | 2:28:18.00 | 91.6 | Norton |
| 1960 Junior MGP | 8 | 2:35:30.00 | 87.35 | Norton |
| 1959 Senior MGP | 7 | 2:29:32.00 | 90.84 | Norton |
| 1959 Junior MGP | 9 | 2:35:52.00 | 87.15 | Norton |
| 1958 Senior MGP | 6 | 2:33:27.00 | 88.52 | Norton |
| 1958 Junior MGP | 13 | 2:40:51.00 | 84.45 | Norton |
| 1957 Junior Newcomers MGP | 7 | 1:51:33.00 | 81.17 | BSA |
| 1957 Junior MGP | 37 | 2:52:20.00 | 78.82 | BSA |