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Ken Barfoot

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 32, Ken Barfoot comes from Liverpool, and is employed in the Fire Service. He has had considerable short circuit experience and has won over 24 cups and awards for successes at Alton Towers, Aintree, Kirkby Mallory, Omaston Manor, Oulton Park, Rhydymwyn, etc. He rode in last year's 350 c.c. Snaefell race and finished tenth at 79.31 mph. This placing earned him a ride in the Junior Manx in which he finished 41st - after coming off three times in the last lap! His maching is an ex-Terry Shepherd model. Hobbies "All the vices (the lot)!"


(TT Special, Tuesday, September 08, 1959, p26)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1959 Senior MGP232:37:09.0086.43Norton
1958 Junior Snaefell MGP101:54:11.0079.31Norton
1958 Junior MGP412:52:13.0078.87Norton
1954 Clubman Junior TT362:10:07.0069.6BSA

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