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Ellis Boyce

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 29, Ellis Boyce is a farm assistant from Minsterly, Salop. He has raced at many of the short circuits with considerable success, and made his first Island appearance in the 1953 Clubman's TT. In September of the same year he finished 15th in the Junior Manx and a year later, in the same event, he was 19th; in 1955 he was sixth in the Junior race and held third place in the Senior until crashing at Doran's Bend on the fifth lap. In 1956 he finished fourth in the Senior Manx and sixth in the Junior, whilst last year he was second in the Junior at 87.66 mph and broke the lap record in the Senior at 94.06 mph, only to retire on the fifth lap when leading the race. He is generally interested in all forms of sport, particularly motorcycling and cricket.


(TT Special, Tuesday September 09, 1958, p26)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1964 Ultra Lightweight TTRBultaco
1964 Lightweight TTRYamaha
1963 Senior TT102:22:43.8095.17Norton
1963 Junior TT102:41:40.8084.02Norton
1962 Senior TT22:21:06.2096.27Norton
1962 Junior TT92:27:10.4092.3AJS
1961 Senior TT92:20:56.2096.39Norton
1961 Junior TT82:27:07.6092.33AJS
1960 Senior MGP282:41:11.0084.28Norton
1960 Junior MGP12:30:52.0090.04Norton
1959 Senior MGP52:27:47.0091.91Norton
1959 Junior MGP42:34:59.0087.65Norton
1957 Senior MGPR0Norton
1957 Junior MGP22:34:58.0087.66Norton
1956 Senior MGP42:33:12.0088.66Norton
1956 Junior MGP62:38:53.0085.49Norton
1955 Senior MGPR0Norton
1955 Junior MGP62:41:18.0084.22Norton
1954 Senior MGPR0Norton
1954 Junior MGP192:47:36.0081.04Norton
1953 Senior MGPR0Norton
1953 Junior MGP152:49:23.0080.2Norton
1953 Clubman Junior TT342:04:34.0072.7Norton

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