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Bill Fulton

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Mounts: Junior – Norton
Senior – Norton

Age 32, William Fulton comes from Liverpool and is an insurance agent. This is his fifth racing season, his experience being gained mostly at short circuit races such as Rhydymwyn, Oulton Park and Aintree.
He rode in the 1956 Manx but retired in each race. In 1957 he finished 27th in the Junior, only just outside replica time, but retired on the fifth lap of the Senior. In 1958 he was 12th in the Junior and 18th in the Senior on the same 350 c.c. Norton, collecting a couple of replicas. For this performance – the best by a resident Cheshire Centre rider in the Manx – Bill was awarded the Brian Jackson Memorial Trophy. In last year’s Junior, riding the same machine, he finished 17th; in the Senior he was 16th – winning replicas in each case, and also the Brian Jackson Memorial Trophy.

Hobby: “Trying to find a way of persuading the Trade Barons to give me some financial support – and looking for a sponsor.”
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, p.8.)

Age 30, William Fulton comes from Liverpool and is an insurance agent. This is his third racing season, his experience being gained mostly at short circuit races such as Rhydymwyn, Oulton Park and Aintree. He rode in the 1956 Manx but retired in each race. Last year he finished 27th in the Junior, only just outside replica time but retired on the fifth lap of the Senior. Hobby: Piano playing in a city restaurant to help subsidise his racing. ("Racing on a piano string")

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1982 Senior 350 TTRYamaha
1982 Formula 1 TTRBSA
1982 Classic TTRYamaha
1981 Senior TTRYamaha
1980 Senior TTRYamaha
1980 Formula 1 TTRBSA
1979 Senior TTRYamaha
1979 Formula 1 TT332:30:37.4090.17BSA
1979 Classic TTRBSA
1978 Senior TTRYamaha
1978 Classic TTRYamaha
1977 Jubilee TTRBSA
1977 Formula 1 TT322:02:09.6074.12BSA
1976 Senior TTRYamaha
1976 Junior TT412:10:00.6087.06Yamaha
1976 Classic TTRBSA
1974 Senior TTRFSR
1974 Junior TTRYamaha
1974 Formula 750 TT192:29:29.8090.85BSA
1973 Senior TTRFSR
1973 Junior TT232:05:41.2090.05Yamaha
1973 Formula 750 TTRBSA
1972 Senior TTRMatchless
1972 Junior TTRYamsel
1972 Formula 750 TTRBSA
1971 Senior TTRMatchless
1971 Lightweight TTRYamaha
1971 Junior TTRYamsel
1969 Senior TTRNorton
1969 Junior TT492:52:04.8078.95Norton
1968 Senior TTRNorton
1967 Senior MGPRNorton
1967 Junior MGP72:51:56.0079.01Norton
1966 Senior MGPRNorton
1966 Junior MGPRAJS
1965 Senior MGPRNorton
1965 Junior MGP182:41:52.0083.92AJS
1964 Senior MGPRMatchless
1964 Junior MGP52:31:44.0089.53AJS
1963 Senior MGPRNorton
1963 Junior MGPRNorton
1962 Senior MGP122:37:33.0086.22Norton
1962 Junior MGP192:44:41.0082.49Norton
1961 Senior MGP252:35:04.0087.6Norton
1961 Junior MGP313:07:06.0072.6Norton
1960 Senior MGP222:36:58.0086.54Norton
1960 Junior MGP142:37:41.0086.15Norton
1959 Senior MGP162:33:07.0088.71Norton
1959 Junior MGP172:38:36.0085.64Norton
1958 Senior MGP182:40:05.0084.86Norton
1958 Junior MGP122:40:39.0084.56Norton
1957 Senior MGPRNorton
1957 Junior MGP272:48:15.0080.73Norton
1956 Senior MGPRBSA
1956 Junior MGPRBSA

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