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Alan Lawton

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 28, Alan Lawton is a fitter and comes from Runcorn, Cheshire. He has raced at Aintree, Oulton Park, Thornaby and Rhydymwyn, with second and fourth places on the latter circuit, and was also fifth in the 1959 Carrowdore "100". Last year was his first "Manx" and he finished 42nd in the Junior race at 79.06 m.p.h. His machine is "just a standard 1958 Manx."
Hobbies: "No time available to indulge in rock-climbing, archery, canoe-ing, fishing, etc."
(TT Special, 7 September 1961)

Junior – B.S.A.
Age 27, Alan Lawton is a fitter and comes from Runcorn, Cheshire. He has raced at Aintree, Oulton Park, Thornaby and Rhydymwyn with second and fourth places on the latter circuit, and was also fifth in last year’s Carrowdore “100.” His machine is a 1956 Gold Star.

Hobbies: Rock climbing, canoeing, shooting, camping and archery – “all in small quantities these days.”
(TT Special, 8 September 1960, p.9.)

Name Variant: Alan *Lawton

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1990 Senior Classic MGPRNorton
1987 Senior TTRSuzuki
1987 Senior Classic MGPRNorton
1987 Junior TT202:15:56.0099.92Yamaha
1986 Junior TTRYamaha
1985 Senior Classic MGPRNorton
1985 Junior TTRYamaha
1984 Senior Classic MGP30:47:17.4095.74Norton
1984 Junior TTRYamaha
1983 Senior Classic MGPRNorton
1983 Junior TTRYamaha
1983 350 TTRYamaha
1982 Senior TTRSuzuki
1982 Junior TTRYamaha
1982 Classic TT242:17:37.6098.69Suzuki
1981 Senior TTRYamaha
1981 Junior TT192:21:28.8096Yamaha
1981 Classic TTRYamaha
1980 Senior TTRSuzuki
1980 Junior TT271:39:03.0091.42Yamaha
1980 Classic TTRSuzuki
1979 Senior TT202:13:56.40101.41Yamaha
1979 Junior TT272:19:08.8097.61Yamaha
1979 Classic TTRYamaha
1978 Senior TT302:17:04.6099.08Yamaha
1978 Junior TT292:05:15.6090.36Yamaha
1978 Classic TTRYamaha
1977 Senior TT261:59:47.6094.48Yamaha
1977 Jubilee TTRYamaha
1977 Classic TT242:17:09.2099.03Yamaha
1976 Senior TTRNorton
1976 Junior TT352:01:27.8093.18Yamaha
1976 Classic TT252:24:02.0094.27Yamaha
1974 Senior TT172:11:34.2086.03Norton
1974 Junior TT452:07:09.2089.01Norton
1973 Senior TT122:24:54.2093.73Norton
1973 Junior TTRNorton
1972 Senior TTRNorton
1972 Junior TT142:07:18.0088.92Norton
1971 Senior TT132:29:38.2090.78Norton
1971 Junior TTRNorton
1970 Senior TT142:29:37.4090.79Norton
1970 Junior TT272:36:32.6086.78Norton
1969 Senior TTRNorton
1969 Junior TT212:32:39.0088.99Norton
1968 Senior TT162:28:17.0091.61Norton
1968 Junior TTRNorton
1967 Senior TTRNorton
1967 Junior TTRNorton
1966 Senior MGP102:32:17.0089.2Norton
1966 Junior MGPRNorton
1965 Senior MGP312:54:56.0077.65Norton
1965 Junior MGP92:34:16.0088.06Norton
1964 Senior MGP152:36:16.0086.93Norton
1964 Junior MGPRNorton
1963 Junior MGP222:37:05.0086.48Norton
1962 Junior MGP232:46:15.0081.71Norton
1961 Junior MGPRNorton
1960 Junior MGP422:51:49.0079.06BSA

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