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Derek Russell

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Age 27, Derek Barry Russell is a tool-room foreman and comes from Birkdale, Southport. He rode in the T.T. for the first time last year but he had had some experience of short circuits such as Aintree and Cadwell Park. In last year's Senior he finished 26th at exactly 90 miles per hour and won a Bronze Replica. He is entered by G. E. Leigh (Motor Cycles) Ltd., of Southport. Hobbies: Physical training, football and swimming. (TT Special, 16 June 1961, p. 13.)

Competed in

RacePositionTimeSpeedMachine
1961 Senior TTRNorton
1960 Senior TT262:30:55.8090Norton
1959 Senior MGPR0Norton
1958 Junior Snaefell MGPR0Norton

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