Jack Sparrow
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Mount: Lightweight – Excelsior
Age 33, depot manager at a motor-cycle agency in Shrewsbury. Jack Sparrow rode at short circuit meetings before the war, including Park Hall, Oswestry, and Donington Park. Although he is no newcomer to the T.T., he has ridden in the “Manx” and finished thirteenth in 1948 Lightweight race. Hobbies: “Looking after motor-cyclists’ interests in Shrewsbury.
His Excelsior is a genuine 1939 “works” machine with spring frame and B.R.B.R. motor, and has been used with some success since 1946 by Harold Kirby. Jack has brought it up-to-date with cone hubs, and modified oiling, rocker gear, etc.
He is his own entrant.
(TT Special, 6 June 1951, p.8.)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 Junior TT | R | AJS | ||
| 1954 Lightweight TT | 16 | 1:41:38.00 | 66.83 | Excelsior |
| 1953 Lightweight TT | R | Excelsior | ||
| 1952 Lightweight TT | 21 | 2:20:55.00 | 64.27 | Excelsior |
| 1951 Lightweight TT | 15 | 2:37:15.00 | 57.59 | Excelsior |
| 1948 Lightweight MGP | R | Excelsior |