Ken Swallow
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Junior - A.J.S
Senior - Matchless
Age 32, Ken Swallow has had Grand Prix rides, finishing four times. A representative from Brockholes, near Huddersfield, he has also competed at Scarborough, Cadwell Park, Brough, Dunholme and Esholt. Of 1952 Ken said “This appears to be my lucky year - I have been given two sponsored rides by two 100 per cent, sportsmen, after six hard gruelling years struggling against time and expense in the Manx Grand Prix.”
And he didn’t do too badly either. He didn’t finish high up, but he did finish - 33rd in the Junior on an A.J.S. at 78.29 m.p.h. and 22nd in the Senior on a Norton at 83.29 , with a couple of bronze replicas. Luck deserted him in 1953, for he was a non-finisher in both Junior and Senior races, but last year he did manage to finish in both - 48th in the Junior and 47th in the Senior.
(TT Special, 10 June 1955, p.22.)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 Senior TT | 43 | 3:13:15.00 | 82.01 | Matchless |
| 1955 Junior TT | 44 | 3:22:36.00 | 78.22 | AJS |
| 1954 Senior TT | 47 | 2:05:12.00 | 72.33 | Matchless |
| 1954 Junior TT | 48 | 2:24:15.00 | 78.48 | Norton |
| 1953 Senior TT | R | AJS | ||
| 1953 Junior TT | R | AJS | ||
| 1952 Senior TT | 22 | 3:10:17.00 | 83.29 | Norton |
| 1952 Junior TT | 33 | 3:22:25.00 | 78.29 | AJS |
| 1951 Senior MGP | R | 0 | Norton | |
| 1951 Junior MGP | 53 | 3:26:51.00 | 65.57 | Norton |
| 1950 Junior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1949 Junior MGP | 41 | 3:07:18.00 | 72.53 | Norton |
| 1948 Junior MGP | 43 | 3:16:20.00 | 69.19 | Norton |
| 1947 Senior MGP | 31 | 3:23:11.00 | 66.87 | Norton |
| 1947 Junior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1946 Junior MGP | R | Norton |