Tom Walker
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Age 29, Tom Walker is a fitter and comes from Scunthorpe, Lincs. He has had 5 years' road racing experience and rode in the 350 c.c. Newcomers Race in 1957, finishing 47th at 69.41 m.p.h. He rode again in the 1958 350 c.c. Snaefell race, but was a non-finisher. In 1959 he finished 59th in the Junior on a B.S.A., but last year he retired on the second lap of the Senior.
His machine for this year's Senior is a 1958 Manx Norton which, he says, was originally tuned by F. Beart. Hobby: "Making Fans for Fan Dancers." (TT Special, 7 September 1961, p.13)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Senior TT | R | Triumph | ||
| 1968 Production 500 TT | 9 | 1:30:15.00 | 75.26 | Triumph |
| 1968 Junior TT | R | Norton | ||
| 1967 Senior TT | R | BSA | ||
| 1967 Junior TT | R | BSA | ||
| 1963 Senior TT | R | Norton | ||
| 1963 Junior TT | 25 | 2:53:04.40 | 78.49 | BSA |
| 1962 Senior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1961 Senior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1960 Senior MGP | R | Norton | ||
| 1959 Junior MGP | 59 | 2:55:32.00 | 77.39 | BSA |
| 1958 Junior Snaefell MGP | R | BSA | ||
| 1957 Junior Newcomers MGP | 47 | 2:10:27.00 | 69.41 | BSA |