Bob McIntyre

Bob McIntyre was a Scottish motorcycle racer, born in Scotstoun, Glasgow, in 1928. He started in scrambles in 1948 on an Ariel Red Hunter before moving to road racing, and rose through AJS, a Potts Norton privateer ride and finally the four cylinder Gilera works machines. In 1957 he became the first rider to average 100 mph for one lap of the Snaefell Mountain Course at the Isle of Man. He won five motorcycle Grands Prix, three of them at the Isle of Man TT, and four times won the North West 200, and he took the 1959 Race of the Year at Mallory Park. McIntyre died on 15 August 1962, nine days after injuries sustained racing at Oulton Park in Cheshire.