Jimmie Guthrie

James Guthrie, known as Jimmie, was born on 23 May 1897 and died on 8 August 1937. He was a Scottish motorcycle racer and garage proprietor from Hawick in Roxburghshire, nicknamed the Flying Scotsman for a hard-charging riding style. Racing for the works Norton team, he won 14 European Continental Grand Prix races between 1934 and 1937 out of 19 European Grand Prix victories in total, and he won the 500cc European championship in three consecutive years as well as the 350cc category in 1937. He also won the North West 200 three times in the 1930s and took six wins at the Isle of Man TT. He died after crashing while leading the 1937 German Grand Prix on the last lap.