John Robert Taylor | |||||||||||||
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Taylor aboard his Fowler Yamaha outfit in 1979 at a guest-appearance when opening a motorcycle shop at Derby, prior to Stars at Darley, a nearby race meeting held annually where a selection of higher-level motorcycle racers compete in a local club event | |||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||
Born | Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland | 9 March 1954||||||||||||
Died | 15 August 1982 Imatra Circuit, Finland | (aged 28)||||||||||||
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Jock Taylor (9 March 1954 – 15 August 1982) was a Scottish World Champion motorcycle sidecar racer.
John Robert (Jock) Taylor was born in Pencaitland, East Lothian, and entered his first sidecar race at the age of 19, as the passenger to Kenny Andrews (1974). The following year, he took part in his first race as a driver. Taylor died in Finland in a racing incident in 1982.[1][2][3]