| 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 | 9 March 1954 Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 1982 (aged 28) Imatra Circuit, Finland | ||||||||||||
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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]
- ^ Liverpool Echo page 14 Monday 16 August 1982
- ^ "Sidecar hero Jock Taylor". International Motorcycling Federation. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "The death of Jock Taylor at the Finnish Grand Prix has robbed motorcycle sport of one of its most outstanding figures". Motorcycle Sport, October 1982, p.2. Accessed 15 September 2022