Jimmie Guthrie

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Jimmie Guthrie
Nationality	British
Born	(1897-05-23)23 May 1897 Hawick, Scotland
Died	8 August 1937(1937-08-08) (aged 40) Sachsenring road racing course, near Hohenstein-Ernstthal village, Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1927-1937 First race 1928 German Grand Prix 350 cc Last race 1937 German Grand Prix 500 cc First win 1930 German Grand Prix 350 cc Last win 1937 Belgium Grand Prix 500 cc Team(s) AJS, Norton Championships 4 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 0 19 0 0 0 0 Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 12 (1923, 1927-1937) TT wins 6 First TT win 1930 Lightweight TT Last TT win 1937 Junior TT TT podiums 12

James Guthrie (23 May 1897 – 8 August 1937) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.

A motorcycle garage proprietor and professional motorcycle racer from Hawick Roxburghshire, Jimmie Guthrie was known as the “Flying Scotsman,”^[1] with a hard-charging motor-cycle racing style winning 14 European Continental Grand Prix in a three-year period 1934–1937 out of a total of 19 European Grand Prix victories .^[2]

While racing with the works Norton motorcycle team, Jimmie Guthrie won the 500cc FICM 500cc European motor-cycle championship for three consecutive years 1934–1937 and the 350cc category in 1937. During the 1930s, Jimmie Guthrie won the North West 200 races on three occasions and a further six wins at the Isle of Man TT races.

While leading on the last lap of the 1937 German Motorcycle Grand Prix, Jimmie Guthrie crashed for reasons that are still not entirely clear, speculated to be an incident with another competitor, or a mechanical issue. ^{[3] [4]} He later died later in hospital from the injuries.^[5]