Percy Tait

Percy Tait
NationalityBritish
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1968 – 1971
First race1968 500 cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last race1971 500 cc Ulster Grand Prix
Team(s)Triumph
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
4 0 2 0 0 33

Percy Tait (9 October 1929 – 17 November 2019)[1] was an English professional motorcycle road racer and senior road tester for Triumph motorcycles,[2] where he was estimated to have covered over a million miles of road testing. He later became a farmer specialising in award-winning rare breeds of sheep.[3][4]

  1. ^ Manx Independent – Manninagh Seyr page 62 FORMER TT FAVORITE PERCY TAIT DIES Isle of Man Newspapers Ltd (2019) Tindle Newspaper Group – Newsprint (Knowsley) Limited  – Thursday 21 November 2019 ISSN 1358-4391
  2. ^ Daily Express page 13 Friday 2 August 1974
  3. ^ "Percy Tait". Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  4. ^ Motor-Cycle News page 10 Thursday 28 November 2019 Bauer Consumer Media ISSN 0027-1853