Quick Facts
- In full:
- James Guthrie
- Born:
- 1897, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- Died:
- 1937, near Chemnitz, Germany (aged 40)
- Awards And Honors:
- Tourist Trophy races
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Jimmie Guthrie
Scottish motorcycle racer
Jimmie Guthrie (born 1897, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland—died 1937, near Chemnitz, Germany) was a Scottish motorcycle-racing champion who won the Tourist Trophy race on the Isle of Man six times. He thought he had won a seventh in 1935 until a recalculation of times revealed he had lost by four seconds.
He set several world records during his career, including the world one-hour mark of 114.092 mph (1935). Two years later, he won the European championships in both the senior and junior classes. Guthrie died in a racing crash. In 1939, a memorial to him was placed on the Tourist Trophy course.
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