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Jock Taylor World Champion Motorcycle Sidecar Racer

Scottish born motorcycle sidecar racer, Jock Taylor and his passenger Benga Johannson won the world championship in 1980. In 1982 Jock Taylor and Benga Johannson raised the Sidecar lap record on the Isle of Mann to 108.29mph, a lap record which stood for 7 years.

He was killed in the 1982 Finnish Grand Prix.

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