Raymond Pickrell (16 March 1938 – 20 February 2006) was an English short-circuit motorcycle road racer who won four Isle of Man TT motorcycle races.[1]
Pickrell was born in Harrow Weald, Middlesex.[2]
During his early career, Pickrell rode for tuners/race entrants Francis Beart, Geoff Monty and Paul Dunstall.[3][4]
As a member of the Triumph factory racing team, he rode the famous racing motorcycle named Slippery Sam to victories at the 1971 and 1972 Isle of Man TT races.[2] Pickrell teamed with Percy Tait to win the 1971 Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance race.[2] He died on 20 February 2006.[2]
^"Ray Pickrell Isle of Man TT results". iomtt.com. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ abcd"Ray Pickrell". The Daily Telegraph. London. 1 May 2006. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
^Motor Cycle, 9 March 1967, pp.290-291 and p.302 "Ray Pickrell gave Geoff Monty's Bultaco a spectacular 250 cc win, with more to come". Accessed 1 February 2018
^Recollections of 'Quasimodo', Classic Racer, Winter 1988, pp.6-12 (EMAP) Accessed 24 December 2017)
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25 km/h). Other riders included Mick Grant; and in 1971 Percy Tait and RayPickrell won the Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance race on a Triumph triple. The motorcycles...
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Monza high-speed banked-oval circuit to a record held by Moto Guzzi, RayPickrell practiced by riding a Dunstall Norton road-going motorcycle during a...
team was disadvantaged. The UK won all races and the series 183-137. RayPickrell and Paul Smart were the top scorers. The series was sponsored by John...
Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 RayPickrell Triumph 100.01 mph 1.30.34.0 2 Peter Williams Norton 96.53 mph 1.33.48.8 3 David Nixon Triumph 94.04 mph 1.36...
had joined the Tom Kirby team, leaving Monty as an early sponsor of RayPickrell, providing a 250 cc Bultaco, a 350 cc Aermacchi and his own brand-name...
when a faulty oil pump covered Tait with engine oil. In 1971 Tait and RayPickrell won the Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance race on a Triumph triple. In 1975...
Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 RayPickrell Dunstall Norton 750 Dominator 98.13 mph 1.09.13.2 2 Billie Nelson Norton 94.62 mph 1.11.47.2 3 Tony Smith BSA...
Triumph after a splendid battle with the BSA of RayPickrell and the Norton of Peter Williams. Pickrell gained revenge in the 750cc class of the Production...
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Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-86840-413-4. Pickrell, John (22 March 2018). "Early birds may have been too hefty to sit on their...
Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2007. John Pickrell (7 January 2004). "Did "Little Ice Age" Create Stradivarius Violins' Famous...
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Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014. Pickrell, John (8 July 2003). "Urine vision? How rodents communicate with UV light"...
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