Dave Simmonds
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Dave Simmonds was a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Grand Prix world championships from 1963 to 1972. Simmonds is notable for winning the 1969 125 cc FIM road
Simmonds standing behind his historic 1971 Kawasaki triple 500 cc Grand Prix race machine with a special frame by Ken Sprayson, Development Engineer of Reynolds Tubes
Cees van Dongen (29), leads the 1969 Dutch TT ahead of Kent Andersson (23), Dieter Braun (7) and an obscured rider while the eventual winner, Simmonds pursues from the rear.
Simmonds crossing the finish line to win the 1969 125cc Dutch TT.
Jack Findlay
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Cyril John Findlay was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He is noted for having one of the longest racing careers in Grand Prix history spanning 20 years, as well as one of
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…non-championship motorcycle race at Rungis near Paris, Simmonds was killed in a fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder in a caravan owned by fellow racer Jack Findlay. Mistakenly thinking that Findlay's mother was inside the caravan, Simmonds rushed to help just as the gas cylinder exploded, engulfing him in flames…
Findlay in the 1970s working on a watercooled twin