Simon E. Sandys-Winsch (1926 – 18 June 1954, died at the

Highlander, Isle of Man Highlander (in gv, Keeill Brisht – ''The Broken Church'') is situated between the 5th and 6th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road in the parish ...

)''Isle of Man Examiner page 7 23 June 1954 was an English professional motorcycle racer, who became the 48th person to be killed on the

Snaefell Mountain Course The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''TT Course'' is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the sep ...

when he crashed on 18 June at the Highlander on the first lap of the Senior TT during the

1954 Isle of Man TT The 1954 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the second race in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and proved highly controversial for TT Course and race changes. The 1954 Junior TT was the first race where the official race distance was re ...

. From Brundell, Norfolk, in 1947 he started a long-serving term with the RAF. While he was stationed in Germany he became a well-known competitor in Continental competitions and finished 5th in the 1951 Junior

Dutch TT The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the ''TT Assen'', is an annual Dutch motorsport event established in 1925 for road racing motorcycles held on the TT Circuit Assen, also known as the ‘Cathedral of Speed'. The event attained world champ ...

at Assen. Sandys-Winsch also came joint 16th in the

1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the third F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 Apri ...

with two points, gained in the 350 cc section.

1954 Isle of Man TT

The start of the Senior race was already delayed for at least an hour and a half due to bad weather and increasingly poor visibility. When the race finally started, Sandys-Winsch came off his 350 cc Junior class Velocette machine due to his speed and the wet conditions. The race was shortened to only four laps because of the weather and the fatal accident. Eight other people were seriously injured in this race.

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