Motor Racing, Freddie Dixon (b/w photo)

Motor Racing, Freddie Dixon. Freddie Dixon, short burly genial Middlesbrough motor cyclist, burst into car racing fame in the Tourist Trophy Race of 1932, when he led for four hours and then crashed. He won Mannin Beg, 1933, and Brooklands 500 miles, 1934. Enjoyed great year in 1935, when he won the Ulster Tourist Trophy (he is shown after this victory) and Empire Trophy, and was runner-up in the Mannin Beg and International Trophy races. As motor-cyclist won Tourist Trophies in 1923 and 1927. Very clever engineer and largely responsible for design of his cars. Illustration for Photocard issued by Ardath Tobacco in c.1936.