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| name = Alec Bennett | nationality = Irish-Canadian | birth_date = 1897 | death_date = {{Death year and age|1973|1897}} | TT Contested = 10 (1921-1929, 1932) | TT Wins = 5 | TT First win = 1922 Senior TT | TT Last win = 1928 Junior TT | TT Podiums = 8 }} Alec Bennett (1897–1973) was an Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer famous for motorcycle Grand Prix wins and five career wins at the Isle of Man TT races. BiographyA native of Craigantlet in Ireland's County Down, Bennett emigrated with his parents to Canada at a very young age. He did not return to the United Kingdom until active duty with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when he served as a dispatch rider and later as fighter pilot.[1] After racing with the works Norton team and also with the factory Sunbeam and Velocette teams, Bennett retired from motorcycle racing in the 1930s to concentrate on his retail motor-trade business in Southampton, Hampshire.[2] Isle of Man TT Race CareerTT victories
TT career summary
Sources1. ^McDiarmid, Mac. The Magic of the TT Races 2. ^Davison, G. S., editor. (1930). TT Special External links
8 : Irish motorcycle racers|Isle of Man TT riders|Irish emigrants to Canada (before 1923)|Canadian military personnel of World War I|Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent|People from County Down|1897 births|1973 deaths |
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