Classic Racer

ROLAND PIKE

Roland Pike’s race debut in May 1935, just a month before his 21st birthday, was on a 250 MOV Velocette at a Brooklands Clubman’s Day meeting.

His first Rudge, acquired in August 1936, was a well-used four-valve TT Replica, and so began a long and successful association with the marque that both he and his brother Stan enjoyed right up until the early 1950s, some

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