Bob Foster (motorcyclist)
Robert A. "Bob" Foster ( born March 16, 1911 in Gloucestershire, England; † 22 March 1982) was a British motorcycle racer.
In the season of 1950 he won Velocette on the world title in the 350 cc class of the Motorcycle World Championship.
Career
Bob Foster began his racing career in the 1930s. In 1935, he was on New Imperial at Ulster Grand Prix in Northern Ireland after the German DKW pilot Arthur Geiss European Vice-Champion in the 250 cc class. In 1936 he was his first victory at the legendary Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man win. He won at New Imperial before Henry Tyrell -Smith in the race of the Lightweight TT ( 250 cc class) with a new lap record of 74.28 mph
After the end of World War II, who had Foster forced to interrupt his career, the Junior TT was won by the British in 1947 when the first edition after the war in the 350 cc class on Velocette.
From 1949 started Bob Foster for Velocette in the 350 cc class of the newly created World Motorcycle Championship. In the first year, he finished behind his fellow Freddie Frith and the AJS pilots Reg Armstrong to third world status.
In the season 1950 Foster won with the races in Belgium and in the Netherlands and the Ulster Grand Prix, three of the four World Cup races in which he competed. The Briton secured so, with 30 of 32 possible points, before Norton pilots Geoff Duke the 350cc world title.
After winning the World Championship Bob Foster ended his career in the Motorcycle World Championship and focused on the work in his Moto Guzzi shop in Parkstone, Dorset. Nevertheless, he returned again in 1951 and came back on his trusty bicycle race in the Junior TT sixth place.
In his career, Bob Foster took part in eight Motorcycle Grand Prix, but he was able to celebrate three victories and six podium finishes. In addition, he was able to celebrate two class wins the Tourist Trophy.