Ralph Rensen
Ralph Beverly Rensen was an English Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Rensen was killed on 16 June 1961 while competing in the 1961 Isle of Man TT, aged 28 years. He was born in Liverpool. His father was Dutch and an executive with a firm in Crosby. Ralph attended St Mary's College, Crosby. He is buried in the Borough Cemetery, Douglas Isle Of Man, almost directly opposite the grandstand. From 1953 up to his death in 1961 he competed in every year of the Isle of Man TT. He started his racing career in the Manx Grand Prix of 1953 in the 350cc 'Junior' class but did not finish the race. The race in the 500cc 'Senior' class he finished 33rd. The next year, 1954, he finished in the 350cc in 14th place. From 1955 up to and including 1960 he competed in the Junior TT, the Senior TT and the Ulster Grand Prix. All these years he rode Norton Manx models, except for the 250cc Velocette in 1957 which he failed to finish, and a one-off appearance with the NSU Sportmax of Fron Purslow in 1960, after Purslow had injured himself in training. In 1959 he also started in