František Juhan

František Juhan (1914-1992[1]) was a Czech born motorcycle racer in speedway, road racing and trials.[2][3]

Career

He has won the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in 1938 and member of the 1937 medal winning Czechoslovakian Six Days Trials Team.

He was brother of the famous Porsche racer and Pan America champion Jaroslav Juhan. Jaroslave also raced a Ferrari Testarossa 250TR in 1958 at Le Mans.[4]

Juhan raced most of the historic brands of the era including Jawa, Vincent, Gilera, Moto Guzzi and MV Agusta.

He immigrated to Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), where he became a businessman. He founded the award-winning Honda Centre in 1965.[5]

Franta Juhan raced in the Isle of Man TT in 1935 and 1938. In 1938 he raced a Velocette.

In 1948, he won the Grand Prix of Europe in Bern (Switzerland), riding a Velocette KTT 350 in which he set a new lap record.

References
  1. Procházka, Hubert: Jawa 250/350 Pérák, Grada Publishing a.s., 2009 (ISBN 9788024723228), pp. 117-118 (in Czech)
  2. https://roadracing.webnode.cz/news/czech-riders-on-isle-of-man-tt/
  3. http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20COURSES%20INTER/MOTO%20SUISSE.htm
  4. http://www.panamericanarally.cz/en/jaroslav-juhan
  5. http://hondacentre.com/honda-centre-history-1/
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