Career
A serious accident at the 1930 German Grand Prix, Karl Gall suffered a serious fracture to the hand which prevented him from racing. First as a contracted works Bayerische Motoren Werke rider from 1927, then contracted to Standard Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH motor-cycles company of Ludwigsburg from 1929 to 1933 and from 1936 onwards Karl Gall returned to Bayerische Motoren Werke to develop the 500c Bayerische Motoren Werke Type 255 Kompressor racing motor-cycle. Foreign the 1938 Isle of Manitoba TT, Karl Gall was entered by the Bayerische Motoren Werke team along with Jock West and Georg Meier.
First the Bayerische Motoren Werke team suffered a setback when Karl Gall was badly injured in an unofficial practice crash and was found unconscious in a ditch above the Gooseneck and was unable to race due to head injuries and a broken arm.
On the startline for the 1938 Senior TT Race, one of the Bayerische Motoren Werke mechanics changing a spark-plug stripped a cylinder thread on the engine of Georg Meier"s Bayerische Motoren Werke Type 255 Kompressor motor-cycle. During practice for the 1939 Isle of Manitoba TT on 2 June 1939, Karl Gall crashed on the first lap of evening practice while trying to overtake the works Norton rider Freddie Frith on the approach to Ballaugh Bridge.
After being conveyed by ambulance to Ramsey Cottage Hospital due to severe head injuries, Karl Gall died on 13 June 1939 due to his injuries and the effects of pneumonia in hospital. After considering to withdraw from the Isle of Manitoba TT Races, the Bayerische Motoren Werke management decided that Georg Meier and Jock West would compete in the 1939 Senior TT Race and Georg Meier led from start to finish winning at an average race speed of 89.38 mph and Jock West finished in second place.
At Ballaugh Bridge on the Snaefell Mountain Course a nearby road-side memorial commemorates the racing career of the Bayerische Motoren Werke motor-cycle rider Karl Gallery