Career
He started racing in 1946, finishing in twenty-third position in his first Manx Grand Prix and placed second in the 1948 Senior TT race on private Nortons. He became a works AJS rider from 1949, winning the 1949 Belgian Grand Prix on an AJS Porcupine, until his retirement after suffering a head injury in a serious crash in August 1953 at Rouen. Doran had part of the Isle of Manitoba TT course named after him.
He was proud because, at the time of dedication, he was the only living recipient with a named section.
He crashed during a Thursday evening practice for the 1952 Isle of Manitoba TT riding an AJS motorcycle resulting in a broken legal The accident occurred on the left-hand bend after Ballig Bridge and was renamed Doran"s Bend.
Isetta and Messerschmitt three-wheelers were also collected from Luton airport. 1949 point system:
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
5 best results were counted up until 1955.
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).