1955 Isle of Man TT

Annual motorcycle racing event March 2018 March 2018 Isle of Man TT Isle of Man Snaefell Mountain Course (Senior and Junior)Clypse Course (Ultra Lightweight, Lightweight, Sidecars, Clubmans Senior and Clubmans Junior) Public roads;Mountain Course 60.72 km;Clypse Course 17.63 km 3 8 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy 4–10 June 1955 Isle of Man TT Course (OpenStreetMap).svg Geoff Duke UK Gilera 22:39.0 Geoff Duke UK Gilera Reg Armstrong Ireland Gilera Ken Kavanagh Australia Moto Guzzi Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi 24:03.2 Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi Bob McIntyre UK Norton Cecil Sandford UK Moto Guzzi Bill Lomas UK MV Agusta 8:52.0 Bill Lomas UK MV Agusta Cecil Sandford UK Moto Guzzi Hermann Paul Müller West Germany NSU Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta 9:02.2 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta Giuseppe Lattanzi Italy Mondial Willhelm Noll West Germany BMW Fritz Cron West Germany 9:00.0 Walter Schneider West Germany Hans Strauss West Germany BMW Bill Boddice UK William Storr UK Norton Pip Harris UK Ray Campbell UK Matchless In the 1955 Isle of Man TT the Lightweight 250cc race moved to the 10.75 miles long Clypse Course, also used for the Lightweight 125cc TT race, and the Sidecar TT, and the course was used for these races until 1959. During this period the rest of the TT program remained on the Mountain Circuit. https://web.archive.org/web/20061205015330/http://mcb.net/ttraces/ 5 December 2006 MCB.net The Isle of Man (Retrieved 18 December 2006) In the Junior TT, Norton rider Bob McIntyre led for four of the seven laps, but brake overheating and suspension problems forced him to slow, allowing Bill Lomas on a Moto Guzzi to pass, and go on to victory. Senior TT (500 cc) classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Geoff Duke Gilera 7 2:41:49.8 8 2 IRL Reg Armstrong Gilera 7 +1:59.2 6 3 AUS Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 7 +4:43.0 4 4 GBR Jack Brett Norton 7 +5:49.8 3 5 GBR Bob McIntyre Norton 7 +7:03.4 2 6 IOM Derek Ennett Matchless 7 +9:24.6 1 7 GBR Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 7 +12:05.0 8 GBR Eric Jones Norton 7 +12:55.4 9 GBR Derek Powell Matchless 7 +13:35.4 10 GBR Peter Davey Norton 7 +14:25.2 47 finishers Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 171–172 Junior TT (350 cc) classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 7 2:51:38.2 8 2 GBR Bob McIntyre Norton 7 +1:00.0 6 3 GBR Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 7 +1:24.0 4 4 GBR John Surtees Norton 7 +3:14.0 3 5 AUS Maurice Quincey Norton 7 +4:03.8 2 6 GBR John Hartle Norton 7 +5:16.8 1 7 IOM Derek Ennett AJS 7 +7:00.2 8 ITA Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi 7 +8:46.6 9 NZL Peter Murphy AJS 7 +8:59.8 10 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton 7 +10:23.0 52 finishers Lightweight TT (250 cc) classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Bill Lomas MV Agusta 9 1:21:38.2 8 2 GBR Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 9 +51.2 6 3 FRG Hermann Paul Müller NSU 9 +4:43.4 4 4 GBR Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 9 +8:06.2 3 5 GBR Dave Chadwick R.D. Special 9 +9:07.4 2 6 GBR Bill Webster Velocette 9 +13:27.2 1 7 GBR Phil Carter Norton 9 +15:27.6 8 GBR Bill Maddrick Moto Guzzi 9 +16:16.8 8 finishers Ultra-Lightweight TT (125 cc) classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 1:23:38.2 8 2 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 9 +2.0 6 3 ITA Giuseppe Lattanze Mondial 9 +2:14.8 4 4 GBR Bill Lomas MV Agusta 9 +2:59.6 3 5 GBR Bill Webster MV Agusta 9 +20:35.8 2 6 GBR Ross Porter MV Agusta 9 +22:26.8 1 7 GBR Frank Burman EMC-Puch 9 +22:33.8 8 GBR Len Harfield LCH 9 +27:11.8 16 starters, 8 finishers Source:Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 23 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Sidecar TT classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 FRG Walter Schneider FRG Hans Strauss BMW 9 1:23:14.0 8 2 GBR Bill Boddice GBR William Storr Norton 9 +3:44.6 6 3 GBR Pip Harris GBR Ray Campbell Matchless 9 +5:08.0 4 4 GBR Jackie Beeton GBR Charles Billingham Norton 9 +5:40.0 3 5 GBR Frank Taylor GBR Ron Taylor Norton 9 +8:38.8 2 6 GBR Ernie Walker GBR Dun Roberts Norton 9 +8:42.4 1 7 GBR Fred Hanks GBR E. Donnan Matchless 9 +10:22.4 8 GBR Derek Yorke GBR R. Eden Norton 9 +14:48.0 9 GBR A. H. Skein GBR F. Westaway Norton 9 +18:27.0 10 CHE Fritz Mühlemann CHE K. Tuscher BSA 9 +26:54.0 10 finishers Non-championship races Clubmans Senior TT classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time 1 Eddie Dow BSA 9 1:22:23 2 I. M. Atkinson Triumph 9 +1:08 3 R. Kelly Triumph 9 +2:01 4 P. Ferbrache BSA 9 +2:39 5 D. Andrews BSA 9 +2:58 6 A. H. Mustard BSA 9 +3:01 7 F. Wallis BSA 9 8 G. W. Shekell Triumph 9 9 M. W. Gillingham Triumph 9 10 D. J. Hunt BSA 9 12 finishers Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 159 Clubmans Junior TT classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time 1 Jimmy Buchan BSA 9 1:25:24.0 2 D. Joubert BSA 9 +15.6 3 P. Ferbrache BSA 9 +2:30.8 4 R. Thompson BSA 9 +4:49.0 5 C. McLean BSA 9 +4:50.4 6 W. H. Hocking BSA 9 +4:57.8 7 K. W. James BSA 9 8 D. Jervis BSA 9 9 T. E. Hutchinson BSA 9 10 R. M. Harding BSA 9 12 finishers Isle of Man TT 1955 1955 French Grand Prix 1955 German Grand Prix 1954 Isle of Man TT 1956 Isle of Man TT References External links Senior and Junior TT detailed race results Clubman, Lightweight, and Sidecar detailed race results Isle of Man Tt Tourist Trophy Isle of Man TT Isle of Man TT Category:Isle of Man TT