1928 Isle of Man TT

Motorcycle race December 2017 December 2017 In the 1928 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy the newly developed 'positive-stop' foot gear-change by Velocette gave Alec Bennett his fifth TT Race win in the 1928 Junior, in the time of 3 hours, 50 minutes and 52 seconds, at an average speed of 68.65 mi/h km/h on, and setting a lap record at an average speed of 67.19 mi/h km/h on, with his teammate Harold Willis coming second. The 1928 Lightweight TT Race was led from start to finish by Frank Longman on an OK-Supreme motorcycle at an average speed of 62.87 mi/h km/h on. In contrast the 1928 Senior TT Race was held in heavy rain and mist. The bad race conditions produced many retirements and a slow average speed. The eventual winner of the 1928 Senior TT Race was Charlie Dodson, riding a Sunbeam motorcycle, in 4 hours, 11 minutes and 40 seconds, at an average speed of 62.98 mi/h km/h on. Senior TT (500cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1UK Charlie Dodson Sunbeam 62.98 mph 4.11.40.0 2 United Kingdom George Rowley AJS 61.27 4.18.41.0 3United Kingdom Tommy L Hatch Scott 60.89 4.20.18.0 4Ireland Henry Tyrell-Smith Rudge 60.52 4.21.58.0 5Ireland Stanley Woods Norton 60.42 4.22.19.0 6United Kingdom Ted Mellors Norton 59.77 4.25.10.0 7Switzerland Francesco Franconi Sunbeam 59.61 4.25.53.0 8United Kingdom John Duncan Raleigh 59.59 4.26.00.0 9United Kingdom Arthur Warwick P&M 59.15 4.27.58.0 10United Kingdom Bill Quinn Triumph 59.13 4.28.04.0 Junior TT (350cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Alec Bennett Velocette 68.65 mi/h km/h on 3.50.52.0 2United Kingdom Harold J Willis Velocette 67.16 3.56.00.0 3United Kingdom Kenneth Twemlow DOT 66.67 4.08.57.0 4United Kingdom Syd Crabtree Excelsior 63.16 4.10.57.0 5United Kingdom Freddie Hicks Velocette 63.11 4.11.09.0 6United Kingdom George Reynard Royal Enfield 62.9 4.12.00.0 7United Kingdom Cecil Ashby Raleigh 62.2 4.15.19.0 8United Kingdom Sidney Jackson Montgomery 61.8 4.16.13.0 9United Kingdom Bernard Laurence Hieatt Cotton 61.3 4.18.34.0 10United Kingdom Chris Tattersall DOT 60.7 4.21.00.0 Lightweight TT (250cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Frank Longman OK-Supreme 62.9 mph 4.11.59.0 2United Kingdom C S Barrow Royal Enfield 58.92 4.29.01.0 3United Kingdom Edwin Twemlow DOT 58.83 4.29.26.0 4United Kingdom George Himing OK-Supreme 58.4 4.31.30.0 5United Kingdom Cecil Ashby OK Supreme 57.9 4.33.31.0 6United Kingdom Vic Anstice OK Supreme 57.7 4.34.31.0 7United Kingdom Sammy Jones New Imperial 57.1 4.37.38.0 8United Kingdom Jock Porter New Gerrard 56.8 4.39.15.0 9United Kingdom Sid Gleave New Imperial 56.4 4.41.17.0 10United Kingdom Gordon Burney Royal Enfield 55.6 4.45.12.0 External links Detailed race results Isle of Man TT winners Mountain Course map Isle of Man TT 1928 Isle