1955 Dutch TT

Dutch TT Netherlands Circuit van Drenthe, Assen 4.785 7.700 Public roads 6 8 16 July 1955 Geoff DukeIRL Reg Armstrong UK GileraGilera 3:31.6 Geoff Duke UK Gilera Reg Armstrong Ireland Gilera Umberto Masetti Italy MV Agusta Dickie Dale UK Moto Guzzi 3:34.5 Ken Kavanagh Australia Moto Guzzi Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi Dickie Dale UK Moto Guzzi Bill Lomas UK MV Agusta 3:42.4 Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta Umberto Masetti Italy MV Agusta Hermann Paul Müller West Germany NSU Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta 3:53.4 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Remo Venturi Italy MV Agusta Rudolf Grimas Austria Mondial Cyril Smith UK Norton Stanley Dibben UK 3:51.9 Willi Faust West Germany Karl Remmert West Germany BMW Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron West Germany BMW Bob Mitchell Australia Max George Australia Norton The 1955 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 July 1955 at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen. A new 4.7 mile (7.7 km) circuit had been built at Assen for the Dutch TT; the public road version was no longer used after 1954. This track set the foundation for future Dutch TT's. 500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Geoff Duke Gilera 27 1:37:03.9 8 2 IRL Reg Armstrong Gilera 27 +35.3 6 3 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 27 +2:05.3 4 4 NLD Drikus Veer Gilera 3 5 AUS Bob Brown Matchless 2 6 ZAF 1928 Eddie Grant Norton 1 7 NLD Piet Bakker Norton 8 FRG Hans-Günter Jäger Norton 9 NLD Priem Rozenberg BMW 10 GBR Phil Heath Norton 11 GBR Robin Fitton Norton 12 NLD Piet Knijenburg Matchless 13 NLD Casper Swart Norton 14 ITA Alfredo Milani Gilera 15 NLD Gerrit ten Kate Norton Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 177 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 AUS Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 20 1:13:36.2 8 2 GBR Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 20 +0.2 6 3 GBR Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 20 +0.5 4 4 FRG August Hobl DKW 3 5 FRG Karl Hofmann DKW 2 6 FRG Hans Bartl DKW 1 7 FRG Hans Baltisberger NSU 8 FRG Siegfried Wünsche DKW 9 NLD Lo Simons AJS 10 FRG Heinz Kauert AJS 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 17 1:04:22.4 8 2 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 17 +41.2 6 3 FRG Hermann Paul Müller NSU 17 +43.8 4 4 ITA Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3 5 GBR Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 2 6 GBR Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 1 7 FRG Günter Beer Adler 8 AUS Jack Forrest NSU 9 FRG Kurt Knopf NSU 10 NLD Piet Knijenburg NSU 11 FRG Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 12 NLD Lo Simons NSU 13 FRG Ludwig Malchus NSU 125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 14 57:17.2 8 2 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 14 +0.2 6 3 AUT Rudolf Grimas Mondial 13 +1 lap 4 4 GBR Bill Webster MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 3 5 FRG Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 2 6 FRG Erich Wünsche MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 1 7 NLD Gerrit Dupont MV Agusta 8 NLD Jasper Kaspers Sparta 9 GBR Bill Maddrick MV Agusta 10 NLD Jan Muijlwijk DKW 11 NLD Jan Rietveld Eysink 15 starters, 11 finishers Source:Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 23–24 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 FRG Willi Faust FRG Karl Remmert BMW 14 55:41.1 8 2 FRG Wilhelm Noll FRG Fritz Cron BMW 14 +18.2 6 3 AUS Bob Mitchell AUS Max George Norton 14 +1:31.0 4 4 FRA Jean Murit MAR Francis Flahaut BMW 3 5 FRA Jacques Drion FRG Inge Stoll Norton 2 6 NLD Henk Steman NLD Mappie de Haas BMW 1 7 CHE Roland Benz CHE Jakob Kuchler Norton 8 FRG Loni Neussner ? Norton 9 CHE Hans Haldemann CHE Herbert Läderach Norton References Dutch TT 1955 1955 Belgian Grand Prix 1955 Ulster Grand Prix 1954 Dutch TT 1956 Dutch TT Category:Dutch TT Dutch Tourist Trophy