1948 Isle of Man TT

1948 edition of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, a motorcycle competition July 2024 May 2017 In the 1948 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival Harold Daniell, lap record holder since 1938, failed to finish the 1948 Senior TT on his Norton, and victory went to Norton team member, Artie Bell, "the flying Ulsterman". Norton dominated, taking the first three places, losing fourth to Geoff Murdoch's AJS, and then filling the next four places. There were thirty three Nortons in a field of fifty six. Artie Bell also came third in the Junior TT with Freddie Frith taking the flag for first place, and A. R. (Bob) Foster coming second, both on Velocettes. Maurice Cann won the Lightweight with his DOHC 250 cc Moto Guzzi, followed by Roland Pike on a Rudge. Three Clubman races were again included, for the second year, in the festival with the Clubman Senior race allowing entries of motorcycles up to 1,000 cc engine capacity. Later in 1948, at the FICM (later called FIM) meeting in London, it was decided there would be a motorcycle World Championship along Grand Prix lines. It would be a six-race annual series with points for a placing, and a point for the fastest lap of each race. There would be four classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. In the past a Grand Prix had been an individual race. In 1949 for the first time, starting with the Isle of Man TT, a series of Grand Prix races would decide who would be the 1949 World Champion. The 1948 TT also saw the first presentation of the Jimmy Simpson Trophy, awarded to the rider who completed the fastest lap of the meeting.Isle of Man Times, 5 June 1948; Page: 5 Junior TT (350cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Freddie Frith Velocette 81.59 mph 3:14.33.6 2United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette 79.55 mph 3:19.12.6 3UK Artie Bell Norton 78.97 mph 3:20.50.6 4United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton 78.80 mph 3:21.06.8 5United Kingdom Maurice Cann AJS 77.27 mph 3:25.06.6 6United Kingdom Eric Briggs Norton 77.13 mph 3:25.27.6 7United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS 76.97 mph 3:25.54.2 8United Kingdom Eric Oliver Velocette 76.94 mph 3:25.58.8 9United Kingdom S M Miller Norton 76.11 mph 3:28.12.0 10United Kingdom Tommy McEwan AJS 76.06 mph 3:28.20.4 Lightweight TT (250cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi 75.12 mph 3:30:49.0 2United Kingdom Roland Pike Rudge 71.85 mph 3:40.33.2 3United Kingdom Doug St.J Beasley Excelsior 67.68 mph 3:54.09.0 4United Kingdom Ben Drinkwater Moto Guzzi 66.6 mph 3:57.56.2 5United Kingdom Ray Petty New Imperial 66.26 mph 3:59.11.0 6United Kingdom Jock McCredie Excelsior 64.98 mph 4:03:52.2 Clubmans Senior TT Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Jack D Daniells 998 Vincent HRD 80.51 mph 1.52.29.6 2United Kingdom F Phil Heath 998 Vincent HRD 79.58 mph 1:53.49.0 3United Kingdom Cyril A Stevens 490 Norton 76.01 mph 1:59.03.4 Clubmans Junior TT Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Ronnie J Hazlehurst Velocette 70.33 mph 2.08.47.2 2United Kingdom G W Robinson AJS 70.02 mph 2:09.21.6 3United Kingdom Milton Sunderland Norton 69.58 mph 2:10.13.4 Clubmans Lightweight TT Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Monty Lockwood Excelsior 64.93 mph 1.44.37.6 2United Kingdom Bill G Dehany Excelsior 63.35 mph 1:47.13.8 3United Kingdom Ron Carvell Triumph 62.53 mph 1:48.38.0 Senior TT (500cc) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 United Kingdom Artie Bell Norton 84.969 mph 3:06.31.0 2United Kingdom Bill Doran Norton 80.338 mph 3:17.16.0 3United Kingdom Jock A Weddell Norton 79.564 mph 3:19:11.2 4United Kingdom Geoff G Murdoch AJS 78.513 mph 3:21.51.2 5United Kingdom Noel Pope Norton 78.039 mph 3:23.04.8 6United Kingdom C W (Bill) Petch Norton 77.806 mph 3:23.41.2 7United Kingdom Henry Pinnington Norton 77.343 mph 3:24.54.6 8United Kingdom Jack Brett Norton 77.307 mph 3:24.59.8 9Italy Omobono Tenni Moto Guzzi 76.857 mph 3:26.12.2 10United Kingdom Eric Oliver Velocette 76.648 mph 3:26.45.4 References External links Detailed race results Isle of Man TT winners Isle of Man TT 1948 Category:1948 in British motorsport