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1947 Isle of Man TT

Manx road motorcycle racing event

Manx road motorcycle racing event

The 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing, the ACU decided to add three Clubman-class races for production machines in Lightweight, Junior and Senior categories, making the festival a six-race event. It held in 9-13 June.

Harold Daniell won the Senior TT at 82.81 mi/h on a Norton and the Norton team were to dominate the Senior race until 1954. Speeds were somewhat lower than the pre-war races due to the low quality "pool" petrol available, and it would be another three years before Daniell's 1938 lap record was broken. Superchargers were banned for motorcycle racing from 1946, so that may have reduced speed too.

This was an early race appearance for the E90 AJS Porcupine, ridden to ninth in the Senior by Les Graham.

Senior TT (500cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Harold DaniellNorton82.813 mph3:11.22.2
2UK Artie BellNorton82.656 mph3:11.44.2
3United Kingdom Peter GoodmanVelocette82.463 mph3:12.11.0
4United Kingdom Ted FrendNorton81.57 mph3:14.17.4
5United Kingdom Guy NewmanNorton79.638 mph3:19.00.0
6United Kingdom Roy EvansNorton78.051 mph3:23.02.8
7United Kingdom Noel ChristmasNorton78.048 mph3:23.03.2
8United Kingdom Bill BeeversNorton77.56 mph3:24.20.0
9United Kingdom Leslie GrahamAJS77.472 mph3:24.34.0
10United Kingdom Les A DearNorton75.931 mph3:28.43.0

Junior TT (350cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Bob FosterVelocette80.311 mph3:17.20.0
2United Kingdom David WhitworthVelocette78.677 mph3:21.26.0
3United Kingdom Jock WeddellVelocette76.15 mph3:28.07.0
4United Kingdom Peter GoodmanVelocette75.822 mph3:29.00.0
5United Kingdom Les MartinNorton73.964 mph3:30.30.0
6United Kingdom Freddie HudsonNorton76.96 mph3:34.16.0
7United Kingdom Guy NewmanVelocette73.94 mph3:34.19.0
8United Kingdom Tommy WoodVelocette73.28 mph3:36.16.0
9United Kingdom Eric OliverNorton73.00 mph3:37.05.0
10United Kingdom Geoff MurdochNorton72.99 mph3:37.07.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1Ireland Manliff BarringtonMoto Guzzi73.220 mph3:36:26.6
2United Kingdom Maurice CannMoto Guzzi72.972 mph3:37.10.8
3United Kingdom Ben DrinkwaterExcelsior70.139 mph3:45.57.0
4United Kingdom Les ArcherNew Imperial69.805 mph3:47.02.0
5United Kingdom Stan PikeRudge68.559 mph3:51.09.6
6United Kingdom George PatersonNew Imperial68.488 mph3:51.24.0
7Denmark Svend Aage SørensenExcelsior67.775 mph3:53.50.0
8Ireland Paddy JohnstonCTS67.720 mph3:54.01.6
9United Kingdom Les MartinExcelsior67.621 mph3:54.22.0
10United Kingdom Jack BrettExcelsior67.249 mph3:55.39.6

Clubmans Senior TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Eric BriggsNorton78.67 mph1:55.08.0
2United Kingdom Allan JefferiesTriumph75.23 mph2:00.23.0
3United Kingdom Geoff ParsonsAriel71.26 mph2:07.06.0

Clubmans Junior TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Denis ParkinsonNorton70.74 mph2:08.01.0
2United Kingdom Bob PrattNorton68.87 mph2:11.30.0
3United Kingdom Wilf SleightholmeAJS68.28 mph2:12.39.0

Clubmans Lightweight TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Bill McVeighTriumph65.30 mph1.44.02.0
2United Kingdom Basil KeysAJS64.27 mph1.45.42.0
3United Kingdom Les ArcherVelocette63.73 mph1:46.36.0

Notes

  • Major road widening occurred on the Snaefell mountain course at the 33rd Milestone, including the removal of fence posts at road level.

Sources

References

  1. link. (13 March 2007 IOMTT.com 1947 race results (retrieved 29 October 2006))
  2. "Isle of Man Races to Begin on June 9". trove.nla.gov.au.
  3. [http://birminghamuk.com/norton.htm] Birmingham's history (retrieved 29 October 2006)
  4. [http://www.gilera-saturno.com/history.htm] {{Webarchive. link. (14 August 2006 Gilera-Saturno ''Gilera History'' (Retrieved 29 October 2006))
  5. ''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' dated 12 May 1947
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