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1953 Isle of Man TT

Annual motorcycle racing event

Annual motorcycle racing event

The 1953 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw Ray Amm (Rhodesia) win both Senior and Junior TT races. Bob McIntyre retired for his first TT, the Junior.

The event was marred by the death of five people, including the first ever 500cc motorcycle world champion, Leslie Graham, who was killed at Bray Hill during the Senior TT. Graham had won his first ever TT race, the Ultra Lightweight TT, the day before. As a sign of respect, his team, MV Agusta, withdrew from the rest of the event.

Senior TT (500cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1Rhodesia and Nyasaland Ray AmmNorton93.85 mph2.48.51.8
2United Kingdom Jack BrettNorton93.742:49.03.8
3Ireland Reg ArmstrongGilera93.622:49.16.8
4New Zealand Rod ColemanAJS92.772:50.49.6
5United Kingdom Bill DoranAJS90.862:54.25.0
6United Kingdom Peter DaveyNorton86.973:02.13.0
7United Kingdom Ted FrendNorton86.723:02.44.6
8United Kingdom Robin SherryAJS86.53:03.13.4
9United Kingdom Harry PearceMatchless86.383:03.28.4
10United Kingdom John GraceNorton85.543:05.15.8

Junior TT (350cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1Rhodesia and Nyasaland Ray AmmNorton90.52 mph2:55.05.0
2Australia Ken KavanaghNorton90.442:55.14.6
3United Kingdom Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi89.412:57.40.6
4United Kingdom Jack BrettNorton88.72:58.40.4
5United Kingdom Bill DoranAJS86.93:02.21.0
6United Kingdom Derek FarrantAJS86.593:03.02.0
7New Zealand Ken MudfordAJS85.493:05.23.0
8United Kingdom George MurphyAJS84.393:07.48.2
9United Kingdom Phil CarterAJS84.283:08.02.6
10United Kingdom Harold ClarkAJS93.723:09.18.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTimeGap
1United Kingdom Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi84.73 mph1.46.53.0
2Germany Werner HaasNSU84.521:47.10.0+ 17.0
3Germany Siegfried WunscheDKW81.341:51.20.0+ 4:27.0
4United Kingdom Arthur WheelerMoto Guzzi80.381:52.40.0+ 5:47.0
5United Kingdom Syd WillisVelocette75.382:00.08.0+ 13:15.0
6United Kingdom Tommy WoodMoto Guzzi74.822:01.02.0+ 14:09.0
7United Kingdom Ray PettyNorton74.672:01.17.0+ 14:24.0
8United Kingdom Albert JonesM&F Excelsior72.262:05.20.0+ 18:27.0
9United Kingdom Bill WebsterVelocette71.962:05.51.0+ 18:58.0
10United Kingdom Bob GeesonREG71.742:06.14.0+ 19:21.0

Ultra Lightweight TT (125cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTimeGap
1United Kingdom Leslie GrahamMV Agusta77.79 mph1.27.19.0
2Germany Werner HaasNSU77.181:28.00.0+ 41.0
3United Kingdom Cecil SandfordMV Agusta77.151:28.02.0+ 43.0
4Italy Angelo CopetaMV Agusta73.441:32.29.0+ 5:10.0
5United Kingdom Albert JonesMV Agusta67.481:40.39.0+ 13:20.0
6United Kingdom Bill WebsterMV Agusta67.071:41.16.0+ 13:57.0
7United Kingdom Archie FennMondial67.031:41.20.0+ 14:01.0
8United Kingdom Norman WebbMV Agusta65.731:43.20.0+ 16:01.0
9United Kingdom James ThomsonMV Agusta64.711:44.56.0+ 17:37.0
10United Kingdom Fron PurslowMV61.91:49.44.0+ 22:25.0

Clubmans 1000 TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom George DouglassVincent81.54 mph1.51.04.0
2United Kingdom Geoffrey ClarkVincent79.391:54.04.0
3United Kingdom Peter PetersVincent74.242:01.59.0

Clubmans Senior TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Bob KeelerNorton84.14 mph1.20.43.4
2United Kingdom Eddie CrooksNorton83.01.21.49.8
3United Kingdom Alan HolmesNorton82.461.22.22.2

Clubmans Junior TT

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Derek PowellBSA80.17 mph1.52.57.8
2United Kingdom Owen GreenwoodBSA79.231:54.18.0
3United Kingdom Jack BottomleyNorton79.091:54.21.6

Sources

References

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  2. "Insidebikes Rider Of The Week: Leslie Graham - Carole Nash".
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