1948 Isle of Man TT

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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 entires of bikes 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 being awarded 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.

Contents 1 Senior TT (500cc) 2 Junior TT (350cc) 3 Lightweight TT (250cc) 4 Clubmans Senior TT 5 Clubmans Junior TT 6 Clubmans Lightweight TT 7 External links

[edit] Senior TT (500cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Artie Bell	Norton	84.969 mph	3:06:31	+0:00
2	Bill Doran	Norton	80.338	3:17:16	+ 10:45
3	J A Weddell	Norton	79.564	3:19:11.2	+ 12:40.2
4	Geoff G Murdoch	AJS	78.513	3:21:51.2	+ 15:20.2
5	Noel B Pope	Norton	78.039	3:23:04.8	+ 16:33.8
6	C W Petch	Norton	77.806	3:23:41.2	+ 17:09.2
7	Henry Pinnington	Norton	77.343	3:24:54.6	+ 18:33.8
8	Jack Brett	Norton	77.307	3:24:59.8	+ 18:39
9	Omobono Tenni	Moto Guzzi	76.857	3:26:12.2	+ 19:41.2
10	Eric Oliver	Velocette	76.648	3:26:45.4	+ 20:14.4

[edit] Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Freddie Frith	Velocette	81.59 mph	3:14:33.6	+ 0:00
2	Bob Foster	Velocette	79.55	3:19.12.6	+ 4:39
3	Artie Bell	Norton	78.97	3:20:50.6	+ 6.17
4	Johnny Lockett	Norton	78.8	3:21:06.8	+ 6:33.2
5	Maurice Cann	AJS	77.27	3:25:06.6	+ 10:33
6	Eric Briggs	Norton	77.13	3:25:27.6	+ 10:54
7	Leslie Graham	AJS	76.97	3:25:54.2	+ 11:20.6
8	Eric Oliver	Velocette	76.94	3:25:58.8	+ 11:25.2
9	S M Miller	Norton	76.11	3:28:12.0	+ 13:38.4
10	Tommy McEwan	AJS	76.06	3:28:20.4	+ 13:46.8

[edit] Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	75.12 mph	3:30:49.0	+ 0:00
2	Roland Pike	Rudge	71.85	3:40:33.2	+ 9:44.2
3	D St J Beasley	Excelsior	67.68	3:54:09.0	+ 23:20
4	Ben Drinkwater	Moto Guzzi	66.6	3:57:56.2	+ 27:07.2
5	Ray Petty	New Imperial	66.26	3:59:11.0	+ 28:22
6	J McCredie	Excelsior	64.98	4:03:52.2	+ 33:03.2
7	Manliff Barrington	Moto Guzzi	0	DNF
8	Len Bayliss	LB Special	0	DNF
9	H. Carter	Excelsior	0	DNF
10	Harold Hartley	Rudge	0	DNF

[edit] Clubmans Senior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	J D Daniells	998 Vincent HRD	80.51 mph	1.52.29.6
2	F Phil Heath	998 Vincent HRD	79.58	1:53.49.0
3	C A Stevens	490 Norton	76.01	1:59.03.4

[edit] Clubmans Junior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	R J Hazlehurst	Velocette	70.33 mph	2.08.47.2
2	G W Robinson	AJS	70.02	2:09.21.6
3	Milton Sunderland	Norton	69.58	2:10.13.4

[edit] Clubmans Lightweight TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	M Lockwood	Excelsior	64.93 mph	1.44.37.6
2	W G Dehany	Excelsior	63.35	1:47.13.8
3	R Carvill	Triumph	62.53	1:48.38.0

[edit] External links

• Detailed race results
• Isle of Man TT winners