1949 Isle of Man TT

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The 1949 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival were the first races of Grand Prix World Championship that were held in the Isle of Man.^[1]

At the FICM (later called FIM) meeting in London near the end of 1948, 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, a series of Grand Prix races would decide who would be the 1949 World Champion that year.

Harold L Daniell, on a Norton, won the 500 cc Senior TT event at 86.93 mph while Freddie Frith Velocette won the 350cc race at 83.15 mph. M. Barrington Moto Guzzi took the 250 cc race at 77.96 mph. Les Graham on an AJS Porcupine 500cc twin, led the Senior race until the last lap, when his magneto drive sheared. He had to push the bike past the finish line, and gained 10th place for his effort. The fact that he had finished gave him one championship point for recording the fastest lap and he went on to win the 500 cc World Championship that year while Freddie Frith became 350 cc champion.

Four Clubman races were included in this year's festival; the previous Clubmans Senior, Clubmans Junior, Clubmans Lightweight, and the new Clubmans 1,000 cc.

Contents 1 Senior TT (500cc) 2 Junior TT (350cc) 3 Lightweight TT (250cc) 4 Clubmans 1000 TT 5 Clubmans Senior TT 6 Clubmans Junior TT 7 Clubmans Lightweight TT 8 Sources 9 External links

[edit] Senior TT (500cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Harold L Daniell	Norton	86.93 mph	3:02:18.6	+ 0:00
2	Johnny Lockett	Norton	86.19	3:03:52.4	+1:33.8
3	Ernie Lyons	Velocette	85.5	3:05:22.0	+3:03.4
4	Artie Bell	Norton	83.83	3:09:03.0	+6:44.4
5	Syd Jensen	Triumph	83.17	3:10:33.0	+8:14.4
6	C. Stevens	Triumph	82.9	3:11:01.2	+8:42.6
7	Reg Armstrong	AJS	82.64	3:11:46.6	+9:28.0
8	Bill Doran	AJS	82.51	3:12:04.4	+9:45.8
9	Harry Hinton	Norton	81.78	3:13:47.2	+11:28.6
10	Leslie Graham	AJS	81.64	3:14:17.4	+11:58.8

[edit] Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Freddie Frith	Velocette	83.15 mph	3:10:26.0	+ 0:00
2	Ernie Lyons	Velocette	82.92	3:11:08.0	+42.0
3	Artie Bell	Norton	82.62	3:11:49.0	+1:23.0
4	Harold Daniell	Norton	82.59	3:11:52.2	+1:26.2
5	Reg Armstrong	AJS	82.34	3:12:28.0	+2:02.0
6	Bob Foster	Velocette	82.29	3:12:35.2	+2:09.2
7	Johnny Lockett	Norton	82.22	3:12:45.2	+2:19.2
8	Ted Frend	AJS	81.03	3:15:34.8	+5:08.8
9	Eric Briggs	Velocette	79.81	3:18:34.4	+8:08.4
10	Tommy McEwan	Velocette	79.53	3:19:17.0	+8:51.0

[edit] Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Manliff Barrington	Moto Guzzi	77.99 mph	3:23:13.2	+ 0:00
2	Tommy L Wood	Moto Guzzi	77.91	3:23:25.8	+12.6
3	Roland Pike	Rudge	72.79	3:37:42.6	+14:29.4
4	Ronald Mead	Mead-Norton	72.68	3:41:06.6	+17:53.4
5	Sven-Aage Sørensen	Excelsior	71	3:43:12.0	+19:58.8
6	Ernie Thomas	Moto Guzzi	70.71	3:44:08.6	+20:55.4
7	W. Pike	Rudge	69.08	3:49:25.2	+26:12.0
8	Len Bayliss	LB Special	68.84	3:50:14.0	+27:00.8
9	R. Edwards	CTS	68.61	3:50:59.6	+27:46.4
10	Ray Petty	New Imperial	68.14	3:52:35.0	+29:21.8

[edit] Clubmans 1000 TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	D G Lashmar	Vincent	76.3 mph	1.29.01.8
2	J N P Wright	Vincent	72.68	1.33.27.6
3	P C Wilson	Vincent	72.19	1.34.06.6

[edit] Clubmans Senior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	82.97 mph	1.21.53.0
2	Allan Jefferies	Triumph	80.79	1.24.04.0
3	L Starr	Triumph	76.15	1.29.13.2

[edit] Clubmans Junior TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Harold Clark	BSA	75.18 mph	1.30.21.6
2	J Simister	Norton	74.51	1.31.11.0
3	A Taylor	Norton	74.32	1.31.24.6

[edit] Clubmans Lightweight TT

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	C V Taft	Excelsior	68.11 mph	1.06.30.2
2	D A Ritchie	Velocette	67.43	1.07.10.2
3	B J Hargreaves	Velocette	66.84	1.07.45.2

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links

• Detailed race results
• Isle of Man TT winners