Phillip McCallen

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Phillip McCallen
Phillip in 1992 on his Honda RC30 at Ballaugh Bridge.
Nicknames
Nationality	Northern Irish
TTs contested	11 (1989 - 1999)
TT wins	11
First TT win	1992 Formula One TT
Last TT win	1997 Senior TT
Podiums	19

McCallen at the start of the 1992 Isle of Man TT

McCallen at Gooseneck on the 1992 Isle of Man TT

Phillip McCallen (born Portadown, Armagh^[1]) is a Northern Ireland born former motorcycle racer, now turned to dealer in his retirement from road racing.

McCallen is third in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories, including an unequalled four races in one week in 1996. McCallen also won 5 wins from 6 starts at the 1992 North West 200, and 5 wins in one day at the 1996 Ulster Grand Prix.^[2]

1 Biography
- 1.1 Isle of Man TT
- 1.2 Later career
2 Records
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

McCallen was born within yards of the Tandragee road racing circuit.^[3]

[edit] Isle of Man TT

McCallen is third in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories to his name. His first race was in 1988 at the Manx Grand Prix, the amateur equivalent of the TT.^[4] The 1996 Isle of Man TT was the year where McCallen riding a Honda achieved four wins in a week - a record still unbeaten. He won all of the main races with Jim Moodie and Joey Dunlop picking up the smaller bike wins.

[edit] Later career

McCallen rode his entire career for Honda, and during his career was employed working on research and development in conjunction with Honda. In the later stages of his career, McCallen became general after sales manager for one of the UK's leading motorcycle retailers. McCallen now owns a motorcycle workshop.^[5]

[edit] Records

Third in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories
Held the lap record at Olivers Mount, the Scarborough, North Yorkshire venue for the annual Auto66 club event, from 1994 until 2004. It was broken by Guy Martin ^[6]