1952 Isle of Man TT

The 1952 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the start of Bob McIntyre's association with the Isle of Man, when he came second in the Junior Clubman TT that year.[1] Irishman Reg Armstrong won his first Senior TT event as well as coming in second in the Junior TT race on a Norton. Armstrong, as a Norton works rider, was back-up to Geoff Duke who came first in the Junior race.[2]

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Senior TT (500cc)[3]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Reg Armstrong Norton 92.97 mph 2.50.28.4
2 Les Graham MV Agusta 92.72 2.50.55.0
3 Ray Amm Norton 92.4 2.51.31.2
4 Rod Coleman AJS 89.71 2.56.39.0
5 Bill Lomas AJS 88.71 2.58.39.0
6 Cromie McCandless Norton 88.61 2.58.51.2
7 George Brown Norton 87.75 3.00.35.8
8 Ken Mudford Norton 87.73 3.00.39.0
9 Albert E Moule Norton 86.74 3.02.41.6
10 Phil H Carter Norton 86.35 3.03.31.8

Junior TT (350cc)[4]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Geoff Duke Norton 90.29 mph 2.55.30.6
2 Reg Armstrong Norton 89.55 2.56.57.8
3 Rod Coleman AJS 88.93 2.58.12.4
4 Bill Lomas AJS 86.26 3.00.41.0
5 Syd Lawton AJS 84.71 3.07.05.0
6 George Brown AJS 84.5 3.07.33.4
7 Cromie McCandless Norton 84.07 3.08.30.4
8 Ernie Ring AJS 83.99 3.08.42.8
9 Cecil Sandford Velocette 83.27 3.10.20.2
10 Phil H Carter Norton 82.42 3.12.16.6

Lightweight TT (250cc)[5]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time Gap
1 Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 83.82 mph 1.48.08.6
2 Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 83.36 1.48.40.8 + 32.2
3 Syd Lawton Moto Guzzi 82.54 1.49.43.2 + 1:34.6
4 Les Graham Velocette 82.06 1.50.22.0 + 2:13.4
5 Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi 81.69 1.50.51.6 + 2:43.0
6 Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 81.27 1.51.26.0 + 3:17.4
7 Ronnie A Mead Velocette 76.89 1.57.48.4 + 9:39.8
8 Ray JA Petty Norton 76.09 1.59.01.0 + 10:52.4
9 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 75.47 2.00.00.4 + 11:51.8
10 Charlie F Salt Pike-Rudge 75.06 2.00.38.6 + 12:30.0

Ultra Lightweight TT (125cc)[6]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time Gap
1 Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 75.54 mph 1.29.54.8
2 Carlo Ubbiali Mondial 74.16 1.31.35.0 + 1:40.2
3 A Len Parry Mondial 72.22 1.34.02.6 + 4:07.8
4 Cromie McCandless Mondial 69.86 1.37.13.4 + 7:18.6
5 Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 68.92 1.38.33.4 + 8:38.6
6 Frank H Burman EMC-Puch 63.14 1.47.34.0 + 17:39.2
7 H L Williams BSA 58.03 1.57.02.4 + 27:07.6
8 H A Grindley DMW -Royal Enfield 57.71 1.57.42.0 + 27:47.2
9 M Noel Mavrogordato EMC-Puch 57.18 1.58.47.0 + 28:52.2
10 E V C Hardy DOT 57.08 1.59.03.0 + 29:08.2

Clubmans Senior TT[7]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Bernard J Hargreaves Triumph 82.45 mph 1.49.50.0
2 Ken R James Norton 81.97 1.50.28.6
3 John R Clark Norton 81.92 1.50.32.6

Clubmans Junior TT[8]

Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Eric Houseley BSA 78.92 mph 1.54.45.2
2 Bob McIntyre BSA 78.57 1.55.17.4
3 Ken R James Norton 78.47 1.55.24.6

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