1926 Isle of Man TT

Further changes occurred in the 1926 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy with the scrapping of the Side-Car TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT Races from the lack of entries. Most of the TT Course had now been tarmacked, including the Snaefell Mountain Section. Another change in 1926 was the ban on alcohol based fuels, forcing competitors to use road petrol. Despite these changes the prestige of the Isle of Man TT Races had encouraged the Italian motor-cycle manufacturers Bianchi, Garelli and Moto Guzzi to enter.

The 7 lap (264.11 miles) 1926 Junior TT race was won by Alec Bennett riding a 350 cc overhead-camshaft Velocette motor-cycle, in 3 hours, 57 minutes and 37 seconds, at an average speed of 66.70 mph.

The 1926 Lightweight TT Race produced one of the most notorious events in the history of the Isle of Man TT Races, described by the "The Motor-Cycle" Magazine as the "Guzzi Incident." The Italian rider Pietro Ghersi was excluded from second place for using a different sparking-plug in the engine of his Moto Guzzi. Despite the competition from the Italian marques the 1926 Lighweight TT Race was won by 'Paddy' Johnston riding a Cotton motor-cycle, in 4 hours, 23 minutes and 16 seconds, at an average speed of 60.24 mph for the 7 lap race.

The 1926 Senior TT Race was less controversial and was won by Stanley Woods riding for Norton for the first-time by 4 minutes from Wal Handley. The 1926 Senior TT Race produced the first 70 mph (113 km/h) lap and was again set by Jimmie Simpson on an AJS motorcycle in 32 minutes and 9 seconds an average speed of 70.43 mph.

Senior TT (500 cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Stanley Woods	Norton	67.54 mph	3.54.39.8
2	Wal Handley	Rex-Acme	66.31	3.59.00.6
3	Frank Longman	AJS	66.03	4.00.03.4
4	Joe Craig	Norton	64.75	4.04.47.0
5	C P Wood	HRD	64.02	4.07.35.0
6	George Rowley	AJS	63.96	4.07.48.6
7	Achille Varzi	Sunbeam	0	4.08.05.0
8	S P Jackson	HRD	0	4.10.22.0
9	Kenneth Twemlow	HRD	0	4.12.03.6
10	Graham Walker	Sunbeam	0	4.12.35.0

Junior TT (350 cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Alec Bennett	Velocette	66.704 mph	3.57.37.0
2	Jimmie Simpson	AJS	63.903	4.08.02.0
3	Wal Handley	Rex-Acme	63.375	4.10.06.0
4	Freddie Dixon	Douglas	63.249	4.10.30.0
5	Gus Kuhn	Velocette	62.345	4.14.14.0
6	J G Burney	Royal Enfield	60.849	4.20.29.0
7	C W Hough	AJS	0	4.20.47.0
8	Frank Longman	AJS	0	4.22.32.0
9	G F Povey	Velocette	0	4.23.30.0
10	J Amott	Montgomery	0	4.24.31.0

Lightweight TT (250 cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	C. W. Johnston	Cotton	60.204 mph	4.23.16.0
2	F G Morgan	Cotton	55.129	4.47.30.0
3	W Colgan	Cotton	53.532	4.56.05.0
4	S H Jones	New Imperial	53.049	4.58.47.0
5	W F Bicknell	Royal Enfield	48.471	5.27.00.0
6	E Archibald	OK-Supreme	0	5.33.06.0
7	Sid Gleave	Diamond	0	5.36.59.0
8	G W Shepherd	New Imperial	0	5.51.30.0
9	J G Burney	Royal Enfield	0	DNF
10	Syd Crabtree	Crabtree	0	4.41.00.0

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Isle of Man TT Race Results

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