The 1933 Isle of Man TT saw a double victory for Stanley Woods, who won the Junior TT Race at an average speed of 78.08 mph (125.66 km/h), heading a top...
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list is of fatal crashes on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races, Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT races. The TT Course was...
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during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the blue...
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Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) (category Isle of Man TT riders)
in both the Senior TT and Junior TT races on the Isle of Man, as well as the Sidecar TT, in which he finished fifth. In the Senior TT he failed to finish...
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The Isle of Man is also known for the TT Motorcycle Races, and the Manx cat, a breed with short or no tails. In 2016, UNESCO awarded the Isle of Man biosphere...
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the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races. River Neb with footbridge A tree at the mouth of the glen planted in 1933 by aviator...
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Karl Gall (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Karl Garl also won the 1937 German National Championship. For the 1938 Isle of Man TT, Karl Gall was entered by the BMW team along with Jock West and Georg...
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Purt ny h-Inshey 'port of the island') is a seaside town and small fishing port in the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of German but administered...
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Supertwin TT is a motorcycle road race that is a part of the Isle of Man TT festival - an annual motorcycle event traditionally held over the last week of May...
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that is situated adjacent to the 34th TT Milestone racing road-side milestone marker used on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course near to Keppel Gate on...
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Jock West (category Isle of Man TT riders)
him at the 1931 Manx Grand Prix. West progressed to compete in the 1933 Isle of Man TT where he impressed Triumph manager Edward Turner, who hired him as...
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The Junior TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between...
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Omobono Tenni (category Isle of Man TT riders)
career was winning the 250cc Lightweight TT at the 1937 Isle of Man TT, becoming the first Italian to win the TT. In 1937 he also won the 250cc European...
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(sidecar rider). 17 Isle of Man TT wins Dr. Brian Stowell (1936–2019), radio personality and author, instrumental in the revival of the Manx Gaelic language...
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and is one of three purpose built former Crown Road sections of the A18 Snaefell Mountain Road used for the Isle of Man TT races. The area of Keppel Gate...
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John Hartle (category Isle of Man TT riders)
of John Surtees. He ended the season as runner-up to Surtees in the 500 and 350 classes. In 1960 he won his first Isle of Man TT race, the Junior TT event...
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Stanley Woods (category Isle of Man TT riders)
for 29 motorcycle Grand Prix wins in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the Isle of Man TT races ten times in his career, plus wins at Assen and elsewhere. He...
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Rudge-Whitworth (category Year of disestablishment missing)
advantage of a quick change wheel was obvious. At the 1908 Isle of Man TT race, 21 of the 35 entrants used Rudge-Whitworth wheels, and only one of the finishers...
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Bob Foster (motorcyclist) (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Grand Prix in 1933 and 1934 with a best result being a second place in the 1934 Lightweight race. He competed in his first Isle of Man TT race riding a...
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Gus Kuhn (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Rye and Ron Johnson. As a rider in the TT, Kuhn's greatest success came in the 1926 Isle of Man TT in the Junior TT division. Results summary In 1932 Kuhn...
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Douglas (motorcycles) (category Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
results, Isle of Man TT official website, archived from the original on 12 March 2007, retrieved 7 October 2006 1923 Sidecar TT results, Isle of Man TT official...
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Jimmie Guthrie (category Isle of Man TT riders)
on three occasions and a further six wins at the Isle of Man TT races. While leading on the last lap of the 1937 German Motorcycle Grand Prix, Jimmie Guthrie...
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Henry Tyrell-Smith (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Trinity College, Dublin for a B.A. And B.A.I.degree. He raced at the Isle of Man TT from 1927 to 1939, and between 1929 and 1936 competed in the German...
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July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017. "TT 1933". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017. "Spa 24 Hours 1933 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars...
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Road racing (section History of road racing)
and, the Isle of Man TT motorcycle road circuit first used in 1907. The exceptions were the steeply banked egg-shaped near oval circuit of Brooklands...
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Ralph Rensen (category Isle of Man TT riders)
racer. Rensen was killed on 16 June 1961 while competing in the 1961 Isle of Man TT, aged 28 years. He was born in Liverpool. His father was Dutch and an...
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OK-Supreme (category Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom)
Precision, De Dion, Minerva, and Green engines. Their first entry in the Isle of Man TT, in 1912, led to a ninth place and mainly modest results came during...
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Twenty-six of the fatalities occurred on permanent circuits; seventy-eight fatalities took place on street circuits, with 36 fatalities at the Isle of Man TT, which...
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Sammy Miller (category Isle of Man TT riders)
rode mainly Ariel Motorcycles, including both trials events and the Isle of Man TT races. When Ariel were absorbed by BSA in 1964, he formed a partnership...
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his only participation in the Isle of Man TT, finishing thirteenth in the 250 cc Lightweight TT. In the first half of the 1930s, Fernihough took part...
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