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    The 1939 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last races until 1947 due to the interruption by World War II. It was also the last of ten Isle of Man TT victories...
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  • The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May and June of most years since its inaugural...
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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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    The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or TT Course or Jalmaf Mountain Course is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for...
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    victory by Georg Meier in the 1939 Isle of Man TT and the first win by a non-British competitor in the premier 500cc Senior TT class. A similar BMW 255 Kompressor...
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  • Karl Gall (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    Manx House of Keig of T.T. riders and their machines from 1911 to 1939, vol 1. Bruce Main-Smith & Co.pp.50 ISBN 0-904365-05-0 Isle of Man TT & MGP Memorial...
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  • Benelli (motorcycles) (category Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy)
    try to bissare the Benelli's success in the 1939 Isle of Man TT Lightweight 250 cc race, but the outbreak of the Second World War will frustrate all efforts...
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    The 2014 Isle of Man TT Festival was held between Saturday 24 May and Friday 6 June 2014 on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The main races...
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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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  • The 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing, the ACU...
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    later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Course which has been used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand...
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    ISBN 1-873120-58-3 Isle of Man Weekly Times page 18 dated 17 June 1939 Prohibited and Restricted Areas for the Isle of Man TT Races, Classic TT and Manx Grand...
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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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    David Whitworth (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    competed in the Isle of Man TT for the first time, which was thought at the time to be the toughest race in the world. In the 250 cc Lightweight TT race, he...
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    Ballaugh Bridge (category Roads in the Isle of Man)
    Union for the Isle of Man TT motor-cycle races. This included Ballaugh Bridge and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course...
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    Two and sportscar racing. BMW is currently[when?] active in IMSA, the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200, the Superbike World Championship and the Deutsche...
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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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    ISBN 978-1-901508-01-7 Isle of Man Examiner page 1 Friday 20 January 1939 Creg-ny-Baa Radio Station TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man page 22 Robert...
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    Ted Mellors (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    road racer who rode in the Manx Grand Prix in 1927 and the Isle of Man TT from 1928 to 1939. He was the 350 cc European Champion in 1938, but died in 1946...
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  • Georg Meier (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    being the first foreign winner of the prestigious Senior TT, the Blue Riband race of the Isle of Man TT Races, in 1939 riding for the factory BMW team...
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    Phil Read (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    1963 Isle of Man Senior TT was won by Mike Hailwood on an MV, while the Duke team came 2nd (John Hartle) and 3rd (Read). In the following Dutch TT at Assen...
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  • (1880–1920), co-author of Modern Chess Openings John H. White (motorcycle racer), participant in the 1935 to 1939 Isle of Man TT motorcycle races John...
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  • The Isle of Man Railway (IMR) (Manx: Raad Yiarn Vannin) is a narrow gauge steam-operated railway connecting Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin in the...
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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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  • Jock West (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    Ulster Grand Prix. At the 1939 Isle of Man TT, he finished second behind his German BMW teammate Georg Meier in the Senior TT. During the Second World...
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    Gooseneck, Isle of Man (in Manx: Roan – the reddish land), is an acute uphill right-bend on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the TT motorcycle races...
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    Henry Tyrell-Smith (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    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 Grand Prix...
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    fuel tank. In May 1939 A R (Bob) Foster entered one in the North West 200, but it flooded on the start line. At the 1939 Isle of Man TT two bikes, ridden...
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    Harold Daniell (category Isle of Man TT riders)
    also won the Isle of Man Senior TT and was placed fifth in the Junior TT. His victory in the Senior TT makes him the first race winner of the MotoGP (then...
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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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