1950 Ulster Grand Prix

The 1950 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 August 1950 at the Clady Circuit.

  1950 Ulster Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 August 1950
Location	Clady Circuit
Course	Public roads 26.5 km (16.5 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Norton Time 9:44 Podium First Geoff Duke Norton Second Leslie Graham AJS Third Johnny Lockett Norton
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bob Foster Velocette Time 10:40 Podium First Bob Foster Velocette Second Reg Armstrong Velocette Third Harry Hinton Norton
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Time 11:46 Podium First Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Second Dario Ambrosini Benelli Third Wilf Billington Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Time 12:33 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Second Bruno Ruffo Mondial Third No third place finisher.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	15	2:29:15	8
2	Leslie Graham	AJS	15	+57.6	6
3	Johnny Lockett	Norton	15	+1:39.6	4
4	Dickie Dale	Norton	15	+3:55	3
5	Jock West	AJS	15	+9:31	2
6	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	15	+13:25	1
7	Nello Pagani	Gilera	15	+13:34
8	Phil Heath	Norton
9	Tom Turner	Norton
10	E. A. Barrett	Norton
11	J. F. Kentish	Norton
12	F. Fairbairn	Vincent
13	E. Braine	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bob Foster	Velocette	14	2:20:55.6	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	14	+12.4	6
3	Harry Hinton	Norton	14	+1:15.4	4
4	Eric McPherson	AJS	14	+2:00.8	3
5	Cecil Sandford	AJS	14	+3:23.4	2
6	Harold Daniell	Norton	14	+3:24.4	1
7	Louis Carter	Gilera	15	+5:58.4
8	Charlie Gray	AJS	15	+7:20.0
9	Les Dear	AJS
10	Arthur Wheeler	Velocette
11	A. J. Glazebrook	AJS
12	A. W. McGaffin	AJS
13	G. H. Morgan	Velocette
14	J. S. Slater	AJS
15	E. R. Evans	BSA
16	Syl Anderton	AJS
17	John Simister	AJS
18	M. Klein	AJS
19	R. Macdonald	AJS
20	E. V. C. Hardy	Norton
21	Dennis Lashmar	Velocette
22	Bob Browne	AJS
23	C. B. Carr	Velocette
24	R. D. McConnell	AJS
25	S. Towers	AJS
26	W. J. Spratt	Norton
27	G. Brockerton	Norton
28	W. G. Job	AJS
29	S. B. Gifford	Velocette
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	12	2:23:41	8
2	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	12	+8:22	6
3	Wilf Billington	Moto Guzzi	12	+9:25	4
4	Arthur Burton	Excelsior	12	+11:34	3
5	G. Andrews	Excelsior			2
6	William Campbell	Excelsior			1
7	Chris Tattersall	CTS
8	Norman Webb	Excelsior
9	Frank Cope	AJS
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	11	2:07:53	8
2	Bruno Ruffo	Mondial	11	+1:05	6
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 117–118.