1955 Isle of Man TT

In the 1955 Isle of Man TT the Lightweight 250cc race moved to the 10.75 miles long Clypse Course, also used for the Lightweight 125cc TT race, and the Sidecar TT, and the course was used for these races until 1959. During this period the rest of the TT program remained on the Mountain Circuit.[1]

  1955 Isle of Man TT

Race details
Race 3 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4–10 June 1955
Official name	Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Location	Snaefell Mountain Course (Senior and Junior) Clypse Course (Ultra Lightweight, Lightweight, Sidecars, Clubmans Senior and Clubmans Junior)
Course	Public roads; Mountain Course 60.72 km (37.73 mi); Clypse Course 17.63 km (10.95 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Gilera Time 22:39.0 Podium First Geoff Duke Gilera Second Reg Armstrong Gilera Third Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 24:03.2 Podium First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Second Bob McIntyre Norton Third Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas MV Agusta Time 8:52.0 Podium First Bill Lomas MV Agusta Second Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi Third Hermann Paul Müller NSU
125 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Time 9:02.2 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta Third Giuseppe Lattanzi Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Willhelm Noll BMW Time 9:00.0 Podium First Walter Schneider BMW Second Bill Boddice Norton Third Pip Harris Matchless

In the Junior TT, Norton rider Bob McIntyre led for four of the seven laps, but brake overheating and suspension problems forced him to slow, allowing Bill Lomas on a Moto Guzzi to pass, and go on to victory.

Senior TT (500 cc) classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	7	2:41:49.8	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	7	+1:59.2	6
3	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	7	+4:43.0	4
4	Jack Brettt	Norton	7	+5:49.8	3
5	Bob McIntyre	Norton	7	+7:03.4	2
6	Derek Ennett	Matchless	7	+9:24.6	1
7	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	7	+12:05.0
8	Eric Jones	Norton	7	+12:55.4
9	Derek Powell	Matchless	7	+13:35.4
10	Peter Davey	Norton	7	+14:25.2
47 finishers
[2]

Junior TT (350 cc) classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	7	2:51:38.2	8
2	Bob McIntyre	Norton	7	+1:00.0	6
3	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi	7	+1:24.0	4
4	John Surtees	Norton	7	+3:14.0	3
5	Maurice Quincey	Norton	7	+4:03.8	2
6	John Hartle	Norton	7	+5:16.8	1
7	Derek Ennett	AJS	7	+7:00.2
8	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	7	+8:46.6
9	Peter Murphy	AJS	7	+8:59.8
10	Jack Ahearn	Norton	7	+10:23.0
52 finishers
[2]

Lightweight TT (250 cc) classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	MV Agusta	9	1:21:38.2	8
2	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi	9	+51.2	6
3	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	9	+4:43.4	4
4	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi	9	+8:06.2	3
5	Dave Chadwick	R.D. Special	9	+9:07.4	2
6	Bill Webster	Velocette	9	+13:27.2	1
7	Phil Carter	Norton	9	+15:27.6
8	Bill Maddrick	Moto Guzzi	9	+16:16.8
8 finishers
[2]

Ultra-Lightweight TT (125 cc) classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	9	1:23:38.2	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	9	+2.0	6
3	Giuseppe Lattanze	Mondial	9	+2:14.8	4
4	Bill Lomas	MV Agusta	9	+2:59.6	3
5	Bill Webster	MV Agusta	9	+20:35.8	2
6	Ross Porter	MV Agusta	9	+22:26.8	1
7	Frank Burman	EMC-Puch	9	+22:33.8
8	Len Harfield	LCH	9	+27:11.8
8 finishers
[2]

Sidecar TT classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	9	1:23:14.0	8
2	Bill Boddice	William Storr	Norton	9	+3:44.6	6
3	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Matchless	9	+5:08.0	4
4	Jackie Beeton	Charles Billingham	Norton	9	+5:40.0	3
5	Frank Taylor	Ron Taylor	Norton	9	+8:38.8	2
6	Ernie Walker	Dun Roberts	Norton	9	+8:42.4	1
7	Fred Hanks	E. Donnan	Matchless	9	+10:22.4
8	Derek Yorke	R. Eden	Norton	9	+14:48.0
9	A. H. Skein	F. Westaway	Norton	9	+18:27.0
10	Fritz Mühlemann	K. Tuscher	BSA	9	+26:54.0
10 finishers
[2]

Non-championship races

Clubmans Senior TT classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1	Eddie Dow	BSA	9	1:22:23
2	I. M. Atkinson	Triumph	9	+1:08
3	R. Kelly	Triumph	9	+2:01
4	P. Ferbrache	BSA	9	+2:39
5	D. Andrews	BSA	9	+2:58
6	A. H. Mustard	BSA	9	+3:01
7	F. Wallis	BSA	9
8	G. W. Shekell	Triumph	9
9	M. W. Gillingham	Triumph	9
10	D. J. Hunt	BSA	9
12 finishers
[3]

Clubmans Junior TT classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1	Jimmy Buchan	BSA	9	1:25:24.0
2	D. Joubert	BSA	9	+15.6
3	P. Ferbrache	BSA	9	+2:30.8
4	R. Thompson	BSA	9	+4:49.0
5	C. McLean	BSA	9	+4:50.4
6	W. H. Hocking	BSA	9	+4:57.8
7	K. W. James	BSA	9
8	D. Jervis	BSA	9
9	T. E. Hutchinson	BSA	9
10	R. M. Harding	BSA	9
12 finishers
[3]

References

1. Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine MCB.net The Isle of Man (Retrieved 18 December 2006)
2. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 171–172.
3. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 159.

External links

• Senior and Junior TT detailed race results
• Clubman, Lightweight, and Sidecar detailed race results