1976 Isle of Man TT

The 1976 Isle of Man TT was the fifth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place between 7 June and 12 June 1976 at the Snaefell Mountain Course. 1976 marked the end of an era as it would be the last time the Isle of Man TT would appear on the Grand Prix calendar.[4] Once the most prestigious race of the year, the event had been increasingly boycotted by the top riders, and finally succumbed to pressure for increased safety in racing events.[4] The Grand Prix was moved to England in 1977 with the British Grand Prix being held at the Silverstone Circuit.

  1976 Isle of Man TT

Race details
Race 5 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7–12 June 1976
Official name	Isle of Man Tourist Trophy[1][2][3]
Location	Snaefell Mountain Course
Course	Public roads 60.725 km (37.733 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Williams Suzuki Time 20:09.800 Podium First Tom Herron Yamaha Second Ian Richards Yamaha Third Billy Guthrie Yamaha
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Tony Rutter Yamaha Time 20:49.600 Podium First Chas Mortimer Yamaha Second Tony Rutter Yamaha Third Billy Guthrie Yamaha
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Tom Herron Yamaha Time 21:27.800 Podium First Tom Herron Yamaha Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Third Chas Mortimer Yamaha
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Siegfried Schauzu Aro Time 23:13.000 Podium First Rolf Steinhausen Busch König Second Dick Greasley Chell Yamaha Third Mac Hobson Ham Yamaha

Senior TT (500cc) classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	15	Tom Herron		Yamaha	2:09'10.000	15
2	25	Ian Richards		Yamaha	+3.400	12
3	4	Billy Guthrie	Danfay	Yamaha	+23.000	10
4	17	Yoshimi Katayama	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	+28.200	8
5	23	Roger Nicholls		Yamaha	+1'05.600	6
6	26	Jon Ekerold	Padgett's Motorcycles	Yamaha	+2'02.400	5
7	2	John Williams	Texaco Heron Team Suzuki	Suzuki	+2'26.800	4
8	41	Gordon Pantall		Yamaha	+2'46.800	3
9	22	John Weeden		Yamaha	+3'45.200	2
10	30	Bill Smith		Yamaha	+4'19.600	1
11	??	Paul Cott		Yamaha	+4'36.800
12	??	Alan Jackson		Sparton	+4'58.200
13	??	Denis Casement		Yamaha	+5'59.600
14	??	Gerry Mateer		Yamaha	+7'20.000
15	??	Donal Cormican		Yamaha	+7'15.800
16	??	James Scott		Yamaha	+7'18.400
17	??	Bill Simpson		Yamaha	+7'52.200
18	??	Joey Dunlop		Yamaha	+8'39.000
19	??	Roger Nott		Yamaha	+9'15.600
20	??	Ernie Coates		Yamaha	+9'51.800
21	??	Mal Kirwan		Yamaha	+10'01.600
22	??	Dave Danks		Yamaha	+10'48.000
23	??	Bernie Toleman		Suzuki	+11'25.400
24	??	Stuart Jones		Yamaha	+11'45.000
25	??	Malcolm Lucas		Norton	+13'09.200
26	??	Bill Ingham		Yamaha	+13'51.000
27	??	Roy Jeffreys		Yamaha	+14'44.800
28	??	Richard Pipes		Yamaha	+15'31.400
29	??	Trevor Steele		Yamaha	+15'33.600
30	??	Bill Bowman		Yamaha	+15'46.600
31	??	Gerhard Vogt		Yamaha	+21'46.400
32	??	John Lavender		Norton	+22'14.600
33	??	Walter Dawson		Seeley	+22'49.000
34	??	Tom Robinson		Yamaha	+23'10.800
35	??	Chris Neve		Yamaha	+26'22.400
36	??	Chris Hart		Yamaha	+29'01.000
Ret	10	Jack Findlay	Jack Findlay Racing	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Steve Tonkin		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Mick Chatterton		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Bert Kleimaier		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Malcolm Moffat		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Keith Martin		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Brian Warburton		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	David Hughes		Arter Matchless	Retired
Ret	??	Mick Grant		Kawasaki	Retired
Ret	??	Derek Mortimer		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Alan Lawton		Norton	Retired
Ret	??	Martyn Sharpe		Sparton	Retired
Ret	??	Mick Poxon		Sparton	Retired
Ret	??	Stan Woods		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Tom Loughridge		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Roger Bowler		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	??	Eddie Roberts		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Geoff Barry		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Graham Waring		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Sam McClements		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Henry McEwan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Tony Rutter		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Bill Fulton		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Brendan Ryan		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Alex George	Hermetite Racing International	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Les Kenny		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Noel Clegg		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Chas Mortimer	Takazumi Katayama Sarome Team	Yamaha	Injury
Ret	??	Phil Hill		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Limer McCabe		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Charlie Williams		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Derek Chatterton		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	David Nixon		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Neil Tuxworth		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Brian Peters		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Bill Henderson		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Bernard Murray		Yamaha	Retired
Ret	??	Kevin Cowley		Yamaha	Retired
DNS	??	Percy Tait		Suzuki	Did not start
Sources: [5][6][7]

Junior TT (350 cc) classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	5	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	5	1:46:00.2	15
2	6	Tony Rutter	Yamaha	5	+6.8	12
3	14	Billy Guthrie	Yamaha	5	+3:01.6	10
4	10	Martin Sharpe	Yamaha	5	+3:02.0	8
5	28	John Weeden	Yamaha	5	+3:08.4	6
6	3	Derek Chatterton	Yamaha	5	+3:56.4	5
7	16	Neil Tuxworth	Yamaha	5	+4:05.4	4
8	2	Jack Findlay	Yamaha	5	+4:28.4	3
9	12	Isao Harimoto	Yamaha	5	+4:38.6	2
10	56	Sam Mc Clements	Yamaha	5	+5:36.4	1
76 starters in total, 44 finishers
[7]

Lightweight TT (250 cc) classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	4	Tom Herron	Yamaha	4	1:27:26.8	15
2	6	Takazumi Katayama	Yamaha	4	+25.4	12
3	1	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	4	+1:16.4	10
4	2	Tony Rutter	Yamaha	4	+2:06.4	8
5	7	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	4	+2:59.0	6
6	3	Alex George	Yamaha	4	+3:20.4	5
7	8	John Weeden	Yamaha	4	+3:21.6	4
8	20	Ian Richards	Yamaha	4	+4:15.6	3
9	32	Denis Casement	Yamaha	4	+4:57.2	2
10	10	Neil Tuxworth	Yamaha	4	+4:59.2	1
55 starters in total, 44 finishers
[7]

500 cc Sidecar TT classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	1	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	3	1:10:26.0	15
2	10	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	3	+33.8	12
3	8	Mac Hobson	Mick Burns	Ham Yamaha	3	+43.6	10
4	9	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	Aro	3	+2:55.6	8
5	24	Jeff Gawley	Ken Birch	Yamaha	3	+3:13.8	6
6	28	Graham Milton	John Brushwood	British Magnum	3	+4:50.4	5
7	3	Helmut Schilling	Rainer Gundel	Aro	3	+4:52.8	4
8	26	Alex Campbell	Russell Campbell	Yamaha	3	+5:22.6	3
9	37	Walter Ohrmann	Bernd Grube	Yamaha	3	+5:23.0	5
10	34	Tony Wakefield	Colin Newbold	British Magnum	3	+5:26.6	1
64 starters in total, 36 finishers
[7]

Non-championship races

1000 cc Sidecar TT

Pos	No.	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1	1	Mac Hobson	Mick Burns	Ham Yamaha	3	1:09:27.8
2	2	Siegfried Schauzu	Wolfgang Kalauch	BMW	3	+44.6
3	3	Dick Greasley	Cliff Holland	Chell Yamaha	3	+1:22.8
4	5	Rolf Steinhausen	Sepp Huber	Busch-König	3	+1:33.0
5	18	Otto Haller	Erich Hasselbeck	BMW	3	+5:15.6
6	36	Alex Campbell	Russell Campbell	Yamaha	3	+5:43.6
7	37	Bill Hodgkins	John Parkins	Yamaha	3	+8:06.8
8	55	Gordon Fox	Hugh Sanderson	Yamaha	3	+8:31.2
9	10	Gustav Pape	Franz Kallenberg	König	3	+8:41.8
10	35	Nigel Rollason	Michael Coomber	Devimead BSA	3	+9:10.8
65 starters in total, 29 finishers
Fastest lap : 22:38.8 (Hobson/Burns)
[7]

1000 cc Open Classic TT

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1	1	John Williams	Suzuki	6	2:05:33.0
2	11	Alex George	Yamaha	6	+1:24.8
3	8	Tony Rutter	Yamaha	6	+2:46.6
4	14	Charlie Williams	Yamaha	6	+3:09.4
5	16	Tom Herron	Yamaha	6	+4:09.2
6	19	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	6	+4:22.4
7	23	Ian Richards	Yamaha	6	+4:45.0
8	25	Bill Smith	Yamaha	6	+7:15.4
9	34	Gordon Pantall	Yamaha	6	+7:24.8
10	36	Gerry Mateer	Yamaha	6	+7:41.4
61 starters in total, 34 finishers
Fastest lap : 20:32.4 (John Williams)
[7]

Production TT

Pos	No.	Riders		Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1	32	Bill Simpson	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	10	4:05:09.8
2	39	Tony Rutter	Dave Hughes	Suzuki	10	+1:28.0
3	24	Frank Rutter	Mick Poxon	Honda	10	+3:05.6
4	34	John Kidson	Bill Henderson	Honda	10	+3:38.4
5	59	Helmut Dähne	Hans Otto Butenuth	BMW	10	+3:41.0
6	37	Keith Martin	John Riley	Yamaha	10	+5:45.6
7	2	Nigel Rollason	Les Trotter	Suzuki	10	+6:28.4
8	50	Doug Randall	John Lavender	Yamaha	10	+6:40.0
9	45	Dick Hunter	Mal Kirwan	Suzuki	10	+6:41.0
10	21	Keith Trubshaw	Jack Higham	Honda	10	+7:02.4
75 starters in total, 41 finishers
Fastest lap : 21:57.0 (Steve Tonkin/Roger Nicholls)
[7]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archive.today. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
2. "1976 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
3. "Snaefell Mountain Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
4. Noyes, Dennis; Scott, Michael (1999), Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix, Hazleton Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-874557-83-7
5. "1976 Senior TT | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor sportmagazine.com. 3 April 2018.
6. "motogp.com · TOURIST TROPHY · 500cc Race Classification 1976". Motogp.com.
7. Carter, Chris (ed.). Motocourse 1976-1977. Hazleton Securities Ltd. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0-905138-02-3.

NOTE: The Isle of Man TT was removed from the international calendar and replaced by a proper British motorcycle Grand Prix.