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The 1923 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw the introduction of the first sidecar race over 3 laps and was won by Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Perry with a special Douglas banking-sidecar in a time of 2 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds at an average speed of 53.15 mph however the fastest lap in the Sidecar race was by H Langman on a Scott at 54.69 mph. The Senior TT Race was held in poor weather and local course knowledge allowed local Isle of Man competitor Tom Sheard, also riding a Douglas, to win a second TT to add to his first win in the 1922 Junior TT. Another first-time winner was Stanley Woods, riding to his first of ten victories in the TT races, on a Cotton in the Junior TT. Isle of Man TT novice Jimmie Guthrie had his bike break down in the Junior 350cc race but he went on to six victories in later years.[1]
There were some slight course changes in Ramsey with the adoption of a private road between Parliament Square and May Hill instead of through Albert Road and Tower Road. This change brought the new course length to the 37.73 miles we know today.
[edit] Lightweight 250cc Race
| Pos |
Rider |
Machine |
Time |
Speed |
Laps |
| 1 |
Jack A. Porter |
New Gerrard |
4.21.37 |
51.93 mph |
6 |
| 2 |
Hubert Le Vack |
New Imperial |
4.26.19 |
51.14 |
6 |
| 3 |
D Hall |
Rex-Acme |
4.34.20 |
49.53 |
6 |
[edit] Junior 350cc Race
[edit] Senior 500cc Race
| Pos |
Rider |
Machine |
Time |
Speed |
Laps |
| 1 |
Tom Sheard |
Douglas |
4.04.33 |
55.55 mph |
6 |
| 2 |
G M Black |
Norton |
4.06.26 |
55.14 |
6 |
| 3 |
Freddie W Dixon |
Indian |
4.07.02 |
55.01 |
6 |
[edit] Sidecar 500cc Race
| Pos |
Rider |
Machine |
Time |
Speed |
Laps |
| 1 |
Freddie W Dixon |
Douglas |
2.07.48 |
53.15 mph |
3 |
| 2 |
Graham W Walker |
Norton |
2.09.26 |
|
3 |
| 3 |
George H Tucker |
Norton |
2.10.27 |
|
3 |
[edit] References
- ^ [1] BBC A Sporting Nation Jimmie Guthrie win European Grand Prix 1935 (retrieved 7 October 2006)
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