1939 Isle of Man TT

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The 1939 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last race festival until 1947 due to the interruption of World War II. It was the last of ten TT victories for the 34 year old Stanley Woods^[1] in which he won the Junior TT on a Velocette at 83.19 mph and came 4th in the Senior TT race. The Senior race was won by Georg Meier on a supercharged BMW.

1 Senior TT (500cc)
2 Junior TT (350cc)
3 Lightweight TT (250cc)
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Senior TT (500cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Georg Meier	BMW	89.38 mph	2:57:19.0	+ 0:00
2	Jock M West	BMW	88.22	2:59:39.0	+ 2:20
3	Freddie L Frith	Norton	87.96	3:00:11.0	+ 2:52
4	Stanley Woods	Velocette	87.91	3:00:17.0	+ 2:58
5	John H White	Norton	85.92	3:04:27.0	+ 7:08
6	L J Archer	Velocette	84.31	3:07:58.0	+ 10:39
7	E A (Ted) Mellors	Velocette	83.76	3:09:12.0	+ 11:53
8	S Wood	Norton	82.43	3:12:16.0	+ 14:57
9	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	81.96	3:13:22.0	+ 16:03
10	J C Galway	Norton	81.37	3:15:00.0	+ 17:41

[edit] Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Stanley Woods	Velocette	83.19 mph	3:10:30.0	+ 0:00
2	Harold L Daniell	Norton	83.13	3:10:38.0	+ 0:08
3	H Fleischmann	DKW	82.51	3:12:05.0	+ 1:35
4	E A (Ted) Mellors	Velocette	82.34	3:12:28.0	+ 1:58
5	M David Whitworth	Velocette	79.58	3:19:09.0	+ 8:39
6	Siegfried Wunsche	DKW	78.87	3:20:57.0	+ 10:27
7	Maurice Cann	Norton	78.78	3:21:10.0	+ 10:40
8	S Wood	Velocette	78.55	3:21:45.0	+ 11:15
9	J E Little	Velocette	78.22	3:22:36.0	+ 12:06
10	F J Mussett	Velocette	77.6	3:24:14.0	+ 13:44

[edit] Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	E A (Ted) Mellors	Benelli	74.26 mph	3:33:26.0	+ 0:00
2	Ewald Kluge	DKW	72.97	3:37:11.0	+ 3:45
3	H G Tyrell Smith	Excelsior	71.91	3:40:23.0	+ 6:57
4	Les G Martin	Excelsior	68.87	3:50:08:0	+ 16:42
5	Siegfried Wunsche	DKW	68.78	3:50:25.0	+ 16:59
6	Charlie H Manders	Excelsior	66.93	3:56:48.0	+ 23:22
7	Harold Hartley	Excelsior	66.19	3:59:27.0	+ 26:01
8	E R Thomas	DKW	65.81	4:00:48.0	+ 27:22
9	S Wood	Rudge	65.04	4:03:41.0	+ 30:15
10	Chris Tattersall	CTS	63.95	4:07:50.0	+ 34:24

[edit] Sources

^ [1] MCB A Brief History of the TT Races (Retrieved 28 October 2006)

[edit] External links

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