1950 Isle of Man TT

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The 1950 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival were the second year the Grand Prix World Championship were held in the Isle of Man.^[1]

After his win in the 1949 Isle of Man Clubman event, Geoff Duke entered the 1950 Isle of Man TT only to find himself racing against formidable opposition in his first Senior TT, not only from his experienced Norton team mates, Artie Bell, Harold Daniell and Johnnie Lockett, but also Leslie Graham on an AJS Porcupine, Reg Armstrong and A R (Bob) Foster on Velocettes. Geoff was wearing the first set of one-piece leathers and he beat them all, breaking both lap and race records in the Senior, and finishing second in the Junior TT. It was the beginning of a spectacular racing career for Geoff Duke.^[2]

The Norton team had the new Featherbed frame on their racing bikes that had excellent handing characteristics. It was another Norton ridden by Artie Bell that won the Junior, with Norton occupying the first three places of the Senior and Junior races. The Lightweight TT went to the Italian bikes, with first and second being Dario Ambrosini on a Benneli, and Maurice Cann on a Moto Guzzi, respectively.

Four Clubman races were included in this year's festival; Clubman 1,000 cc, Clubman Senior, Clubman Junior and Clubman Lightweight.^[3]

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	Geoff Duke	Norton	92.37 mph	2:51:45.6	+ 0:00
2	Artie Bell	Norton	90.86	2:54:25.6	+2:40.0
3	Johnny Lockett	Norton	90.37	2:55:22.4	+3:36.8
4	Leslie Graham	AJS	90.11	2:55:52.0	+4:06.4
5	Harold L Daniell	Norton	89.78	2:56:31.0	+4:45.4
6	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	86.83	3:02:31.4	+10:45.8
7	Dickie Dale	Norton	86.48	3:03:15.6	+11:30.0
8	Cromie McCandless	86.45	3:03:19.6	+11:34.0
9	Jack Brett	Norton	86.18	3:03:53.2	+12:07.6
10	Harry Hinton	Norton	85.94	3:04:25.4	+12:40.2

[edit] Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Artie Bell	Norton	86.33 mph	3:03:35.0	+ 0:00
2	Geoff Duke	Norton	85.73	3:04:52.0	+1:17.0
3	Harold Daniell	Norton	84.33	3:07:56.0	+4:21.0
4	Leslie Graham	AJS	84.33	3:08:03.8	+4:28.8
5	Edward Frend	AJS	83.88	3:08:56.4	+5:21.4
6	Johnny Lockett	Norton	83.28	3:10:18.2	+6:43.2
7	Dickie Dale	AJS	83.11	3:10:41.2	+7:06.2
8	Cromie McCandless	Norton	82.43	3:12:16.6	+8:41.6
9	Ken Bills	Velocette	82.35	3:12:28.0	+8:53.0
10	Harry Hinton	Norton	81.99	3:13:18.4	+10:43.4

[edit] Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time	Gap
1	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	78.08 mph	3:22:58.0	+ 0:00
2	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	78.07	3:22:58.2	+0:00.2
3	Ronald Mead	Velocette	75.6	3:29:38.0	+6:30.0
4	Roland Pike	Rudge	74.14	3:33:45.0	+10:37.0
5	Len Bayliss	LB Special	71.53	3:41:33.0	+18:25.0
6	Arnold Jones	Moto Guzzi	71.17	3:42:41.2	+11:54.0
7	Sven Sorensen	Excelsior	69.44	3:48:13.0	+16:01.8
8	Frank Cope	AJS	68.73	3:50:34.0	+18:22.8
9	R. Edwards	CTS	67.21	3:55:47.0	+23:35.8
10	Norman Webb	Excelsior	66.87	3:57:00.0	+24:48.8

[edit] Sources

^ [1] Motorcycle GP History (Retrieved 30 October 2006)
^ [2] IOMTT.com Geoff Duke Isle of Man career database (retrieved 5 November 2006)
^ [3] IOMTT.com results database (retrieved 5 November 2006)

[edit] External links

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