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The locomotives of the Isle of Man Railway were provided exclusively by Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester, England between 1873 and 1926; other locomotives that appear on this list were inherited as part of the take-over of the Manx Northern Railway and Foxdale Railway in 1905, when the railway also purchased two more locomotives from Beyer, Peacock.
1925 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy; Date June 15, 17 and 19, 1925 Location Douglas, Isle of Man: Course Snaefell Mountain Course 37.739 miles (60.74 km). Organiser Auto-Cycle Union: Clerk T.W. Loughborough Junior TT; First Wal Handley, Rex-Acme: Second Howard R. Davies, HRD: Third Jimmy Simpson, AJS: Fastest lap; Wal Handley 34min. 23sec. 65.89 ...
The Senior TT race was won by Tommy de la Hay riding a Sunbeam at an average race speed of 51.79 mph from local Isle of Man competitor Duggie Brown riding a Norton. A new lap record was set by George Dance riding a Sunbeam of 40 minutes and 43 seconds, an average speed of 55.62 mph. AJS thought they could repeat the success of the 1914 Junior ...
In the same Junior race, Jimmie Simpson set a new lap record of 35 minutes and 5 seconds at an average speed of 64.54 mph (103.87 km/h) on an AJS – the first average lap-speed over 60 mph. The Lightweight and Senior TT races were run in conjunction, and Eddie Twemlow (brother to Ken Twemlow) riding a New Imperial won the six-lap race in 4 ...
The lap record for the Superstock TT is a time of 16 minutes and 50.601 seconds, at an average speed of 134.403 miles per hour (216.301 km/h) set by Peter Hickman on lap 4 of the 2018 Superstock TT. The race record for the Superstock TT is 1 hour, 8 minutes and 49.976 seconds, at an average race speed of 131.553 mph (211.714 km/h) for 4 laps of ...
The event was redeveloped by the Isle of Man Department of Tourism as the Isle of Man TT Festival from 1989 onwards. This included new racing events for the new Isle of Man TT Festival programme, including the Pre-TT Classic Races in 1989 followed by the Post-TT Races from 1991, both held on the Billown Circuit.
The 1911 Isle of Man TT was the first time the Junior TT race took place and was open to 300cc single-cylinder and 340cc twin cylinder motor-cycles and was contested over 5 laps of the new 37.5 mile Mountain Course. The first event on the new course was the Junior TT Race and was contested by 35 entrants.
St John's, Isle of Man: Course St John's Short Course 15 miles (24 km), 1,470 yards (25.49 km) Organiser Auto-Cycle Union, Tynwald: Clerk Freddie Straight 500 Single & 670 Twin Open Class; First Charlie Collier, Matchless: Second Harry Collier, Matchless: Third Walter Creyton, Triumph: Fastest lap; Harold Bowen, BAT 17min. 51sec. 53.15 mph (New ...