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The first event was the 350cc 1957 Junior TT race held on the Snaefell mountain course.The race was initially led by Bob McIntyre riding a Gilera motorcycle who beat the lap record for the Junior TT race from a standing start in 23 minutes and 14.2 seconds, an average speed of 97.42 mph and 42 seconds faster than the lap record set by Ray Amm in the 1954 Junior TT Race. [2]
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The first Isle of Man TT race was held on Tuesday 28 May 1907 and was named the International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy. [6] The event was organised by the Auto-Cycle Club over 10 laps of the Isle of Man St John's Short Course of 15 miles 1,470 yards for road-legal 'touring' motorcycles with exhaust silencers, saddles, pedals and mudguards.
The start-line for the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course is located on Glencrutchery Road in the City of Douglas, Isle of Man. [ 3 ] The clockwise course has a lap of 37.730 mi (60.721 km), [ 4 ] from the start line at the TT Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road ( A2 Ramsey to Douglas) in the island's main town of Douglas . [ 3 ]
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 ...
Later in the week, Handley became the first TT rider to win two races in a week when he won the four-lap Ultra-Lightweight TT race, again on a Rex-Acme, setting a race record average speed of 53.45 mph (86.02 km/h), and a new lap record of 41 minutes, 52 seconds at an average speed of 54.12 mph (87.10 km/h).
The 2024 Isle of Man TT was held between Saturday 1 June and Saturday 8 June, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. This year saw Michael Dunlop surpass his uncle Joey Dunlop as the most successful TT rider, with 29 TT wins.
Robert MacGregor McIntyre (28 November [1] 1928 – 15 August 1962) was a Scottish motorcycle racer.The first rider to achieve an average speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) for one lap of the Snaefell Mountain Course in 1957, McIntyre is also remembered for his five motorcycle Grand Prix wins which included three wins at the Isle of Man TT races, and four victories in the North West 200.