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2. Geoff Duke - Wikipedia

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   After reaching the status of Team Sergeant in the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team, The White Helmets, [3] Duke was a prominent figure in racing in the 1950s, winning six world championships and six Isle of Man TT races. [1] First entering the Isle of Man Manx Grand Prix in 1948, he retired after four laps of the Junior race. He came to ...

3. Manx Line - Wikipedia

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   Businessman and former motorcycle racing champion Geoff Duke was head of Manx Line, which offered a service from Douglas to Heysham.The company operated one vessel, Manx Viking, which was formerly the Spanish-owned Monte Castillo, in competition with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, which at the time was operating side-loading vehicle ferries and passenger-only turbine steamers.

4. SS Rushen Castle - Wikipedia

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   Originally named Duke of Cornwall the vessel was operated by the London and North Western Railway from 1898 to 1923, [1] from where she passed into the ownership of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 grouping of railway companies, and was subsequently sold to the Isle of Man Steam Packet company in 1928 when she was renamed Rushen Castle.

5. Duke Video - Wikipedia

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   Duke Video is a video publisher and television programme distributor specialising in motorsports. Duke Video was founded in the Isle of Man in 1981 by Peter Duke, son of six-time motorcycle World Champion Geoff Duke .

6. 1950 Isle of Man TT - Wikipedia

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   Senior TT winner Geoff Duke. The 1950 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival was the second year the Isle of Man TT races were part of the Grand Prix World Championship. [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 ...

7. Isle of Man TT - Wikipedia

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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.