1909 Isle of Man TT

The third Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle race was held on Thursday, September 23, 1909 at the St John's Short Course, Isle of Man. The race was ten laps of the 15 mile 1,430 yards course, a total race distance of 158.125 miles. There was no limit on fuel consumption and the singles and twins, limited to 500 and 750cc respectively, ran together. The men were sent off in pairs at half-minute intervals. Giosue Giuppone became the first Italian rider to finish the race twelfth place on a new 84x86mm (476cc) Peugeot. Ernesto Gnesa had taken part of 1908 Isle of Man TT a year before, retirering on the first lap.[1]

Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Date September 23, 1909
Location St John's, Isle of Man
Course St John's Short Course
15 miles, 1,470 yards (25.49 km)
Organiser Auto-Cycle Union, Tynwald
Clerk Freddie Straight
500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class
First Harry Collier, Matchless
Second Lee Evans, Indian
Third Billy Newsome, Triumph
Fastest lap
Harry Collier
18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)
1909 5hp Indian
1909 5½ hp Rex
1909 Four-cylinder FN

500 Single & 750 Twin Results Open Class Race

Thursday 23 September 1909 – 10 laps (158 ⅛ miles) St. John's Short Course.

The 3rd International Auto-cycle Tourist Trophy[2]
Pos # Rider Bike Cyl. 500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class race classification
Laps Time Speed Prizes
1 18 Harry Collier 6 hp Matchless 738cc 2 10 3:13.37.8 49.01 mph 1st Prize - Trophy and £40
2 7 Lee Evans 5hp Indian 714cc 2 10 3:17.35.2 48.07 mph 2nd Prize - £20.
3 45 Billy Newsome 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:31.10.0 44.92 mph 3rd Prize - £10
4 11 Oliver Godfrey 3½ hp Rex 499cc 1 10 3:31.31.6 44.89 mph 4th Prize - £5
5 5 Charles Franklin 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:40.31.2 43.06 mph Silver Cup and £5 5s for the 1st Private owners' machine.
6 10 Frank Applebee jun. 5½ hp Rex 749cc 2 10 3:42.24.2 42.69 mph
7 59 J. Munroe 5 hp BAT-JAP 2 10 3:46.15.2 41.88 mph Silver Cup and £2 2s for the 2nd Private owners' machine.
8 34 Basil V. Jones 3¾ hp Premier 548cc 2 10 3:46.16.2 41.87 mph
9 38 Arthur Moorhouse 5hp Rex 749cc 2 10 3:46.54.6 41.54 mph Gold medal presented by Rex Co. for the 1st Private owner on their machine.
10 19 Bert Colver 3½ hp Matchless-JAP 482cc 1 10 3:55.08.6 40.36 mph
11 46 Walter Creyton 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:55.10.0 40.23 mph
12 54 Giosue Giuppone 3½ hp Peugeot 476cc 1 10 3:57.49.0 39.95 mph
13 55 John Lang 5 hp Tee-Bee-JAP 2 10 4:00.53.0 39.44 mph
14 49 William McMinnies 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:04.02.8 38.84 mph
15 17 James Stewart 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:10.45.5 37.88 mph
16 39 Rem Fowler 5-6 hp Rex 749cc 2 10 4:15.47.6 37.14 mph
17 40 Thomas Greer 5 hp Rex 749cc 2 10 4:25.59.6 34.93 mph
18 25 Andrew Sproston 5 hp Rex 726cc 2 10 4:36.52.2 32.13 mph
19 47 Percy Butler 5 hp Dot-Peugeot 662cc 2 10 4:58.50.0
Fastest lap: Harry Collier, 18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)

Sources
  1. Motorcycletimeline.com Isle of man TT 1909
  2. Isle of Man Weekly Times pp4 dated 30 September 1909


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