1952 Isle of Man TT

1952 Isle of Man TT
Race details
Race 2 of 9 races in the; 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9–13 June 1952
Official name	Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Location	Snaefell Mountain Course
Course	Public roads; 60.72 km (37.73 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke
Time	23m 52s
Podium
First	Reg Armstrong
Second	Leslie Graham
Third	Ray Amm
350 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke
Time	24m 53s
Podium
First	Geoff Duke
Second	Reg Armstrong
Third	Rod Coleman
250 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bruno Ruffo
Time	26m 42s
Podium
First	Fergus Anderson
Second	Enrico Lorenzetti
Third
125 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Cecil Sandford
Time	29m 46s
Podium
First	Cecil Sandford
Second	Carlo Ubbiali
Third

The 1952 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the start of Bob McIntyre's association with the Isle of Man, when he came second in the Junior Clubman TT that year.^[1] Irishman Reg Armstrong won his first Senior TT event as well as coming in second in the Junior TT race on a Norton. Armstrong, as a Norton works rider, was back-up to Geoff Duke who came first in the Junior race.^[2]

Senior TT (500 cc) classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Reg Armstrong	Norton	7	2:50:28.4	8
2	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	7	+26.6	6
3	Ray Amm	Norton	7	+1:02.8	4
4	Rod Coleman	AJS	7	+6:10.6	3
5	Bill Lomas	AJS	7	+8:10.6	2
6	Cromie McCandless	Norton	7	+8:22.8	1
7	George Brown	Norton	7	+10:07.4
8	Ken Mudford	Norton	7	+10:10.6
9		Norton	7	+12:13.2
10		Norton	7	+13:03.4
41 finishers
^[3]

Junior TT (350 cc) classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	7	2:55:30.6	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Norton	7	+1:27.2	6
3	Rod Coleman	AJS	7	+2:41.8	4
4	Bill Lomas	AJS	7	+5:03.4	3
5		AJS	7	+11:34.4	2
6	George Brown	AJS	7	+12:02.8	1
7	Cromie McCandless	Norton	7	+12:59.8
8		AJS	7	+13:12.2
9	Cecil Sandford	Velocette	7	+14:49.6
10		Norton	7	+16:46.0
51 finishers
^[3]

Lightweight TT (250 cc) classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	4	1:48:08.6	8
2	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	4	+32.2	6
3		Moto Guzzi	4	+1:34.6	4
4	Leslie Graham	Velocette	4	+2:13.4	3
5	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	4	+2:43.0	2
6	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	4	+3:17.4	1
7		Velocette	4	+9:39.8
8		Norton	4	+10:52.4
9	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi	4	+11:51.8
10		Pike-Rudge	4	+12:30.0
22 finishers
^[3]

Ultra-Lightweight TT (125 cc) classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	3	1:29:54.8	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	3	+1:40.2	6
3		Mondial	3	+4:07.8	4
4	Cromie McCandless	Mondial	3	+7:18.4	3
5	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	3	+8:38.6	2
6		EMC-Puch	3	+17:39.2	1
7	H. Williams	BSA	3	+27:07.6
8	H. W. Grindley	DMW-Royal Enfield	3	+27:47.2
9		EMC-Puch	3	+28:52.2
10	E. V. C. Hardy	Dot	3	+29:08.2
12 finishers
^[3]

Non-championship races[]

Clubmans Senior TT classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1		Triumph	4	1:49:50.0
2	K. V. R. James	Norton	4	+38.6
3	J. R. Clark	Norton	4	+42.6
4		Norton	4
5	J. Bottomley	Triumph	4
6	R. W. C. Kerr	Triumph	4
7	R. Ritchie	Norton	4
8	D. Tyndale-Powell	BSA	4
9	A. M. Cook	Triumph	4
10	A. W. Dobbs	Norton	4
^[4]

Clubmans Junior TT classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
1		BSA	4	1:54:45.2
2	Bob McIntyre	BSA	4	+32.2
3	K. V. R. James	Norton	4	+39.4
4	C. E. Staley	BSA	4
5	D. T. Powell	BSA	4
6	H. Plews	Norton	4
7	H. Brown	BSA	4
8	R. Jones	BSA	4
9	R. Ritchie	Norton	4
10	E. B. Jones	BSA	4
^[4]

Sources[]

^ "Bob McIntyre profile". iomtt.com. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Reg Armstrong profile". iomtt.com. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 117–119.
^ ^a ^b Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 69.

External links[]

1952 Isle of Man TT race results

Previous race: 1952 Swiss Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1952 season	Next race: 1952 Dutch TT
Previous race: 1951 Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man TT	Next race: 1953 Isle of Man TT

[1] "Bob McIntyre profile". iomtt.com. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[2] "Reg Armstrong profile". iomtt.com. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[motorcycling-3] Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 117–119.

[motorcycling2-4] Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 69.

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