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Race 2 of 9 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | 9–13 June 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Isle of Man Tourist Trophy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Snaefell Mountain Course | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider | |||
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Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Geoff Duke | Norton | |
Time | 23m 52s | ||
Podium | |||
First | Reg Armstrong | Norton | |
Second | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | |
Third | Ray Amm | Norton |
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Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Geoff Duke | Norton | |
Time | 24m 53s | ||
Podium | |||
First | Geoff Duke | Norton | |
Second | Reg Armstrong | Norton | |
Third | Rod Coleman | AJS |
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Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Bruno Ruffo | Moto Guzzi | |
Time | 26m 42s | ||
Podium | |||
First | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | |
Second | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | |
Third | Syd Lawton | Moto Guzzi |
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Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | |
Time | 29m 46s | ||
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First | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | |
Second | Carlo Ubbiali | Mondial | |
Third | Len Parry | Mondial |
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. 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.