1955 Isle of Man TT

  1955 Isle of Man TT

Race details
Race 3 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4–10 June 1955
Official name	Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Location	Snaefell Mountain Course (Senior and Junior) Clypse Course (Ultra Lightweight, Lightweight, Sidecars, Clubmans Senior and Clubmans Junior)
Course	Public roads; Mountain Course 60.72 km (37.73 mi); Clypse Course 17.63 km (10.95 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Gilera Time 22:39.0 Podium First Geoff Duke Gilera Second Reg Armstrong Gilera Third Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 24:03.2 Podium First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Second Bob McIntyre Norton Third Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas MV Agusta Time 8:52.0 Podium First Bill Lomas MV Agusta Second Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi Third Hermann Paul Müller NSU
125 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Time 9:02.2 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta Third Giuseppe Lattanzi Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Willhelm Noll BMW Time 9:00.0 Podium First Walter Schneider BMW Second Bill Boddice Norton Third Pip Harris Matchless

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Gilera
Time	22:39.0
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Gilera
Second	Reg Armstrong	Gilera
Third	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi
Time	24:03.2
Podium
First	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi
Second	Bob McIntyre	Norton
Third	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas	MV Agusta
Time	8:52.0
Podium
First	Bill Lomas	MV Agusta
Second	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi
Third	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Time	9:02.2
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Third	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Willhelm Noll	BMW
Time	9:00.0
Podium
First	Walter Schneider	BMW
Second	Bill Boddice	Norton
Third	Pip Harris	Matchless

In the 1955 Isle of Man TT the Lightweight 250cc race moved to the 10.75 miles long Clypse Course, also used for the Lightweight 125cc TT race, and the Sidecar TT, and the course was used for these races until 1959. During this period the rest of the TT program remained on the Mountain Circuit.

In the Junior TT, Norton rider Bob McIntyre led for four of the seven laps, but brake overheating and suspension problems forced him to slow, allowing Bill Lomas on a Moto Guzzi to pass, and go on to victory.

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