- 1937 Isle of Man TT
The
1937 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy sawFreddie Frith break the 90+ mph lap for the first time during theSenior TT with a speed of 90.27 mph on his Norton beatingStanley Woods by only 15 seconds. Frith also beat Wood in theJunior TT but only with a second placing.The popular
Jimmie Guthrie , who was killed during the German Grand Prix later that year, won Junior race but retired in the Senior TT at the Cutting, where a memorial was erected. The location, on the uphill climb from Ramsey to the Bungalow, on the Mountain Course, is now known as the Guthrie Memorial. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0024/print.shtml] BBB.co.uk "Jimmie Guthrie win European Grand Prix 1935" (retrieved 4 November 2006)]Harold Daniell who had been a works rider forAJS entered the 1937 TT with a three-year-old Norton tuned by his brother-in-law, Steve Lancefield which gave him a fifth place, a finishing position he also achieved in the Junior TT.In the Lightweight TT
Omobono Tenni becomes the first foreigner to secure a victory in an Isle of Man TT race on hisMoto Guzzi . [ [http://www.iomtt.com/PhotoGallery/PlanetTT/GalleryPicPreview.aspx?] IOMTT.com "Photo of Lightweight TT winner Omobono Tenni" (retrieved 4 November 2006)]
enior TT (500cc)
Notes
* Stanley Woods has an incident with a dog at the bottom of Bray Hill on the 1st lap of the 1937 Junior TT Race and also loses the rear brake at the same place. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 19th June 1937]
* During lap 1 of the 1937 Junior TT Race, H.Pinnington riding a Norton crashes at theWindy Corner and Marcel Simo riding aTerrot motor-cycle crashes at Glentramman on lap 3. On lap 4, J.Illichmann riding aNSU is disqualified for illegal refuelling. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 19th June 1937]
*Omobono Tenni is called "Tombone" by fellow competitors who cannot pronounce his name. On the first lap of the 1937 Lightweight TT Race, Omobono Tenni slips of at Governors Bridge on lap 1 and leaves part of his exhaust of his Moto Guzzi behind. On lap 5, Ewald Kluge retires his DKW at Ballaugh with a broken throttle wire and Stanley Woods on lap 6 hisDKW retires at Sulby. H.G.Tyrell Smith breaks down at Creg-na-Baa when his Excelsior breaks a connecting-rod on lap 6. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 19th June 1937]
* On the last lap of the 1937 Senior TT Race, Freddie Frith and Stanley Woods are posted as a dead-heat.ources
External links
* [http://www.iomtt.com/Home/TTDatabase/races.aspx?meet_code=TT37 Detailed race results]
* [http://www.mcb.net/ttraces/tt/ttwin.html Isle of Man TT winners]
* [http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]
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