1957 Isle of Man TT

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1957 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings

5 June 1957 - 10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse Course.

Notes

* Monday Evening practice, Stanley Woods who has not lapped the TT Course for 18 years laps a Moto Guzzi motor-cycle on a 'Reserve A' plate in 28 minutes and 22 seconds an average speed of 80 mph. ["The Motor-Cycle" Practice Report dated 31 May 1957.]
* The fine weather causes melting tar during practice and Jimmy Buchan riding a Junior Norton and Walter Zeller riding a BMW to crash at Laurel Bank. Derek Minter riding a Norton crashes at Milntown also because of the melting tar. ["The Motor-Cycle" Practice Report dated 31 May 1957.]
* Wednesday Evening practice, Terry Shepherd a replacement for Umberto Masetti riding an MV Agusta crashes at the Nook and breaks fingers in his left-hand. Also, Bob McIntyre riding a Gilera suffers a bird-strike. Walter Zeller riding for BMW tops the practice leaderboard with a lap of 23 minutes and 21.6 seconds. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 7 June 1957]
* During lap 1 of the 1957 Junior TT Race, John Surtees stops on lap 1 to change a plug. Also on lap 1, Fred Wallis riding a BSA retires at Ramsey with engine problems and G.A.Northwood riding a Norton at Ballacraine. On lap 2, George T.Salt riding a Norton retires at Ballacraine, H.Ferguson riding an AJS at Creg-ny-Baa and J.Anderson at Bedstead Corner. By lap 3, A.King riding a Norton retires at Governor's Bridge and E Arthur Lavington riding a Velocette at Ballacrane with an engine problem. The Australian rider, R.Barker retires at Kirk Michael on lap 4 with a broken chain and Jack Brett riding a Norton at Guthrie's Memorial. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 7 June 1957]
* The 1957 Lightweight TT held on the Clypse Course, F.E.Heath retires at Parkfield Corner on lap 1 and T.E.Rutherford riding a NSU slides-off at Ballacoar corner. On lap 2, Jackie Woods riding for NSU retires with engine problems. Also on lap 3, Carlo Ubbiali riding for MV Agusta retires with a dropped valve and Bob Brown retires on the Creg-ny-Baa 'back-road.' ["The Motor-Cycle" dated 13 June 1957.]
* During the 1957 Ultra-Lightweight TT Race, also held on the Clypse Course, Fron Purlsow riding a Triumph retires on lap 1 with a loose mud-guard. During lap 2, Ken Martin riding an Anelay motor-cycle retires at the TT Grandstand and Ross Porter riding a MV Agusta retires at Creg-ny-Ba with a seized engine. On lap 3, Arthur Wheeler riding an MV Agusta retires with a broken exhaust rocker and Len Harfield at the TT Grandstand with gearbox problems. ["The Motor-Cycle" dated 13 June 1957.]
* The 1957 Sidecar TT Race, held on the Clypse Course, on lap 1 E.Walker/D.G.Roberts, riding a Norton, retire with a split fuel-pump and P.J.R.Millward/S.Teather retire their Norton outfit at Morney Corner with broken suspension. During lap 3, B.N.Green/W.E.Rushmere retire at Edges Corner with broken suspension. The French driver, Jacques Drion and female passenger Inge Stoll retire with a broken hand-hold on their Norton sidecar. At Ballacoar Corner on lap 4, the Norton sidecar of 'Pip' Harris/R.M.Campbell brush a bank and retire. On the last lap, Bill Boddice/Bill Canning crash at the 4th Milestone on Ballacarooin Hill. ["The Motor-Cycle" dated 13 June 1957.]
* Fastest lap of the 1957 Sidecar TT Race was Fritz Hillebrand/M.Grunwald riding a BMW outfit in 8 minutes and 55.4 seconds an average speed of 72.55 mph. ["The Motor-Cycle" dated 13 June 1957.]
* During the 8 lap, 1957 Senior TT Race, on lap 1, John Hempleman retires at the Mountain Box with ignition box problems. On lap 4, Walter Zeller riding a BMW retires at Ramsey with ignition problems and Dickie Dale stops at Sulby when his Moto Guzzi V8 suffers a piston seizure, but continues the race with the engine running on 7 cylinders. During lap 7, Jack Brett riding for Norton crashes at Sulby when the chain breaks and Eric Hinton crashes at Ballacraine. On lap 8, Dickie Dale's team mate, Keith Campbell riding for Moto Guzzi falls of at Ramsey after oil leaks on the rear-tyre and loses 3 minutes, but he continues and finishes in 5th place at an average race speed of 93.27 mph. Also on lap 8, Geoff Tanner riding a Norton runs out of petrol on the Mountain Section while holding 6th place and freewheels and pushes down the Mountain to finish in 28th place. ["The Motor-Cycle" dated 13 June 1957.]
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External links

* [http://www.iomtt.com/Home/TTDatabase/races.aspx?meet_code=TT57 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]