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
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.[1]
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.
^[1] Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine MCB.net The Isle of Man (Retrieved 18 December 2006)
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