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1924 Isle of Man TT

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colspan="2" style="background:; text-align:center;"|1924 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
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Date

|valign="top"| June 23, 25 and 27, 1924

Location

|valign="top"| Douglas, Isle of Man

Course

|valign="top"| Snaefell Mountain Course
37.739 miles (60.74 km).

Organiser

|valign="top"| Auto-Cycle Union

Clerk

|valign="top"| T.W. Loughborough

colspan="2" style="background:#bd002b; text-align:center;"|Junior TT
First

|valign="top"| Ken Tremlow, New Imperial

Second

|valign="top"| Syd Ollerhead, DOT-JAP

Third

|valign="top"| I.H.R. Scott, AJS

colspan="2" style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Fastest lap
|valign="top"| Jimmy Simpson
35min. 5sec. 64.54 mph New record
colspan="2" style="background:#bd002b; text-align:center;"|Ultra Lightweight TT
First

|valign="top"| Jock Porter, New Gerrard

Second

|valign="top"| Freddie Morgan, Cotton

Third

|valign="top"| Chris Stead, Cotton

colspan="2" style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Fastest lap
|valign="top"| Jock Porter
43min. 2sec. 52.61 mph New record
colspan="2" style="background:#bd002b; text-align:center;"|Sidecar TT
First

|valign="top"| George Tucker, Norton
Walter Moore

Second

|valign="top"| Harry Reed, DOT-JAP
Joe Hooson

Third

|valign="top"| Almond Tinkler, Matador
U.R. Tinkler

colspan="2" style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Fastest lap
|valign="top"| Freddie Dixon
43min. 32sec. 53.23 mph
colspan="2" style="background:#bd002b; text-align:center;"|Lightweight TT
First

|valign="top"| Edwin Tremlow, New Imperial

Second

|valign="top"| Harry Brockbank, Cotton

Third

|valign="top"| Jack Cooke, DOT-JAP

colspan="2" style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Fastest lap
|valign="top"| Edwin Tremlow
38min. 51sec. 58.28 mph New record
colspan="2" style="background:#bd002b; text-align:center;"|Senior TT
First

|valign="top"| Alec Bennett, Norton

Second

|valign="top"| Harry Langman, Scott

Third

|valign="top"| Freddie Dixon, Douglas

colspan="2" style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Fastest lap
|valign="top"| Freddie Dixon
35min. 31sec. 63.75 mph New record

The 1924 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw the introduction of the Ultra-Lightweight class for motorcycles of 175 cc capacity that was run only twice, in 1924 and 1925. This was the second year of the Sidecar race that would also be dropped after 1925.

The Ultra-Lightweight TT began with a massed-start for competitors rather than pairs as with the normal time-trial format of the TT races. The winner of the first Ultra-Lightweight TT was Jock Porter riding a New Gerrard at an average speed of {{convert|51.21|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.

The Junior TT race was won by Ken Twemlow on a New Imperial at an average speed of {{convert|55.67|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. In the same Junior race, Jimmie Simpson set a new lap record of 35 minutes and 5 seconds at an average speed of {{convert|64.54|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} on an AJS – the first average lap-speed over 60 mph. The Lightweight and Senior TT races were run in conjunction, and Eddie Twemlow (brother to Ken Twemlow) riding a New Imperial won the six-lap race in 4 hours, 5 minutes and 3 seconds, an average speed of {{convert|55.44|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.

The Senior TT, like the Junior race, was also run at a record breaking pace and was the first with a race-average speed over {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The six-lap race was won by Alec Bennett riding a Norton in 3 hours, 40 minutes and 24. 6 seconds, with an average speed of {{convert|61.64|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}.

[[Senior TT]] (500cc)

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! Rank !! Rider !! Team !! Speed !! Time !! Laps

1{{flagicon|UK}} Alec BennettNorton3.40.24.6{{convert|61.64|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}6
2{{flagicon|UK}} Harry LangmanScott3.41.54.261.236
3{{flagicon|UK}} Freddie DixonDouglas3.45.46.460.176
9{{flagicon|Scotland}} J A StuartNorton3.59.05.06

[[Junior TT]] (350cc)

6 laps (226.38 miles) – Mountain Course.

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! Rank !! Rider !! Team !! Speed !! Time

1{{flagicon|UK}} Kenneth TwemlowNew Imperial56.68 mph4:04.49.0
2{{flagicon|UK}} S. OllerheadDOT54.91 mph4:07.26.2
3{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} I. H. R. ScottAJS54.55 mph4:09.01.6
4{{flagicon|UK}} Cecil AshbyMontgomery53.39 mph4:14.27.4
5{{flagicon|UK}} Harold J. WillisMontgomery52.80 mph4:17.18.8
6{{flagicon|UK}} J. L. E. EmersonDOT4:20.39.8
7{{flagicon|UK}} F. Simpson JnrExcelsior4:28.55.2
8{{flagicon|UK}} L. NicholsonOEC-Blackburne4:31.38.0
9{{flagicon|UK}} F. R. MarstonAJS4:31.39.0
10{{flagicon|UK}} J. W. ShawZenith4:43.48.4

[[Lightweight TT]] (250 cc)

6 laps (226.38 miles) – Mountain Course.

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! Rank !! Rider !! Team !! Speed !! Time

1{{flagicon|UK}} Edwin TwemlowNew Imperial55.44 mph4:05.03.0
2{{flagicon|UK}} H. F. BrocklebankCotton52.85 mph4:17.05.0
3{{flagicon|UK}} J. CookeDOT52.54 mph4:18.03.0
4{{flagicon|UK}} L. J. CridlandJES51.84 mph4:22.03.0
5{{flagicon|UK}} P. PikeLevis51.16 mph4:25.31.0
6{{flagicon|UK}} H. F. HarrisNew Imperial50.50 mph4:29.01.0
7{{flagicon|UK}} F. Simpson JnrExcelsior4:32.50.0
8{{flagicon|UK}} C. G. S. CleareOK-Supreme4:38.50.0
9{{flagicon|IRL}} C. W. JohnstonCotton4:40.23.0
10{{flagicon|UK}} Geoff S.DavisonLevis4:52.40.0

[[Ultra-Lightweight TT]]

It was held on Wednesday, June 25, 1924, over a distance of 113  miles and 380 yards, 3 laps of 37.75 miles each. The machines were limited of cylinder capacity not exceeding 175cc. All seventeen riders started the race simultaneously, only twenty yards separating the last numbered man from the first. Eleven riders finished.The Isle of Man Examiner page 5, Friday 27 June 1924

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! style="border: 0;" | {{flagicon|IOM}} The 13th International Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

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!rowspan="2"| Pos

!rowspan="2"| #

!rowspan="2"| Rider

!rowspan="2"| Bike

!colspan="4"| Ultra Lightweight TT race classification

Laps

! Time

! Speed

! Prizes & Remarks

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 1

| align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Jock Porter

| align="left"| 174cc New Gerrard

| align="center"| 3

|2:12:40.40

| 51.20 mph

|align="left"|1st Prize - Winner of Ultra Lightweight Tourist Trophy, £20.

align="center"| 2

| align="center"| 15

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Freddie Morgan

| align="left"| 175cc Cotton

| align="center"| 3

|2:17:11.40

| 49.51 mph

|align="left"|2nd Prize - £10.

align="center"| 3

| align="center"| 10

| align="left"|{{flagicon|IOM}} Chris Stead

| align="left"| 175cc Cotton

| align="center"| 3

|2:17:39.80

| 49.34 mph

|align="left"|3rd Prize - £5.

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 2

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Geoff Davison

| align="left"| 173cc Levis

| align="center"| 3

|2:23:00.40

| 47.49 mph

|align="left"|Silver replica.

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 11

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Harry Brockbank

| align="left"| 175cc Cotton

| align="center"| 3

|2:26:59.00

| 46.21 mph

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align="center"| 6

| align="center"| 6

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Tommy Meeten

| align="left"| 173cc Francis-Barnett

| align="center"| 3

|2:44:43.00

| 41.24 mph

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align="center"| 7

| align="center"| 13

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} B.B. Smith

| align="left"| 173cc Wee Macgregor

| align="center"| 3

|2:51:59.00

| 39.50 mph

|align="left"|

align="center"| 8

| align="center"| 8

| align="left"|{{flagicon|IOM}} Jimmy Oates

| align="left"| 173cc Powell

| align="center"| 3

|2:54:32.00

| 38.92 mph

|align="left"|

align="center"| 9

| align="center"| 3

| align="left"|{{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Alec Bennett

| align="left"| 175cc Diamond

| align="center"| 3

|2:57:09.00

| 38.35 mph

|align="left"|

align="center"| 10

| align="center"| 4

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Dan Young

| align="left"| 173cc Wee Macgregor

| align="center"| 3

|3:07:07.00

| 36.30 mph

|align="left"|

align="center"| 11

| align="center"| 5

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Doug Prentice

| align="left"| Mackenzie

| align="center"| 3

|3:10:10.00

| 35.72 mph

|align="left"|

align="center"| DNS

|| 17

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Percy Dallison

|align="left"| 170cc Omega-Norman

|align="center"|

|colspan="4"; align="left" | Was unable to start and Gus Kuhn took over his entry.

colspan=14| Fastest lap: Jock Porter, 43min. 2sec. 52.61 mphThe Isle of Man Examiner, Friday 27 June 1924

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[[Sidecar TT]]

It was held on Wednesday, June 25, 1924, at 2:00pm over a distance of 150  miles and 1,680 yards, 4 laps of 37.75 miles each. Sidecar TT machines were limited of cylinder capacity not exceeding 600cc. Out of 10 entries, nine started the race at one minute intervals and only five finished.Ramsey Courier page 3, 27 June 1924

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! style="border: 0;" | {{flagicon|IOM}} The 13th International Isle of Man Tourist Trophy

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!rowspan="2"| Pos

!rowspan="2"| #

!rowspan="2"| Driver

!rowspan="2"| Passenger

!rowspan="2"| Bike

!colspan="4"| Sidecar TT race classification

Laps

! Time

! Speed

! Prizes & Remarks

align="center"| 1

| align="center"| 6

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} George Tucker

| align="left"|{{flagicon|Wales}} Walter Moore

| align="left"| 588cc Norton

| align="center"| 4

|2:56:34.20

|51.31 mph

|align="left"|1st Prize - Winner of Sidecar Tourist Trophy, £20.

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| align="center"| 2

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Harry Reed

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Joe Hooson

| align="left"| 349cc DOT-Bradshaw

| align="center"| 4

|3:26:46.40

|43.80 mph

|align="left"|Silver replica for the driver and bronze replica for the passenger. Reed drove last two laps with broken forks.

align="center"| 3

| align="center"| 10

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Almond Tinkler

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} N.R. Tinkler

| align="left"| 349cc Matador

| align="center"| 4

|3:33:08.40

|42.49 mph

|align="left"|Silver replica for the driver and bronze replica for the passenger

align="center"| 4

| align="center"| 9

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} J.W. Taylor

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} R.J. Lilley

| align="left"| 350cc New Scale

| align="center"| 4

|3:35:40.00

|41.99 mph

|align="left"|Silver replica for the driver and bronze replica for the passenger

align="center"| 5

| align="center"| 3

| align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} George Grinton

| align="left"|{{flagicon|IOM}} Tony Mahon

| align="left"| 588cc Norton

| align="center"| 4

|3:36:27.00

|41.83 mph

|align="left"|Grinton's throttle wire broke on lap 1 and he rode the race holding it in his hand, which at the end was cut and bleeding.Ramsey Courier, Friday 27 June 1924

align="center"| DNF

|| 4

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Bert Taylor

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} C.R. Hirst

|align="left"| 590cc OEC-Blackburne

|align="center"| 3

|colspan="4"; align="left" | Retired on last lap at Ballaugh with engine trouble.

align="center"| DNF

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| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} S.E. Longman

| align="left"|{{flagicon|IOM}} Arthur Kinrade

|align="left"| 600cc Coventry-Victor Super-Six

|align="center"| 2

|colspan="4"; align="left" | Retired on lap 3 at Gooseneck with engine trouble.

align="center"| DNF

|| 1

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Freddie Dixon

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Walter Denny

|align="left"| 596cc Douglas

|align="center"| 2

|colspan="4"; align="left" | Retired on lap 3 while leading the race at Kirkmichael with engine trouble.

align="center"| DNF

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| align="left"|{{flagicon|Scotland}} Alfie Alexander

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} S. Ford

|align="left"| 596cc Douglas

|align="center"| 2

|colspan="4"; align="left" | Retired on lap 3 while running third, due broken sidecar stay, pushing the machine in from Governor's Bridge to Start.

align="center"| DNS

|| 5

| align="left"|{{flagicon|GB}} Freddie Hatton

| align="left"|

|align="left"| 596cc New Hudson

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colspan=14| Fastest lap: Freddie Dixon, 43min. 32sec. 53.23 mphThe Isle of Man Examiner, Friday 27 June 1924

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events/Races.aspx?meet_code=TT24&race_seq=1 Detailed race results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310194627/http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]

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