1938 Isle of Man TT

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File:Bray Hill 1938.jpg at Bray Hill]]

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The 1938 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw the Senior TT lap record of 90.27 mph set by Freddie Frith the previous year broken in 1938 when Harold Daniell completed a lap at 91.00 mph on his Norton, a record which would stand for 12 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcb.net/ttraces/ttraces.html |title=Isle of Man TT Circuit |accessdate=2006-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116004452/http://www.mcb.net/ttraces/ttraces.html |archivedate=2006-11-16 }} MCB TTraces (Retrieved 1 November 2006) He won, beating Stanley Woods by only 14.4 seconds. Stanley Woods won the Junior, with Harold Daniell coming fifth, while Ewald Kluge on a DKW won the Lightweight. Kluge was the second Lightweight TT winning non-British rider in a row, Omobono Tenni having won the previous year.

File:Freddie Frith 1938.jpg, at Bray Hill]]

Between 1931 and 1937 Norton had six Senior-TT wins with the long-stroke CamShaft One (CS1) engine. Norton entered the 1938 Senior TT with a new short-stroke engine, new telescopic front forks, and won for the 7th time, with rider Harold Daniell.{{cite web|url=http://www.reisemosaik.at/Oldtimer/Krackowizer_Motorcycles_M_R.htm |title=Short descriptions of legendary motorcycles of the 20th century from Matchless to Rudge |accessdate=2006-11-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202065211/http://www.reisemosaik.at/Oldtimer/Krackowizer_Motorcycles_M_R.htm |archivedate=2007-12-02 }}Krackowizer Motorcycles M – R (Retrieved 18 November 2006)

Eric Oliver, who later won 4 sidecar World Championships, was entered this year, but retired his Norton from the Junior TT with a broken chain.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcb.net/amulree/fotof%2031%2039.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930205338/http://www.mcb.net/amulree/fotof%2031%2039.html |archivedate=2008-09-30 }} MCB FoTTofinders (Retrieved 1 November 2006)