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1950 Ulster Grand Prix

{{Short description|Motorcycle race in Northern Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| Grand Prix = Ulster

| flag = Ulster

| Location = Clady Circuit

| Course_mi = 16.5

| Course_km = 26.5

| Course = Public roads

| Race_No = 5

| Season_No = 6

| Date = 19 August

| Year = 1950

| Image =Clady_Circuit_1946-1952.svg

| Fast_Rider_500 = Geoff Duke

| Fast_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Norton

| Fast_Time_500 = 9:44

| First_Rider_500 = Geoff Duke

| First_Rider_500_Country = UK

| First_Rider_500_Bike = Norton

| Second_Rider_500 = Leslie Graham

| Second_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Second_Rider_500_Bike = AJS

| Third_Rider_500 = Johnny Lockett

| Third_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Third_Rider_500_Bike = Norton

| Fast_Rider_350 = Bob Foster

| Fast_Rider_350_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette

| Fast_Time_350 = 10:40

| First_Rider_350 = Bob Foster

| First_Rider_350_Country = UK

| First_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette

| Second_Rider_350 = Reg Armstrong

| Second_Rider_350_Country = Ireland

| Second_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette

| Third_Rider_350 = Harry Hinton

| Third_Rider_350_Country = Australia

| Third_Rider_350_Bike = Norton

| Fast_Rider_250 = Maurice Cann

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Fast_Time_250 = 11:46

| First_Rider_250 = Maurice Cann

| First_Rider_250_Country = UK

| First_Rider_250_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Second_Rider_250 = Dario Ambrosini

| Second_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = Benelli

| Third_Rider_250 = Wilf Billington

| Third_Rider_250_Country = UK

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Fast_Rider_125 = Carlo Ubbiali

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial

| Fast_Time_125 = 12:33.0

| First_Rider_125 = Carlo Ubbiali

| First_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial

| Second_Rider_125 = Bruno Ruffo

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial

| Third_Rider_125 = No third place finisher.

| Third_Rider_125_Country =

| Third_Rider_125_Bike =

|}}

The 1950 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 August 1950 at the Clady Circuit. The races for all four classes were run concurrently with each other, with each class being dispatched with a mass start at one-minute intervals (starting with the 500cc class and ending with the 125cc class).

500 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Duke

| Norton

| 15

| 2:29:15

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Graham

| AJS

| 15

| +57.6

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Johnny Lockett

| Norton

| 15

| +1:39.6

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dickie Dale

| Norton

| 15

| +3:55

| 3

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jock West

| AJS

| 15

| +9:31

| 2

6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti

| Gilera

| 15

| +13:25

| 1

7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nello Pagani

| Gilera

| 15

| +13:34

|

8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Phil Heath

| Norton

|

|

|

9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Turner

| Norton

|

|

|

10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} E. A. Barrett

| Norton

|

|

|

11

| {{flagicon

} J. F. Kentish

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 12

| {{flagicon|}} F. Fairbairn

| Vincent

|

|

|

|-

! 13

| {{flagicon|}} E. Braine

| Norton

|

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|

|-

!colspan=6| {{cite book | title=Motor Cycling Yearbook 1951 | publisher=Temple Press Ltd | editor-last = Chamberlain | editor-first = Peter | pages = 117–118}}

|}

350 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Foster

| Velocette

| 14

| 2:20:55.6

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Reg Armstrong

| Velocette

| 14

| +12.4

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hinton

| Norton

| 14

| +1:15.4

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric McPherson

| AJS

| 14

| +2:00.8

| 3

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cecil Sandford

| AJS

| 14

| +3:23.4

| 2

6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harold Daniell

| Norton

| 14

| +3:24.4

| 1

7

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Louis Carter

| Gilera

| 15

| +5:58.4

|

8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Charlie Gray

| AJS

| 15

| +7:20.0

|

9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Les Dear

| AJS

|

|

|

10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Arthur Wheeler

| Velocette

|

|

|

11

| {{flagicon

} A. J. Glazebrook

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 12

| {{flagicon|}} A. W. McGaffin

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 13

| {{flagicon|}} G. H. Morgan

| Velocette

|

|

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|-

! 14

| {{flagicon|}} J. S. Slater

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 15

| {{flagicon|}} E. R. Evans

| BSA

|

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|-

! 16

| {{flagicon|}} Syl Anderton

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Simister

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 18

| {{flagicon|}} M. Klein

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 19

| {{flagicon|}} R. Macdonald

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 20

| {{flagicon|}} E. V. C. Hardy

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dennis Lashmar

| Velocette

|

|

|

|-

! 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Browne

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 23

| {{flagicon|}} C. B. Carr

| Velocette

|

|

|

|-

! 24

| {{flagicon|}} R. D. McConnell

| AJS

|

|

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|-

! 25

| {{flagicon|}} S. Towers

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 26

| {{flagicon|}} W. J. Spratt

| Norton

|

|

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|-

! 27

| {{flagicon|}} G. Brockerton

| Norton

|

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|-

! 28

| {{flagicon|}} W. G. Job

| AJS

|

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|-

! 29

| {{flagicon|}} S. B. Gifford

| Velocette

|

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|-

!colspan=6|

|}

250 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Maurice Cann

| Moto Guzzi

| 12

| 2:23:41

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Ambrosini

| Benelli

| 12

| +8:22

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Wilf Billington

| Moto Guzzi

| 12

| +9:25

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Arthur Burton

| Excelsior

| 12

| +11:34

| 3

5

| {{flagicon

} G. Andrews

| Excelsior

|

|

| 2

|-

! 6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} William Campbell

| Excelsior

|

|

| 1

|-

! 7

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Tattersall

| CTS

|

|

|

|-

! 8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Norman Webb

| Excelsior

|

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|-

! 9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Frank Cope

| AJS

|

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|-

!colspan=6|

|}

125cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ubbiali

| Mondial

| 10

| 2:07:53.0

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Bruno Ruffo

| Mondial

| 10

| +1:05.0

| 6

colspan=6 align=center| 3 starters, 2 finishers
colspan=6| Source:{{cite book |last=Haefliger |first=Werner |title=FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide |section=Lightweight class |pages=7 |isbn=978-2-9701086-8-9 |edition=2024}}

References

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{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = Ulster Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1950

| Previous_race_in_season = 1950 Swiss Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 1950 Nations Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 1949 Ulster Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 1951 Ulster Grand Prix

}}

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