1955 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 = Dundrod Circuit

| Course_mi = 7.416

| Course_km = 11.934

| Course = Public roads

| Race_No = 7

| Season_No = 8

| Date = 11–13 August

| Year = 1955

| Image = Dundrod Circuit 1953-1964.svg

| Fast_Rider_500 = Bill Lomas

| Fast_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Fast_Time_500 = 4:43

| First_Rider_500 = Bill Lomas

| First_Rider_500_Country = UK

| First_Rider_500_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Second_Rider_500 = John Hartle

| Second_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Second_Rider_500_Bike = Norton

| Third_Rider_500 = Dickie Dale

| Third_Rider_500_Country = UK

| Third_Rider_500_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Fast_Rider_350 = Bill Lomas

| Fast_Rider_350_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Fast_Time_350 = 4:54

| First_Rider_350 = Bill Lomas

| First_Rider_350_Country = UK

| First_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi

| Second_Rider_350 = John Hartle

| Second_Rider_350_Country = UK

| Second_Rider_350_Bike = Norton

| Third_Rider_350 = John Surtees

| Third_Rider_350_Country = UK

| Third_Rider_350_Bike = Norton

| Fast_Rider_250 = John Surtees

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = UK

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = NSU

| Fast_Time_250 = 5:00

| First_Rider_250 = John Surtees

| First_Rider_250_Country = UK

| First_Rider_250_Bike = NSU

| Second_Rider_250 = Sammy Miller

| Second_Rider_250_Country = UK

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = NSU

| Third_Rider_250 = Umberto Masetti

| Third_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = MV Agusta

|}}

The 1955 Ulster Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11–13 August 1955 at the Dundrod Circuit.

500 cc classification

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

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Lomas

| Moto Guzzi

| 25

| 2:00:31

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Hartle

| Norton

| 25

| +0:06

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dickie Dale

| Moto Guzzi

| 25

| +3:13

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob McIntyre

| Norton

|

|

| 3

5

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Peter Murphy

| Matchless

|

|

| 2

6

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Clark

| Matchless

|

|

| 1

7

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Jones

| Norton

|

|

|

8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Percy Tait

| Norton

|

|

|

9

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Bill Collett

| Matchless

|

|

|

10

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Morrie Low

| BSA

|

|

|

11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Matthews

| Velocette

|

|

|

12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Templeton

| Matchless

|

|

|

13

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Tostevin

| Matchless

|

|

|

14

| {{flagicon

} A. F. J. D. Martin

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 15

| {{flagicon|}} F. H. Turner

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ralph Rensen

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ernie Oliver

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 18

| {{flagicon|}} R. Knox

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 19

| {{flagicon|}} R. H. King

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 20

| {{flagicon|}} K. W. Swallow

| Matchless

|

|

|

|-

! 21

| {{flagicon|}} J. Hayes

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 22

| {{flagicon|}} W. R. Evans

| Matchless

|

|

|

|-

!colspan=6| {{cite book | title=Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 | publisher=Temple Press Ltd | editor-last = Cook | editor-first = R. A. B. | pages = 177, 184}}

|}

350 cc classification

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

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Lomas

| Moto Guzzi

| 20

| 1:39:38

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Hartle

| Norton

| 20

| +0:14

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Surtees

| Norton

| 20

| +1:13

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cecil Sandford

| Moto Guzzi

|

|

| 3

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob McIntyre

| Norton

|

|

| 2

6

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Peter Murphy

| AJS

|

|

| 1

7

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Brett

| AJS

|

|

|

8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Derek Powell

| Norton

|

|

|

9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Clark

| AJS

|

|

|

10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Frank Perris

| AJS

|

|

|

11

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Bill Aislabie

| AJS

|

|

|

12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Percy Tait

| AJS

|

|

|

13

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sammy Miller

| Norton

|

|

|

14

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Arthur Wheeler

| AJS

|

|

|

15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ralph Rensen

| Norton

|

|

|

16

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Barry Stormont

| BSA

|

|

|

17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Matthews

| Velocette

|

|

|

18

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Bill Collett

| AJS

|

|

|

19

| {{flagicon

} R. Ferguson

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 20

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Fred Cook

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Fitton

| Velocette

|

|

|

|-

! 22

| {{flagicon|}} A. F. J. D. Martin

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Malcolm Templeton

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 24

| {{flagicon|}} W. Ferguson

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 25

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Austin Carson

| BSA

|

|

|

|-

! 26

| {{flagicon|}} J. W. Parkinson

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 27

| {{flagicon|}} S. Murray

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 28

| {{flagicon|}} H. Plews

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 29

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Turner

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 30

| {{flagicon|}} R. Wijesinghe

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 31

| {{flagicon|}} K. W. Swallow

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 32

| {{flagicon|}} G. J. Canning

| BSA

|

|

|

|-

! 33

| {{flagicon|}} P. McGarrity

| BSA

|

|

|

|-

! 34

| {{flagicon|}} R. Dean

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 35

| {{flagicon|}} N. Crossett

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 36

| {{flagicon|}} W. R. Evans

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 37

| {{flagicon|}} L. Rice

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 38

| {{flagicon|}} N. Ellwood

| Velocette

|

|

|

|-

! 39

| {{flagicon|}} S. McAvoy

| AJS

|

|

|

|-

! 40

| {{flagicon|}} H. O'Reilly

| Norton

|

|

|

|-

! 41

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Morrie Low

| BSA

|

|

|

|-

!colspan=6|

|}

250 cc classification

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

! Pos

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time

! Points

1

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Surtees

| NSU

| 13

| 1:06:00.4

| 8

2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sammy Miller

| NSU

| 13

| +24.0

| 6

3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti

| MV Agusta

| 13

| +1:16.6

| 4

4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Lomas

| MV Agusta

|

|

| 3

5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cecil Sandford

| Moto Guzzi

|

|

| 2

6

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hermann Paul Müller

| NSU

|

|

| 1

7

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Arthur Wheeler

| Moto Guzzi

|

|

|

8

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Percy Tait

| Velocette

|

|

|

9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jimmy Herron

| Norton

|

|

|

10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harold Kirby

| Velocette

|

|

|

11

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Hans Haldemann

| Moto Guzzi

|

|

|

12

| {{flagicon

} S. Hodgkins

| Excelsior

|

|

|

|-

! 13

| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Andrews

| Excelsior

|

|

|

|-

!colspan=6|

|}

References

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{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = Ulster Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 1955

| Previous_race_in_season = 1955 Dutch TT

| Next_race_in_season = 1955 Nations Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 1954 Ulster Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 1956 Ulster Grand Prix

}}

{{Ulster Grand Prix}}

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