oliver godfrey won the isle of man tt senior race.
oliver godfrey won the isle of man tt senior race.
who won the isle of man tt senior race?
oliver godfrey
for the 1911 isle of man tt, the first tt event using the snaefell mountain course or "mountain course", two separate races were introduced. the first event was a four lap junior tt race and a separate senior tt race for 500 cc single-cylinder and 585 cc twin-cylinder motorcycles, over five laps of the new snaefell mountain course. the new technical challenges of the mountain course forced changes on entrants and motorcycle manufacturers alike. the american indian motorcycle factory fitted a two-speed gearbox and chain-drive. this proved to be the winning combination when oliver godfrey won the 1911 senior tt race riding an indian at an average speed of . fitted with a six-speed belt drive charlie collier riding a matchless motorcycle finished second in the 1911 senior tt race and was later disqualified for illegal refuelling. during an early morning practice session for the 1911 isle of man tt races, victor surridge died after crashing his rudge motorcycle at glen helen, the first death of a competitor on the snaefell mountain course and the first death in the isle of man of a person in an automotive accident.
isle of man tt
the blue riband event of the 2010 tt race week the senior tt run over a reduced race distance after the race was red-flagged on lap 3 after an incident at ballagarey on the tt course involving guy martin and caused a number of protective hay-bails to be set alight. the 2010 isle of man tt races provided a clean-sweep of the solo motorcycle classes for ian hutchinson winning five isle of man tt races in a week, including the senior tt race, the superport and superstock tt races, the six lap superbike tt race and also winning the prestigious joey dunlop 2010 isle of man tt championship. the previous record for four race wins in a week completed during the 1996 isle of man tt was held by phillip mccallen. during the 2010 isle of man tt races, ian hutchinson also completed a junior/senior double win and completed two isle of man tt race wins in one day, winning the supersport tt race 1 and the superstock tt races for the second consecutive year.
2010 isle of man tt