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1938 Isle of Man TT

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1938 Senior TT winner Harold Daniell at Bray Hill

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.[1] 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.

Third at the Senior TT; Freddie Frith, 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.[2]

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.[3]

Senior TT (500cc)

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Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton 89.11 2.57.50.6
2 Republic of Ireland Stanley Woods Velocette 88.99 2:58.05.8
3 United Kingdom Freddie Frith Norton 88.98 2:58.07.4
4 United Kingdom John H. White Norton 87.14 3:01.52.0
5 United Kingdom Jock West BMW 85.92 3:04.27.0
6 United Kingdom Ted Mellors Velocette 84.67 3:07.10.0
7 United Kingdom Les Archer Velocette 81.39 3:14.43.0
8 South Africa Johnny Galway Norton 81.23 3:15.36.0
9 United Kingdom Jock Weddell Norton 78.31 3:22.22.0
10 United Kingdom Ken Boardman Norton 78.28 3:22.28.0

Junior TT (350cc)

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Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Republic of Ireland Stanley Woods Velocette 84.08 mph 3.08.30.0
2 United Kingdom Ted Mellors Velocette 82.4 3:12.20.0
3 United Kingdom Freddie Frith Norton 82.35 3:12.27.0
4 United Kingdom John H. White Norton 82.14 3:12.56.0
5 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton 80.54 3:16.32.0
6 United Kingdom David Whitworth Velocette 78.49 3:21.54.0
7 United Kingdom Norman Croft Norton 76.45 3:27.16.0
8 United Kingdom Jack Williams Norton 76.23 3:27.39.0
9 France Roger Loyer Velocette 76.1 3:28.15.0
10 United Kingdom Harry Craine Norton 75.58 3:29.42.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

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Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Nazi Germany Ewald Kluge DKW 78.48 mph 3.21.56.0
2 United Kingdom Ginger Wood Excelsior 74.38 3:33.06.0
3 Republic of Ireland Henry Tyrell-Smith Excelsior 73.62 3:35.16.0
4 United Kingdom Maurice Cann Excelsior 72.07 3:39.54.0
5 Republic of Ireland Charlie Manders Excelsior 71.68 3:41.06.0
6 United Kingdom Jack Forbes Excelsior 70.98 3:43.16.0
7 United Kingdom Les G. Martin Excelsior 70.77 3:43.56.0
8 United Kingdom George Paterson New Imperial 69.62 3:47.39.0
9 South Africa Johnny Galway Excelsior 68.87 3:50.07.0
10 United Kingdom Stan Miller OK-Supreme 68.65 3:50.51.0

Notes

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  • Improvements to the course include road-widening and resurfacing work at Greeba Bridge, Sulby Straight and the 26th Milestone.

Sources

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  1. ^ "Isle of Man TT Circuit". Archived from the original on 16 November 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2006. MCB TTraces (Retrieved 1 November 2006)
  2. ^ "Short descriptions of legendary motorcycles of the 20th century from Matchless to Rudge". Archived from the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2006.Krackowizer Motorcycles M – R (Retrieved 18 November 2006)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) MCB FoTTofinders (Retrieved 1 November 2006)
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