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Isle of Man TT




The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.[2]
The Isle of Man TT is run in a time-trial format on public roads closed to the public by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The event consists of one week of practice sessions followed by one week of racing. It has been a tradition, perhaps started by racing competitors in the early 1920s, for spectators to tour the Snaefell Mountain Course on motorcycles during the Isle of Man TT on "Mad Sunday",[3] an informal and unofficial sanctioned event held on the Sunday[4] between 'Practice Week' and 'Race Week'.
The first Isle of Man TT race was held on Tuesday 28 May 1907 and was called the International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy.[5] The event was organised by the Auto-Cycle Club over 10 laps of the Isle of Man St John's Short Course of 15miles 1,470yards for road-legal 'touring' motorcycles with exhaust silencers, saddles, pedals and mudguards.
From 1911 the Isle of Man TT transferred to the much longer Snaefell Mountain Course of 37.40 miles (current length 37.73 miles).  The race programme developed from a single race with two classes for the 1907 Isle of Man TT, expanding in 1911 to two individual races for the 350cc Junior TT motor-cycles and the Blue Riband event the 500cc Senior TT race. The race did not take place from 1915 to 1919 due to the First World War. It resumed in 1920. A 250cc Lightweight TT race was added to the Isle of Man TT programme in 1922 followed by a Sidecar TT race in 1923.
There was no racing on the Isle of Man between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War. It recommenced with the Manx Grand Prix in 1946 and the Isle of Man TT in 1947, with a greatly expanded format that included the new Clubman's TT races. The Isle of Man TT became part of the FIM Motor-cycle Grand Prix World Championship (now MotoGP) as the British round of the World Motor-Cycling Championship during the period 1949–1976. Following safety concerns with the Snaefell Mountain Course and problems over inadequate 'start-money' for competitors, there was a boycott of the Isle of Man TT races from the early 1970s by many of the leading competitors, motorcycle manufacturers and national motorcycle sporting federations.[6]
It is still billed in popular culture as the most dangerous motorsport event in the world, with the New York Times stating the number of deaths "to 146 since it was first run in 1907; if one includes fatal accidents occurring during the Manx Grand Prix, the amateur races held later in the summer on the same Snaefell Mountain Course, the figure rises above 250."[7][8] fatalities in its history. An on-site account of the 2003 race by Sports Illustrated writer Franz Lidz called the spectacle "38 Miles of Terror... a test of nerves and speed that may be sport's most dangerous event." [9] In 1976, the Isle of Man TT lost its world championship status; this was transferred to the United Kingdom by the FIM and run as the British Grand Motor-Cycle Grand Prix for the 1977 season. The Isle of Man TT Races then became an integral part of the new style TT Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3 World Championships between 1977 and 1990 to develop and maintain the international racing status of the Isle of Man TT races.[10] The event was redeveloped by the Isle of Man Department of Tourism as the Isle of Man TT Festival from 1989 onwards. This included new racing events for the new Isle of Man TT Festival programme, including the Isle of Man Pre-TT Classic Races in 1989 followed by the Isle of Man Post-TT Races from 1991 and both held on the Billown Circuit. In 2013, the Isle of Man Classic TT was developed by the Isle of Man Department of Economic Development and the Auto-Cycle Union for historic racing motorcycles, and along with the Manx Grand Prix now forms part of the 'Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling' held in late August of each year.
The event has not been without criticism. In 2007 an incident during the 'senior race' resulted in the death of a rider and two spectators.[11]. The resultant inquest made several recommendations and included several comments, such as: 'Senior Marshals may well have been elevated beyond the sphere of their competence'. [12]. It also noted that "I am more than aware of the fact that the witnesses from the Manx Motor Cycle Club and the marshals are all volunteers. They give their time freely and without paid reward. Having said that however, if it were suggested because they were volunteers there should be some allowance in the standards expected of them, then I regret I cannot agree' on the subject of competency." [13]

Early Isle of Man TT race history (1904–1910)
Gordon Bennett and Tourist Trophy car races
Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett Eliminating Trial, restricted to touring automobiles. As the Motor Car Act 1903 placed a speed restriction of 20mph (32km/h) on automobiles in the UK, Julian Orde, Secretary of the Automobile Car Club of Britain and Ireland approached the authorities in the Isle of Man for the permission to race automobiles on the island's public roads.[14] The Highways (Light Locomotive) Act 1904 gave permission in the Isle of Man for the 52.15-mile (83.93km) Highroads Course for the 1904 Gordon Bennett Eliminating Trial which was won by Clifford Earl (Napier) in 7 hours 26.5 minutes for five laps (255.5mi or 411.2km) of the Highroads Course. The 1905 Gordon Bennett Trial was held on 30 May 1905 and was again won by Clifford Earl driving a Napier automobile in 6 hours and 6 minutes for six laps of the Highroads Course. This was followed in September 1905 with the first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race for racing automobiles, now known as the RAC Tourist Trophy and was won by John Napier (Arrol-Johnston) in 6 hours and 9 minutes at an average speed of 33.90mph (54.56km/h).[15]
International Motor-Cycle Cup Race (1905)
For the 1905 Gordon Bennett Eliminating Trial it was decided to run an eliminating trial for motorcycles the day after for a team to represent Great Britain in the International Motor-Cycle Cup Races. An accident at Ramsey Hairpin forced out one of the pre-race favourites and the inability of the motorcycle competitors to climb the steep Mountain Section of the course forced the organisers to use a 25-mile (40km) section of the Gordon Bennett Trial course. This ran from Douglas south to Castletown and then north to Ballacraine along the primary A3 road and returned to the start at the Quarterbridge in Douglas via Crosby and Glen Vine along the current Snaefell Mountain Course in the reverse direction. The 1905 International Motor-Cycle Cup Race for five laps (125mi or 201km) was won by J.S. Campbell (Ariel) despite a fire during a pit stop[16] in 4hours, 9minutes and 36 seconds at an average race speed of 30.04mph (48.34km/h).[17]
Format of the races

The TT Races since the first race in 1907 have been in the format of time-trial. The races held on the Clypse Course during the period 1954–1959 were the more traditional full grid starts along with the 1924 Lightweight TT Race and Clubmen TT Races from 1948, which were also "mass-start" races.  The current format is a "clutch start" and race competitors will be "started singly at 10-second intervals".[18]
Race procedure
Start Preliminaries
First Signal – 45 minutes before the start with a warm-up of engines in the Race Paddock and assembly area.
Second Signal – 30 minutes before start.
Third Signal – 15 minutes before start, race competitors move to the start-line and form-up in qualification order.
Fourth Signal – 5 minutes before start, signal to clear the grid and race competitors move towards the exit-gate.
Eligibility
Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing.
Entrants must cite pre-filled documentation of completion of a UK drivers licence or motorcycle certification or a drivers licence from a comparable country that is recognized by UK comparable department of transportation standards and may withhold due to any pre race or post race suspensions.  
Race classes
Superbike TT
The 2015 specification for entries into the Superbike TT race are defined as:
Any machine complying with the following specifications:
TT Superbike: (Machines complying with the 2015 FIM Superbike Championship specifications)
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 850cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke
Minimum Weight 165kg (364lb). Other machines admitted at the discretion of the Organisers[19]
Supersport TT
The 1911 Isle of Man TT was the first time the Junior TT race took place, open to 300cc single-cylinder and 340cc twin cylinder motorcycles, contested over five laps of the new 37.5-mile (60.4km) Snaefell Mountain Course. The first event on the new course was the Junior TT Race contested by 35 entrants, won by Percy J. Evans riding a Humber motor-cycle at an average race speed of 41.45mph (66.71km/h). The 1912 event was the first to limit the Junior TT to only 350cc machines and this engine capacity prevailed until 1994 when replaced by the 600cc Supersport class.
1911 For single cylinder motorcycles not exceeding 300cc engine capacity and 340cc twin cylinder motorcycles.
1912–1948 For motorcycles not exceeding 350cc engine capacity.
1949–1953 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 350cc engine capacity and held on the Snaefell mountain course.
1954–1959 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 350cc engine capacity and held on the Clypse Course.
1960–1976 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 350cc engine capacity and held on the Mountain Course.
1977–1993 for motorcycles not exceeding 350cc engine capacity and held on the Mountain Course.
1994 onwards for motorcycles not exceeding 600cc engine capacity and held on the Mountain Course.
The 2015 specifications for entries into the Supersport TT race are:
TT Supersport: (Machines complying with the 2015 FIM Supersport Championship specifications)
Over 400cc up to 600cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 600cc up to 675cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 600cc up to 750cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke
Minimum Weight 161kg[20]
Superstock TT

The 2015 specifications for entries for the Superstock TT, an event for production based motorcycles racing with treaded road tyres, are based on the FIM Superstock Championship specifications, as follows:
Superstock TT: (Machines complying with the 2012 FIM Superstock Championship specifications)
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 850cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke
Minimum (Dry) Weight 170kg[21]
Lightweight TT


The 1922 event was the first time the Lightweight TT race took place, won by a motorcycle-journalist Geoff S. Davison, riding a Levis at an average speed of 49.89mph (80.29km/h) for seven laps of the Snaefell Mountain Course. As with the Ultra-Lightweight TT Race, the event was dropped from the race schedule in 2004, but was reintroduced 2008–2009, held on the Billown short road circuit and then dropped again from the race schedule on cost grounds.
1924–1948 For motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity.
1949–1953 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity, held on the Snaefell mountain course.
1954–1959 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity, held on the Clypse Course.
1960–1976 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity, held on the Mountain Course.
1977–2004 for motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity, held on the Mountain Course.
2008–2009 for motorcycles not exceeding 250cc engine capacity, held on the Billown Circuit.
2012– The event was re-introduced from the 2012 event for water-cooled four-stroke twin cylinder not exceeding a capacity of 650cc and complying with the ACU Standing Regulations.[22]
The 2015 specifications for entries into the Lightweight TT race are:
Machines must comply with general technical rules as per ACU Standing Regulations and 2015 IOM TT regulations.
Any four-stroke twin cylinder motorcycle originally sold for road use with a water-cooled engine of up to 650cc engine capacity.
Eligible machines must be from models homologated for road use 2006 or later.[23]
Sidecar TT


The 1923 TT was the first time the Sidecar TT race was run, over three laps (113mi or 182km) of the Mountain Course and was won by Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Perry with a Douglas and special banking-sidecar at an average race speed of 53.15mph (85.54km/h). For the 1926 event the Sidecar and Ultra-Lightweight TT classes were dropped due to lack of entries.
The Sidecar race was re-introduced from the 1954 event for Sidecars not exceeding 500cc engine capacity, run on the Clypse Course. A non-championship 750cc class for sidecars was introduced at the 1968 event. For the 1976 event the race was held over two-legs. From 1975, the previous 500cc and 750cc classes for Sidecars were replaced by a 1000cc engine capacity class.


The new FIM Formula 2 class for Sidecars was introduced for the 1990 Isle of Man TT.
1954–1959 FIM World Championship Event for Side-Cars not exceeding 500cc engine capacity. Race held on the Clypse Course.
1960–1976 FIM World Championship Event held on Mountain Course.
1968–1974 Non-Championship event for Sidecars not exceeding 750cc.
1975–1989 Sidecars not exceeding 1000cc engine capacity.
1990– FIM Formula 2 Sidecar race for two-stroke engines not exceeding 350cc or four-stroke engines not exceeding 600cc.
The 2015 specifications for entries into the Sidecar TT race are:
Machines must comply with general technical rules as per ACU Standing Regulations and 2015 Isle of Man TT regulations.
Engine Types
501 – 600cc, 4 stroke, 4 cylinder, Production based motorcycle engines.
Senior TT


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 500cc single-cylinder and 585cc twin-cylinder motorcycles, over five laps of the new 37.5-mile (60.4km) 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 47.63mph (76.65km/h). Fitted with a six-speed belt drive[24] 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.[25]
1911 For single cylinder motorcycles not exceeding 500cc engine capacity and 585cc twin cylinder motorcycles.
1912–1939 For motorcycles not exceeding 500cc engine capacity.
1947–1948 For motorcycles not exceeding 500cc engine capacity and a ban on engine supercharging.
1949–1976 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 500cc engine capacity.
1977–1984 for motorcycles not exceeding 500cc engine capacity.
1985–2004 for motorcycles complying with ACU TT Formula 1 rules not exceeding 1,010cc engine capacity.
2004 onwards for motorcycles complying with ACU/FIM Superbike rules not exceeding 1,000cc engine capacity.
The 2015 specifications for entries into the Senior TT race are:
TT Superbike: (Machines complying with the 2015 FIM Superbike Championship specifications)[26]
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke
Over 850cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke
Supersport Junior TT (without limitation of tyre choice)
TT Superstock (without limitation of tyre choice)
Other machines admitted at the discretion of the Organisers.
TT Zero

Starting from the 2010 races, the TT Zero event over one lap (37.73mi or 60.72km) of the Snaefell Mountain Course replaced the TTXGP. The TT Zero event as an officially sanctioned TT race is for racing motorcycles where "The technical concept is for motorcycles (two wheeled) to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions".[27] The Isle of Man Government offered a prize of £10,000 for the first entrant to exceed the prestigious 100mph (160km/h) (22 minutes and 38.388 seconds) average speed around the Mountain Course. This was achieved by Michael Rutter of team MotoCzysz in the 2012 race,[28] and has been exceeded every year since.
Discontinued race classes
Ultra-Lightweight TT

1924 was the first time the Ultra-Lightweight TT race took place for motorcycles not exceeding 175cc engine capacity. It was won by Jack Porter, riding a New Imperial motorcycle at an average speed of 51.21mph (82.41km/h) over three laps of the Snaefell mountain course. The Ultra-Lightweight class was re-introduced in 1951 for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc until discontinued in 1974, and then re-introduced for 1989, again for two-stroke 125cc motorcycles, until dropped again due to lack of entries after 2004. The event was reintroduced 2008–2009 held on the four-mile Billown Circuit and then dropped from the race schedule on cost grounds for the 2010 races.
1924–1925 For motorcycles not exceeding 175cc engine capacity.
1951–1953 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc engine capacity, held on the Snaefell mountain course.
1954–1959 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc engine capacity, held on the Clypse Course.
1960–1974 FIM World Championship event for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc engine capacity, held on the Mountain Course.
1989–2004 for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc engine capacity, held on the Mountain Course.
2008–2009 for motorcycles not exceeding 125cc engine capacity, held on the Billown Circuit.
50cc race 1962–1968, an additional World Championship event for Ultra-Lightweight motorcycles not exceeding 50cc engine capacity, held on the Mountain Course.
Clubman TT and Production TT
The Clubman races with Lightweight, Junior and Senior classes were held for production motorcycles from 1947 until 1956.[29] A Senior 1000cc class provided an opportunity for Vincent motorcycles.[30] The riders were little-known, but as the stars were barred from entering the class, it provided a stepping-stone for future-stars but resulted in less spectator-interest. The series became dominated by one model – the BSA Gold Star,[31][32][33] and with little competition from other manufacturers, was discontinued. When previewing the impending re-introduction of a specification-controlled, roadster-based class in March 1967, David Dixon wrote: "lack of inter-make rivalry probably put the final nail in the coffin".[31]
Writing in UK monthly magazine Motor Cyclist Illustrated, racing journalist Ray Knight, who had achieved a lap speed of nearly 88mph on a Triumph Tiger 100 roadster-based racing motorcycle in the Manx Grand Prix,[34][35][36] commented in early 1965 that the ACU had refused a request from manufacturers to run a production TT race, which he thought was a missed opportunity, particularly considering the dwindling support for the 500cc race.[37]
A Production TT for roadster-based motorcycles having classes for maximum engine capacities of 250cc, 500cc and 750cc was introduced from 1967 until 1976 when the class was discontinued.
The Production TT was reintroduced for the 1984 races in three classes, reduced to two classes on safety grounds for the 1990 races. For the 2005 races the Superstock class replaced the previous 1000cc & 600cc Production TT classes that had been part of the race schedule since 1989.
Practice sessions

At the TT races there is usually one week of practice and one week of racing. Historically there was an early morning practice session from 05:00–07:30am but this was discontinued from the 2004 races. During an early morning practice at the 1927 Isle of Man TT, Archie Birkin, brother of Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys, was killed at Rhencullen. From 1928 practice sessions for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix were held on closed roads. Evening practice sessions were introduced for the 1937 Isle of Man TT and continue to this day. The Thursday afternoon practice session from 13:45–17:00, introduced in the late 1950s, was discontinued from the Centenary races in 2007.
A schedule for practice sessions is announced each year well in advance. For the 2016 races a provisional schedule was announced by mid-July 2015,[38] and changes in the schedule were highlighted.[39]
But for example, the 2015 event began with a Saturday evening untimed practice session from 18:00–21:30, with the public roads that comprise the Snaefell Mountain Course closed. The section of the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road from Ramsey Hairpin to Creg-ny-Baa was to close at 16:45 for the practice periods (from 17:00 hours from the Bungalow), 1 hour and 15 minutes before the rest of the course.[40]
The first practice session in 2015 was to provide four controlled laps for newcomers, two for new Solo competitors and two for new Sidecar competitors. Competitors would be escorted for one lap of the Mountain Course by the Travelling Marshals at a steady pace and accompanied by experienced Isle of Man TT and/or Manx Grand Prix competitors.
The schedule for the first Saturday untimed session in 2015 was:
18:20 – 18:45 Solo Motor-Cycles Newcomers Speed Control Lap
18:35 – 19:00 Sidecar Newcomers' Control Lap
18:50 – 19:50 Lightweight TT / Newcomers (all solo classes)
19:55 – 20:50 Sidecar practice session.
Practice week sessions
The main practice and timed practice sessions are usually held on Monday-Friday of the next week. The public roads forming the Mountain Course were to be closed in 2015 between 18:00 – 21:30 for the Solo and Sidecar classes. Some would-be racers need to qualify for races by achieving satisfactory practice times during these sessions.
Schedule for the five-day timed session Monday-Friday of practice week in 2015:
18:20 – 19:55 Solo Motor-Cycles timed practice session.
20:00 – 20:50 Sidecar timed practice session.
Race week practice sessions
Further scheduled timed practice sessions after the race periods for the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races:
Saturday 6 June:
16:40 – 17:40 Solo Motor-Cycles timed practice session.
Mad Sunday, 7 June:
No practice sessions were scheduled during "Mad Sunday", a day when many fans ride the TT course themselves. An exception to this non-scheduling was in 2013 when there was racing on the afternoon of Mad Sunday. In 2013, Inspector Derek Flint said: "Even though the benefits of the mountain being one way are in place for the entire two weeks these days, Mad Sunday is traditionally a time for that little bit of extra exuberance, which creates us problems when people run out of skill, then run out of road".  Police are out in force, and in 2013  large numbers of fans were expected to ride due to very favourable weather forecasts.[41]
Monday 8 June:
12:30 – 13:00 Sidecar timed practice session.
Wednesday 10 June:
15:50 – 16:45 Solo Motor-Cycles timed practice session for the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races.
Practice TT Zero

Schedule for the TT Zero Challenge timed sessions in 2015 was:
Friday 5 June 20:30 – 20:50
Saturday 6 June 17:45 – 18:30
Monday 8 June 16:00 – 16:30
In the event of inclement weather either delaying or leading to the cancellation of one or more timed practice sessions, a reserve morning session could be held with the public roads closed 06:00 – 07:30 on the Mountain Course. Further untimed practice sessions are held during race week after the racing has been completed for selected race classes.
Race schedule
In 2015 there were four scheduled race days:
Saturday 6 June:
11:00 Superbike Race, 6 laps (236.38mi or 380.42km)
14:00  Sidecar Race 1, 3 laps (113.00mi or 181.86km)
Monday 8 June:
10:45 Supersport Race 1, 4 laps (150.92mi or 242.88km)
14:00 Superstock Race, 4 laps (150.92mi or 242.88km)
Wednesday 10 June:
10:45  TT Zero Challenge Race, 1 lap (37.73mi or 60.72km)
12:00  Supersport TT Race 2, 4 laps (150.92mi or 242.88km)
14:30 Sidecar Race 2, 3 laps (113.00mi or 181.86km)
Friday 12 June:
10:15  Lightweight TT Race, 3 laps (113.00mi or 181.86km)
13:00  Senior TT Race, 6 laps (236.38mi or 380.42km)
The section of the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road from Ramsey Hairpin (Barrule Park, Ramsey) to Creg-ny-Baa was to close for the race periods 45 minutes before the rest of the course (30 minutes from the Bungalow).[42]
TT course official vehicles
After the completion of a practice or race period, an official course vehicle displaying the notice Roads Open proceeds around the Mountain Course, passing each point opening the roads including side-access junctions to public use. On the Snaefell mountain road section from Ramsey to Douglas, the official vehicle displays the notice Roads Open One Way.
Crossing places during practice and races
The 1982 Road Racing Act (Isle of Man) and the supplementary TT Road Races Orders allow vehicles and pedestrians to cross the Snaefell Mountain Course at certain points between scheduled race periods under the supervision of a police officer. Several permanent pedestrian overbridges have been erected. These points include:
In Douglas
A2 St Ninian's Crossroads with the A22 Ballaquayle Road and the A22 Ballanard Road
A2 junction at Bray Hill with the Tromode Road and Stoney Road
A1 Peel Road between Braddan Bridge (Jubilee Oak) and the Quarterbridge
A2 Governor's Road, Onchan, the A2 Glencrutchery Road and Victoria Road at Governor's Bridge
A2 Glencrutchery Road between Second & Third Avenues and Victoria Road
A18 Bemahague Road at Bedstead Corner, Onchan

Pedestrian overbridge at Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, close to start/finish and TT Grandstand
Pedestrian overbridge at Bedstead Corner, Douglas, with Hailwood Avenue junction to right

Elsewhere
A1 Douglas to Peel road with the A23 Eyreton Road and the B36 Old Church Road, Crosby
A3 Castletown to Ramsey road junction with B10 Sartfield Road and the Ballaleigh Road at Barregarrow Crossroads, Michael
A3 junction with A10 Station Road and C37 Ballaugh Glen Road at Ballaugh Bridge
A3 junction with A14 Sandygate Road and A14 Tholt-y-Will Glen Road at Sulby Crossroads
A2 Albert Square and Princes Road, Ramsey at the junction with A18 Snaefell Mountain Road, close to May Hill

Pedestrian overbridge before School House Corner, western approach to Ramsey town
Pedestrian overbridge exiting Ramsey town centre, looking south-east towards May Hill
Pedestrian overbridge at The Bungalow, on Snaefell mountain

TT Course access road

The TT Access Road runs parallel to a section of the A1 Peel Road, which is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course, and operates during practice and race periods to enable vehicles to pass from inside of the race course to the outside. It runs along a section of former railway line on the historic Douglas to Peel route, from the junction of the A5 New Castletown Road at the Quarter Bridge, passing under the course at Braddan Bridge, to an exit at Braddan School Road in Douglas outskirts, near the former Braddan Railway Halt and the A23/Ballafletcher Road junction. The access road is a narrow, single-track width with passing places and is restricted to cars and light vans below a weight limit of 3,500 kilograms (3.4 long tons; 3.9 short tons). When used for vehicular traffic, pedestrian access is prohibited, but at other times it is part of a system of nature-trails.[43][44]
Description
The Oxford Companion to World Sports and Games notes:
The oldest motor-cycle racing circuit still in use is the Snaefell Mountain Course over which the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races are run. Starting at the town of Douglas on the south-east coast, the course takes a wide sweep to the west and north to enter the town of Ramsey on the north-east coast and thence return to the starting point, each lap measuring 37​3⁄4miles (60.7km) and taking in over 200 bends while climbing from sea level to an altitude of over 1,300ft (396m). This circuit is the epitome of the natural road course, all the roads used being ordinary public highways closed for the racing and practice sessions.[45]

During race week, the TT races create a carnival atmosphere with picnicking spectators flanking vantage points on the circuit similar to other community festivals in another form of cycle racing – the Tour de Yorkshire and Le Tour de France.
Safety


Between 1907 and 2018 there have been 149 fatalities during official practices or races on the Snaefell Mountain Course, and 258 total fatalities (this number includes the riders killed during the Manx Grand Prix, and Clubman TT race series of the late 1940s/1950s).[7][46][47]  In 2016, 5 riders died on the course during official practices or races, bringing the total number of fatalities to 252.[48][49][8][50] There were six fatalities among competitors in the 1970 Isle of Man TT, making it the deadliest year in the history of the event.[51][52]
Total overall race winners
[53]

FIM Championship Rounds (1949–1976)
The Isle of Man TT was part of the FIM Motor-Cycle Grand Prix World Championship (now MotoGP) between 1949 and 1976. During this period the Isle of Man TT Races counted as the United Kingdom round including the Sidecar TT, 50cc Ultra-Lightweight TT, 125cc Lightweight TT, 250cc Lightweight TT, 350cc Junior TT and 500cc Senior TT races counted towards the FIM Motor-Cycle Grand Prix World Championship. After the 1972 races, multiple world champion and dominant motorcycle racer of his time Giacomo Agostini announced he would never race again at the Isle of Man, declaring it too dangerous for international competition and that it was outrageous that such a race should never be part of a scenario where riders were forced to do such a race; at this point the Isle of Man TT was not suited to the growing professionalism and business aspects of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. More and more riders joined his boycott, and after 1976 the race was stricken from the championship and replaced by the British Grand Prix.

Current lap records


Current race records

Race awards
Race winner trophies

 Marquis de Mouzilly St Mars Trophy.
Fastest lap awards

Special awards

Other Special awards
Fastest Newcomer – The Vernon Cooper Trophy

Most Meritorious Female – The Susan Jeness Trophy is awarded yearly by the Executive Committee of the TT Supporters' Club, in recognition of the "most meritorious performance by a female competitor" during the previous TT meeting.[69]

See also

List of named corners of the Snaefell Mountain Course
North West 200
Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling
Notes
Citations


Barker, Stuart (2007). 100 One Hundred Years of the TT. EMAP ISBN1-84605-235-1
Duckworth, Mick (2007). TT 100 – The Authorised History of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Racing. Lily Publications ISBN9781899602674
Harris, Nick (1991). Motocourse History of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Races 1907–1989 Hazelton Publishing ISBN0-905138-71-6
Mac McDiarmid (2004). The Magic of The TT. A Century of Racing over The Mountain Haynes Publishing. ISBN1-84425-002-4
Noyes, Denis (1999) 50Years of Moto Grand Prix. Hazelton Publishing Ltd ISBN1-874557-83-7
Pidcock, Fred & Snelling, Bill (2007) History of the Isle of Man Clubman's TT Races 1947–1956. Amulree Publications ISBN1-901508-10-2
Savage, Mike (1997) TT Heroes. Amulree Publications ISBN0-9521126-9-8
Snelling, Bill (1996). The Tourist Trophy in Old Photographs Collected by Bill Snelling. Sutton Publishing ISBN1-84015-059-9
Stroud, Jon (2007). The Little Book of the TT. Green Umbrella Publishing ISBN1-905828-24-1
Wright, David (2007). 100Years of the Isle of Man TT Races. A Century of Motorcycle Racing. Crowood Press ISBN1-86126-906-4
Wright, David (2006). TT Topics and Tales. Amulree Publications ISBN1-901508-09-9



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