1954 Isle of Man TT
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| Race No 2 of 9 races in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 6th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc... . |
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| Date | 10–18 June 1954 | |||||||||||
| Location | Douglas Douglas, Isle of Man right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping... , Isle of Man Isle of Man The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is... |
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| Course | Road Course 37.73 mi / 60.20 km |
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The 1954 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Isle of Man TT
The International Isle of Man TT Race is a motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man and was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world...
was the second race in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 6th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc...
and proved highly controversial for course and race changes. The 1954 Junior TT
Junior TT
The Junior TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June...
was the first race where the official race distance was reduced from 7 laps to 5 laps. The 1954 Senior TT
Senior TT
The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festival and takes place on the Friday of race week. The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars...
Race was stopped at half distance due to the weather conditions on the Mountain Section of the course.
The first world championship event for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Races was the 350cc Junior TT
Junior TT
The Junior TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June...
Race. The race was led on lap 1 by Fergus Anderson
Fergus Anderson
Fergus Anderson was a two-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.A Scot, he was one of the first riders from Great Britain to make his living racing motorcycles on the European continent. In 1950 he signed with Moto Guzzi and competed in the 250cc class...
from Gilera
Gilera
Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera. In 1969 the company was purchased by Piaggio, which now holds six marques and is the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.-History:...
team-mate Ken Kavanagh
Ken Kavanagh
Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh, better known as Ken Kavanagh, is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver from Australia. He became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 1952 350cc Ulster Grand Prix. In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man...
by 10 seconds and Ray Amm
Ray Amm
William Raymond Amm was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, was a famous post-war motorcycle racer famous for two motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career...
riding for Norton
Norton (motorcycle)
Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range...
a further 6 seconds adrift in 3rd place. On lap 2, Fergus Anderson retires at Kirk Michael with an engine problem and Ken Kavanagh retires at the pits with an engine mis-fire on lap 3. The race is now led by Ray Amm by 24 seconds from Rod Coleman
Rod Coleman
Roderick Dwayne Coleman is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
riding for AJS
AJS
AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records, and after the firm was sold the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on...
motor-cycles. However, Ray Amm retires at Barregarrow on lap 5 allowing Rod Coleman to become the first New Zealander to win an Isle of Man TT Race at an average race speed of 91.54 mpg.
The new 10 lap (107.90 miles) Side-Car TT held on the Clypse Course
Clypse Course
The Clypse Course describes a motor-cycle racing course used for the Isle of Man TT Races between 1954 and 1959.The course is 10.92 miles long and is in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man. The course uses two short sections of the Snaefell Mountain Course which includes the primary A18 road...
is led from start to finish by Eric Oliver
Eric Oliver
Eric Staines Oliver was an English motorcycle racer best remembered as four time FIM Sidecar World Champion, riding a Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson...
and passenger Les Nutt riding a Norton side-car outfit with a "dust-bin" fairing at an average speed of 68.87 mph. The Norton outfit of Bill Boddice/J.Pirie hits a bank at Creg-ny-Baa
Creg-ny-Baa
Creg-ny-Baa [kreg no bæ:] is situated between the 35th Milestone and 36th Milestone on the primary A18 road and the road junction with the secondary B12 'Creg-ny-Baa Back-Road' in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man...
and flips-over on lap 7, but continues on to finish the race in 6th place. The winner of the 1954 Lightweight TT
Lightweight TT
The Lightweight TT was a motorcycle road race that was part of the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual motor-cycle event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1949 and 1976, the Lightweight TT Race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The event was dropped from the 2005...
race, Werner Haas
Werner Haas
Werner Haas is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He became Germany's first motorcycle world champion when he won the 1953 FIM 125 and 250 World Championship for NSU. The following year, he would repeat as the 250 world champion...
crashed at Governor's Bridge on lap 1 of the 1954 Ultra-Lightweight TT
Ultra-Lightweight TT
The Ultra-Lightweight TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1951 and 1974 this race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The Ultra-Lightweight TT and the Lightweight TT...
Race, also held on the Clypse Course. This allowed Rupert Hollaus
Rupert Hollaus
Rupert Hollaus was an Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the NSU factory racing team. He is the only Austrian to win a road racing World Championship....
to win the race in 1 hour, 33 minutes and 3.4 seconds at an average race speed of 69.57 mph.
In deteriorating weather conditions and with reduced visibility on the Mountain Section of the course the 1954 Senior TT
Senior TT
The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festival and takes place on the Friday of race week. The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars...
Race is held after a short delay and starts at mid-day. Despite the conditions, Geoff Duke
Geoff Duke
Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE is a British multi-time motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion.Geoff Duke dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950s, winning six world championships and six Isle of Man TT races...
riding the works Gilera
Gilera
Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera. In 1969 the company was purchased by Piaggio, which now holds six marques and is the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.-History:...
sets a time of 25 minutes and 41 seconds an average speed of 81.18 mph and leads Ray Amm
Ray Amm
William Raymond Amm was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, was a famous post-war motorcycle racer famous for two motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career...
riding for Norton by 14 seconds on lap 1. On the second lap, Geoff Duke laps in 26 minutes and 23 seconds at an average speed of 86.97 mph and Ray Amm laps at an average speed of 86.49 to reduce the lead to just 2 seconds. Further heavy rain and low cloud on the Mountain Section reduces speed further and the conditions cause 'John Grace' and Ted Frend
Ted Frend
Edward Frend , born in South London, was a British motorcycle sports competitor from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, road racing with the AJS works team from 1948 to 1954.-Early years:...
to retire at the TT Grandstand on lap 2 and Ray Amm uses "feet-down" tactics on the slower corners. The leader, Geoff Duke decides to refuel on lap 3. Ray Amm in second place goes straight through without stopping and laps in 25 minutes and 28 seconds at an average speed of 88.93 mph and now leads Geoff Duke by 32 seconds. At the Windy Corner
Windy Corner
The Windy Corner is a corner on the primary A18 road in the parish of Lonan in the Isle of Man.The Windy Corner is situated between the 32nd Milestone and 33rd Milestone on the Mountain Course on the primary A18 road. The Windy Corner is part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the...
on lap 4, the visibility is down to 20 yards and a decision is made to stop the race because of the conditions. This allows Ray Amm, due to refuel at the TT Grandstand on lap 4, to win the 1954 Senior TT Race in 1 hour, 42 minutes and 46.8 seconds at an average race speed of 88.12 mph. The controversial decision by race organisers to stop the 1954 Senior TT Race on lap 4, just as the weather started to improve, was protested by the Gilera management. This was on the grounds that the works Norton team were told of the decision allowing Ray Amm to lead the race on lap 3, but the official protest was rejected by the race organisers. During lap 1 of the 1954 Senior TT Race, Simon E. Sandys-Winsch
Simon E. Sandys-Winsch
Simon E. Sandys-Winsch was an English professional motorcycle racer, who became the 48th person to be killed on the Snaefell Mountain Course, dying in the 1954 Isle of Man TT, on 18 June, after crashing at the Highlander on the first lap of the seniors race...
riding a Junior Velocette crashed at the Highlander
Highlander, Isle of Man
Highlander is situated between the 5th Milestone and 6th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT Races on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road in the parish of Marown in the Isle of Man....
and died in hospital a few days later.
1954 Clubmans Senior Results
10 June 1954 – Mountain Course (4 laps – 150.92 miles)| #efefef" | Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
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| 1 |  Alistair KingAlistair King Alistair King was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1961 when he finished the year in fifth place in the 500cc world championship. In 1954 he won the Isle of Man Clubmans Senior TT. King finished second to John Surtees in the 1959 Isle of Man Senior TT and won the... |
BSA | 85.76 mph | 1:45.36.0 | |
| 2 | J Ben Denton |
BSA | 85.69 mph | 1:45.41.6 | |
| 3 | Ewan Haldane |
BSA | 85.26 mph | 1:46.12.2 | |
| 4 | Tony A Ovens |
Triumph | 84.47 mph | 1:46.42.2 | |
| 5 | M R Baigent |
BSA | 84.74 mph | 1:46.51.8 | |
| 6 | Percy Tait Percy Tait Percy Tait is a former professional motorcycle road racer and senior road tester for Triumph motorcycles, where he was estimated to have clocked over a million miles of road testing... |
BSA | 84.58 mph | 1:47.05.0 | |
| 7 | Dave Chadwick Dave Chadwick Dave Chadwick was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best season was in 1958 when he finished in fourth place in the 350cc world championship, and fifth in the 125cc world championship... |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
83.20 mph | 1:47.05.0 | |
| 8 | Eric Cheers |
Triumph | 76.53 mph | 1:58.20.0 | |
| 9 | Len R King |
Triumph | 82.92 mph | 1:50.17.2 | |
| 10 | Eddie Dow |
BSA | 81.40 mph | 1:50.33.0 |
1954 Clubmans Junior Results
10 June 1954 – Mountain Course (4 laps – 150.92 miles)| #efefef" | Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
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| 1 | Phillip Palmer |
BSA | 81.83 mph | 1:50.39.4 | |
| 2 | Des A Wright |
BSA | 81.68 mph | 1:51.50.8 | |
| 3 | Jimmy W Davie |
BSA | 81.66 mph | 1:50.54.4 | |
| 4 | A Sandy Bowie |
BSA | 81.56 mph | 1:51.06.0 | |
| 5 | Geoff Tanner |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
81.54 mph | 1:51.04.0 | |
| 6 | George E Arnold |
BSA | 81.20 mph | 1:51.30.8 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Buchan |
BSA | 80.75 mph | 1:52.08.6 | |
| 8 | Willie Gibson |
BSA | 80.05 mph | 1:53.08.0 | |
| 9 | J Muir |
Norton | 79.70 mph | 1:53.08.0 | |
| 10 | Bill Robertson |
BSA | 78.37 mph | 1:55.33.0 |
1954 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings
14 June 1954 – 5 Laps (188.56 Miles) Mountain Course.| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Rod ColemanRod Coleman (motorcycle racer) Rod W Coleman was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand who raced for AMC riding AJS motorcycles both at the Isle of Man TT, and in the Grand Prix World Championship in Europe, between 1951 and 1956... |
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
AJS AJS AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records, and after the firm was sold the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on... |
91.51 mph | 2:03.41.8 | 8 | |
| 2 | Derek Farrant | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
AJS | 90.14 mph | 2:05.35.0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bob Keeler | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
90.03 mph | 2:04.43.6 | 4 | |
| 4 | Leo T Simpson |
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
AJS | 89.17 mph | 2:06.58.8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Peter A Davey | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
88.13 mph | 2:08.26.4 | 2 | |
| 6 | John R Clark | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
AJS | 90.49 mph | 2:08.26.4 | 1 |
1954 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings
14 June 1954 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Werner HaasWerner Haas Werner Haas is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. He became Germany's first motorcycle world champion when he won the 1953 FIM 125 and 250 World Championship for NSU. The following year, he would repeat as the 250 world champion... |
Germany | NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969... |
90.88 mph | 1:14.44.4 | 8 | |
| 2 |  Rupert HollausRupert Hollaus Rupert Hollaus was an Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the NSU factory racing team. He is the only Austrian to win a road racing World Championship.... |
Austria | NSU | 89.99 mph | 1:15.28.6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Reg ArmstrongReg Armstrong Reginald Armstrong was born in Liverpool, grew up in Dublin. He was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and raced for AJS, Velocette, Norton, NSU, and Gilera. He then became team manager for Honda's racing team in 1962 and 1963, and they won five world championships in that time. He was also in his... |
Britain | NSU | 89.92 mph | 1:15.31.8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hermann Paul Müller Hermann Paul Müller Hermann Paul Müller was a German sidecar, motorcycle, and race car driver.... |
Germany | NSU | 88.87 mph | 1:16.25.6 | 3 | |
| 5 | Fergus Anderson Fergus Anderson Fergus Anderson was a two-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.A Scot, he was one of the first riders from Great Britain to make his living racing motorcycles on the European continent. In 1950 he signed with Moto Guzzi and competed in the 250cc class... |
Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi Moto Guzzi is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It is one of seven brands owned by Piaggio.Established in 1921 in Mandello del Lario, Italy, the company is noted for its central historic role in Italy's motorcycling manufacture, its prominence worldwide in motorcycle racing, and a series of... |
86.48 mph | 1:18.32.2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Hans Baltisberger Hans Baltisberger Hans Baltisberger was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best year was in 1954 when he finished the season in fifth place in the 250cc world championship.... |
Germany | NSU | 86.46 mph | 1:18.33.6 | 1 |
1954 Isle of Man Ultra-Lightweight TT 125cc final standings
16 June 1954 – 10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse CourseClypse Course
The Clypse Course describes a motor-cycle racing course used for the Isle of Man TT Races between 1954 and 1959.The course is 10.92 miles long and is in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man. The course uses two short sections of the Snaefell Mountain Course which includes the primary A18 road...
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| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Rupert Hollaus Rupert Hollaus Rupert Hollaus was an Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who competed for the NSU factory racing team. He is the only Austrian to win a road racing World Championship.... |
Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969... |
69.57 mph | 1:33.03.4 | 8 | |
| 2 |  Carlo UbbialiCarlo Ubbiali Carlo Ubbiali is an Italian nine-time World Champion motorcycle road racer. In the 1950s, he was a dominant force in the smaller classes of Grand Prix motorcycle racing.-Career:... |
Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
MV Agusta MV Agusta MV Agusta is a motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1945 near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy. The company began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company formed by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923. The Count died in 1927, leaving the company in the hands of his wife and sons, Domenico, Vincenzo,... |
69.52 mph | 1:37.07.4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Cecil Sandford Cecil Sandford Cecil Charles Sandford is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time World Champion and a two-time Isle of Man TT winner.... |
Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
MV Agusta | 66.35 mph | 1:37.35.8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hans Baltisberger Hans Baltisberger Hans Baltisberger was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best year was in 1954 when he finished the season in fifth place in the 250cc world championship.... |
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
NSU | 65.78 mph | 1:38.25.2 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Ivor Lloyd |
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
MV Agusta | 62.68 mph | 1:43.16.6 | 2 | |
| 6 | Brian Purslow | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
MV Agusta | 60.84 mph | 1:46.24.6 | 1 |
1954 Sidecar TT final standings
16 June 1954 – 10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse Course.| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Eric Oliver Eric Oliver Eric Staines Oliver was an English motorcycle racer best remembered as four time FIM Sidecar World Champion, riding a Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson... /Les Nutt |
Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
68.87 mph | 1:34.00.2 | 8 | |
| 2 | Fritz Hillebrand/M.Grünwald |
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... |
67.48 mph | 1:35.56.2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Willi Noll/Fritz Cron |
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
BMW | 65.22 mph | 1:39.16.4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Walter Schneider/H.Strauss |
Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
BMW | 64.45 mph | 1:40.27.4 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Jacques Drion/Inge StollInge Stoll Ingeborg Stoll-Laforge was a female German motorcycle racer.Inge Stoll competed as a female passenger with sidecar driver Jacques Drion and won the 1952 and 1954 French Sidecar Championship... |
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Norton | 61.91 mph | 1:41.18.8 | 2 | |
| 6 | Bill Boddice/J.Pirie | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Norton | 62.28 mph | 1:43.22.8 | 1 |
1954 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings
Friday 18 June 1954 – 4 Laps (301.84 Miles) Mountain Course.| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Ray AmmRay Amm William Raymond Amm was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, was a famous post-war motorcycle racer famous for two motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career... |
93 | Rhodesia Rhodesia Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965... |
Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
88.12 mph | 1:42.46.8 | 8 |
| 2 | Geoff Duke Geoff Duke Geoffrey Ernest Duke OBE is a British multi-time motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion.Geoff Duke dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950s, winning six world championships and six Isle of Man TT races... |
76 | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Gilera Gilera Gilera is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer founded in Arcore in 1909 by Giuseppe Gilera. In 1969 the company was purchased by Piaggio, which now holds six marques and is the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer.-History:... |
87.19 mph | 1:43.52.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Jack Brett Jack Brett Jack Brett was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed from 1949 to 1960 in the Grand Prix world championship. He won his only world championship race in the 500cc class at the 1952 500cc Swiss Grand Prix, riding an AJS... |
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Norton | 86.04 mph | 1:45.15.2 | 4 |
| 4 | Reg Armstrong Reg Armstrong Reginald Armstrong was born in Liverpool, grew up in Dublin. He was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and raced for AJS, Velocette, Norton, NSU, and Gilera. He then became team manager for Honda's racing team in 1962 and 1963, and they won five world championships in that time. He was also in his... |
53 | Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... |
Gilera | 86.63 mph | 1:45.45.6 | 3 |
| 5 |  Rudy Allison |
64 | South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... |
Norton | 83.85 mph | 1:48.06.6 | 2 |
| 6 |  Gordon Laing |
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Norton | 83.85 mph | 1:48.37.2 | 1 |