Manliff Barrington
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| Motorcycle Grand Prix Grand Prix motorcycle racing Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced... Career |
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| Nationality | Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
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| Active years | 1935–1951 |
| Team(s) | Excelsior, 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... , 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... , Vincent-HRD |
| Grands Prix Wins | 1 |
| Championships | N/A |
| TT Race Wins | 2 |
| Podium finishes | N/A |
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| Fastest laps | N/A |
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| First TT Race | 1935 Isle of Man 1935 Isle of Man TT For the 1935 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, Stanley Woods provided another surprise by moving again, from Husqvarna to Moto Guzzi.The 1935 Junior TT Race provided a Junior TT double win for Jimmie Guthrie at an average race speed of and Norton with a 1-2-3 race win with Walter Rusk and "Crasher"... 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... |
| First TT win | 1947 Isle of Man 1947 Isle of Man TT After an eight year absence the 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing the ACU decided to add three Clubman class races for production machines and introduced these races for Lightweight, Junior and... 250cc 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... |
| Last TT Race win | 1949 Isle of Man 1949 Isle of Man TT The 1949 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy or I British Motorcyle Grand Prix festival were the first races of Grand Prix World Championship that were held in the Isle of Man.... 250cc 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... |
| Last TT Race | 1951 Isle of Man 1951 Isle of Man TT -Senior Results:-Junior TT Results:-Lightweight Results:-Ultra Lightweight Results:-Clubmans Senior Results:-Clubmans Junior Results:-External links:**... 500cc 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... |
Manliff Barrington (1910–1999) Monkstown, County Dublin, was an Irish motorcycle racer famous for winning the Isle of Man TT
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...
races 2 times in his career.
Racing career
The son of an official importer for CAV (a predecessor of LucasLucas Industries plc
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) for tractors in Ireland
Ireland
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. Barrington first competed in the 1935 Isle of Man TT
1935 Isle of Man TT
For the 1935 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, Stanley Woods provided another surprise by moving again, from Husqvarna to Moto Guzzi.The 1935 Junior TT Race provided a Junior TT double win for Jimmie Guthrie at an average race speed of and Norton with a 1-2-3 race win with Walter Rusk and "Crasher"...
finishing in 11th place in the 1935 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 riding an Excelsior motor-cycle at an average race speed of 72.06 mph. Manliff also occasionally raced cars including finishing 4th at Phoenix Park in 1937 driving a Rapier.
Motor-Cycle Grand Prix Career
Entered by the recently retired from racing Stanley WoodsStanley Woods
Stanley Woods Dublin, an Irish motorcycle racer famous for 29 motorcycle Grand Prix wins and winning the Isle of Man TT races 10 times in his career. He was a past pupil of The High School, Dublin. Stanley started racing in 1921 on a Harley Davidson...
riding a motor-cycle 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...
in the 1947 Isle of Man TT
1947 Isle of Man TT
After an eight year absence the 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing the ACU decided to add three Clubman class races for production machines and introduced these races for Lightweight, Junior and...
Races. The 1947 250cc Lightweight TT race was won Manliff Barrington in what proved highly controversial circumstances from team-mate Maurice Cann.
1947 Lightweight TT Race Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
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| 1 |  Manliff Barington |
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... |
73.22 mph | 3:36.26.6 |
| 2 |  Maurice CannMaurice Cann Maurice Cann was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He entered his first Manx Grand Prix in 1931, and in 1938 competed in his first Isle of Man TT. Cann won the 1948 Lightweight TT aboard a Moto Guzzi. He competed from 1949 to 1952 in the Grand Prix world championships... |
Moto Guzzi | 72.972 | 3:37.10.8 |
| 3 | Ben Drinkwater Ben Drinkwater Reuben Thomas 'Ben' Drinkwater born Rochdale, Lancashire, England a railway signalman and motor-cycle racer who competed in the Isle of Man TT Races and the Manx Grand Prix.... |
Excelsior | 70.139 | 3:34.57.0 |
Despite Maurice Cann lapping consistently for the whole race at an average race speed of over 74 mph and Barrington at just over 73 mph the 1947 250cc Lightweight TT Race was awarded to Barrington riding a Moto-Guzzi motorcycle. Despite a protest to the ACU
ACU
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, the result was allowed to stand as "....in those days of wind-up watches and hand-written records, the officials had under-estimated Barrington's time by a minute."
The first event of the new 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 600cc...
was the 1949 Isle of Man TT
1949 Isle of Man TT
The 1949 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy or I British Motorcyle Grand Prix festival were the first races of Grand Prix World Championship that were held in the Isle of Man....
Race. A further race win for Barrington in the new Grand Prix Championship in the 1949 250cc Lightweight TT Race at an average race speed of 77.99 mph again riding a Moto-Guzzi motor-cycle.
During practice for the 1952 Isle of Man TT
1952 Isle of Man TT
The 1952 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the start of Bob McIntyres association with the Isle of Man, when he came second in the Junior Clubman TT that year. Irishman Reg Armstrong won his first Senior TT event as well as coming in second in the Junior TT race on a Norton...
Races, Manliff Barrington was riding a 500cc 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...
in the Senior TT class when the engined seized at the left-hand bend before the cross-roads at Barregarrow
Barregarrow
Barregarrow is a crossroad-centred settlement south of the village of Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man. Located between the twelfth and thirteenth milestones on the famous TT course, the crossroads is a landmark on the famous road racing course...
and a broken thigh
Thigh
In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur...
from the crash led to a retirement from motor-cycle racing.
TT Race Wins
| Year | Race & Capacity | Motorcycle | Average Speed |
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| 1947 | Lightweight 250cc | Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... |
73.22 mph |
| 1949 | Lightweight 250cc | Honda | 77.99 mph |
TT career summary
| Finishing Position | 1st | 5th | 11th | 17th | 18th | 39th | DNF |
| Number of times | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
External links
- TT database rider profile iomtt.com
- TT database TT results iomtt.com