1938 Isle of Man TT

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.

1938 Senior TT winner Harold Daniell

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)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1United Kingdom Harold DaniellNorton89.112.57.50.6
2Republic of Ireland Stanley WoodsVelocette88.992:58.05.8
3United Kingdom Freddie FrithNorton88.982:58.07.4
4United Kingdom John H. WhiteNorton87.143:01.52.0
5United Kingdom Jock WestBMW85.923:04.27.0
6United Kingdom Ted MellorsVelocette84.673:07.10.0
7United Kingdom Les ArcherVelocette81.393:14.43.0
8South Africa J C GalwayNorton81.233:15.36.0
9United Kingdom J A WeddellNorton78.313:22.22.0
10United Kingdom J K BoardmanNorton78.283:22.28.0

Junior TT (350cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1Republic of Ireland Stanley WoodsVelocette84.08 mph3.08.30.0
2United Kingdom Ted MellorsVelocette82.43:12.20.0
3United Kingdom Freddie FrithNorton82.353:12.27.0
4United Kingdom John H. WhiteNorton82.143:12.56.0
5United Kingdom Harold DaniellNorton80.543:16.32.0
6United Kingdom David WhitworthVelocette78.493:21.54.0
7United Kingdom N CroftNorton76.453:27.16.0
8United Kingdom J WilliamsNorton76.233:27.39.0
9France Roger LoyerVelocette76.13:28.15.0
10United Kingdom W H CraineNorton75.583:29.42.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1Nazi Germany Ewald KlugeDKW78.48 mph3.21.56.0
2United Kingdom S WoodExcelsior74.383:33.06.0
3Republic of Ireland H. G. Tyrell SmithExcelsior73.623:35.16.0
4United Kingdom Maurice CannExcelsior72.073:39.54.0
5Republic of Ireland Charlie MandersExcelsior71.683:41.06.0
6United Kingdom J W ForbesExcelsior70.983:43.16.0
7United Kingdom Les G. MartinExcelsior70.773:43.56.0
8United Kingdom G L PatersonNew Imperial69.623:47.39.0
9South Africa J C GalwayExcelsior68.873:50.07.0
10United Kingdom S M MillerOK-Supreme68.653:50.51.0

Notes

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

Sources

  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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