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{{Short description|Annual motorcycle racing event}}
{{Motorcycle race report infobox|
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
Grand Prix=Isle of Man|
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
GP_Suffix=TT|
[[File:Geoff Duke Isle of Man TT 1950.jpg|thumb|Senior TT winner [[Geoff Duke]]]]
Location=[[Isle of Man TT]]|
The '''1950 [[Isle of Man TT|Isle of Man Tourist Trophy]]''' festival was the second year the [[Isle of Man]] TT races were part of the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix World Championship]].<ref>[http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcracing/gphistory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000408192821/http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcracing/gphistory.html|date=8 April 2000}} Motorcycle GP History (Retrieved 30 October 2006)</ref>
Course=Public roads|
Course_mi=37.73|
Course_km=60.72|
Distance_laps=7|
Distance_mi=264.11|
Distance_km=425.04|
Race_No=1|
Season_No=6|
Date=June 5|
Year=1950|
500_Winner=Geoff Duke|
500_Winner_Country=United Kingdom|
350_Winner=Artie Bell|
350_Winner_Country=United Kingdom|
250_Winner=Dario Ambrosini|
250_Winner_Country=Italy|
}}


After his win in the 1949 Isle of Man Clubman event, [[Geoff Duke]] entered the 1950 [[Isle of Man TT]] only to find himself racing against formidable opposition in his first [[Senior TT]], not only from his experienced [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] team mates, [[Artie Bell]], [[Harold Daniell]] and [[Johnny Lockett]], but also [[Les Graham]] on an [[AJS Porcupine]], [[Reg Armstrong]] and [[Bob Foster (motorcyclist)|Bob Foster]] on [[Velocette]]s. Geoff was wearing a new set of one-piece leathers and he beat them all, breaking both lap and race records in the Senior, and finishing second in the [[Junior TT]]. It was the beginning of a spectacular racing career for Geoff Duke.<ref>[http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=1057]{{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} IOMTT.com Geoff Duke Isle of Man career database (retrieved 5 November 2006)</ref>
==Results==


The Norton team had the new [[Featherbed frame]] on their racing bikes that had excellent handing characteristics. It was another Norton ridden by Artie Bell that won the Junior, with Norton occupying the first three places of the Senior and Junior races. The Lightweight TT went to the [[Italy|Italian]] bikes, with first and second being Dario Ambrosini on a [[Benelli (motorcycles)|Benelli]], and Maurice Cann on a [[Moto Guzzi]], respectively.
====Senior TT (500cc)====


As in 1949, four ''Clubman'' races were included in this year's festival; Clubman 1,000 cc, Clubman Senior, Clubman Junior and Clubman Lightweight.<ref>[http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Races.aspx?meet_code=TT50]{{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} IOMTT.com results database (retrieved 5 November 2006)</ref>
{| class="wikitable"

|- bgcolor="#efefef"
==1950 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings==
! Rank
1950 – 6 Laps (236.38&nbsp;Miles) Mountain Course.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Place
! Rider
! Rider
! Team
! Number
! Machine
! Speed
! Time
! Time
! Gap
! Points
|-
|-
|| 1
| 1
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Geoff Duke]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Geoff Duke]]
|
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 2:51:45.6
| 92.37&nbsp;mph
||
| 2:51.45.60
| 8
|-
|-
|| 2
| 2
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Artie Bell]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Artie Bell]]
|
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
| Norton
|| 2:54:25.6
| 90.86&nbsp;mph
|| +2:40.0
| 2:54.25.6
| 6
|-
|-
|| 3
| 3
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Johnny Lockett]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Jonny Lockett
|
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
| Norton
|| 2:55:22.4
| 90.37&nbsp;mph
|| +3:36.8
| 2:55.22.40
| 4
|-
|-
|| 4
| 4
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Leslie Graham]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Les Graham]]
|| [[AJS]]
|
| [[AJS]]
| 90.11&nbsp;mph
|| 2:55:52.0
|| +4:06.4
| 2:55.52.0
| 3
|-
|-
|| 5
| 5
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Harold Daniell]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harold Daniell]]
|
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
| Norton
|| 2:56:31.0
| 89.78&nbsp;mph
|| +4:45.4
| 2:56.31.0
| 2
|-
|-
|| 6
| 6
||{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Reg Armstrong]]
||{{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Reg Armstrong]]
|
|| [[Velocette]]
| Norton
|| 3:02:31.4
| 86.83&nbsp;mph
|| +10:45.8
| 3:02.31.40
|-
|| 7
| 1
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Dickie Dale]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:03:15.6
|| +11:30.0
|-
|| 8
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Cromie McCandless]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:03:19.6
|| +11:34.0
|-
|| 9
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jack Brett]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:03:53.2
|| +12:07.6
|-
|| 10
||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Harry Hinton]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:04:25.4
|| +12:40.2
|}
|}


==Sources==
====Junior TT (350cc)====
{{reflist}}


==External links==
{| class="wikitable"
*[http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events.aspx?meet_code=TT50%20%20&era=2 1950 Isle of Man TT race results]
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Rank
! Rider
! Team
! Time
! Gap
|-
|| 1
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Artie Bell]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:03:35.0
||
|-
|| 2
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Geoff Duke]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:04:52.0
|| +1:17.0
|-
|| 3
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Harold Daniell]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:07:56.0
|| +4:21.0
|-
|| 4
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Leslie Graham]]
|| [[AJS]]
|| 3:08:03.8
|| +4:28.8
|-
|| 5
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Edward Frend]]
|| [[AJS]]
|| 3:08:56.4
|| +5:21.4
|-
|| 6
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Johnny Lockett]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:10:18.2
|| +6:43.2
|-
|| 7
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Dickie Dale]]
|| [[AJS]]
|| 3:10:41.2
|| +7:06.2
|-
|| 8
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Cromie McCandless]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:12:16.6
|| +8:41.6
|-
|| 9
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Ken Bills]]
|| [[Velocette]]
|| 3:12:28.0
|| +8:53.0
|-
|| 10
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Harry Hinton]]
|| [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]
|| 3:13:18.4
|| +10:43.4
|}


{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = [[Isle of Man TT]]
| Year_of_race = 1950
| Previous_race_in_season = [[1949 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix|1949 Nations Grand Prix]]
| Next_race_in_season = [[1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|1950 Belgian Grand Prix]]
| Previous_year's_race = [[1949 Isle of Man TT]]
| Next_year's_race = [[1951 Isle of Man TT]]
}}


{{Isle of Man TT}}
====Lightweight TT (250cc)====


[[Category:1950 in British motorsport|Isle of Man Tt]]
{| class="wikitable"
[[Category:1950 in the Isle of Man|Isle of Man Tt]]
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
[[Category:1950 MotoGP race reports|Isle of Man TT]]
! Rank
[[Category:Isle of Man TT]]
! Rider
! Team
! Time
! Gap
|-
|| 1
||{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Dario Ambrosini]]
|| [[Benelli (motorcycles)|Benelli]]
|| 3:22:58.0
||
|-
|| 2
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Maurice Cann]]
|| [[Moto Guzzi]]
|| 3:22:58.2
|| +0:00.2
|-
|| 3
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Ronald Mead]]
|| [[Velocette]]
|| 3:29:38.0
|| +6:30.0
|-
|| 4
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Roland Pike]]
|| [[Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company|Rudge]]
|| 3:33:45.0
|| +10:37.0
|-
|| 5
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Len Bayliss]]
|| LB Special
|| 3:41:33.0
|| +18:25.0
|-
|| 6
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Arnold Jones]]
|| [[Moto Guzzi]]
|| 3:42:41.2
|| +11:54.0
|-
|| 7
||{{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Sven Sorensen]]
|| [[Excelsior (Coventry)|Excelsior]]
|| 3:48:13.0
|| +16:01.8
|-
|| 8
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Frank Cope]]
|| [[AJS]]
|| 3:50:34.0
|| +18:22.8
|-
|| 9
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[R. Edwards]]
|| CTS
|| 3:55:47.0
|| +23:35.8
|-
|| 10
||{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Norman Webb]]
|| [[Excelsior (Coventry)|Excelsior]]
|| 3:57:00.0
|| +24:48.8
|}

Latest revision as of 08:01, 18 September 2024

Senior TT winner Geoff Duke

The 1950 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival was the second year the Isle of Man TT races were part of the Grand Prix World Championship.[1]

After his win in the 1949 Isle of Man Clubman event, Geoff Duke entered the 1950 Isle of Man TT only to find himself racing against formidable opposition in his first Senior TT, not only from his experienced Norton team mates, Artie Bell, Harold Daniell and Johnny Lockett, but also Les Graham on an AJS Porcupine, Reg Armstrong and Bob Foster on Velocettes. Geoff was wearing a new set of one-piece leathers and he beat them all, breaking both lap and race records in the Senior, and finishing second in the Junior TT. It was the beginning of a spectacular racing career for Geoff Duke.[2]

The Norton team had the new Featherbed frame on their racing bikes that had excellent handing characteristics. It was another Norton ridden by Artie Bell that won the Junior, with Norton occupying the first three places of the Senior and Junior races. The Lightweight TT went to the Italian bikes, with first and second being Dario Ambrosini on a Benelli, and Maurice Cann on a Moto Guzzi, respectively.

As in 1949, four Clubman races were included in this year's festival; Clubman 1,000 cc, Clubman Senior, Clubman Junior and Clubman Lightweight.[3]

1950 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings

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1950 – 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place Rider Number Machine Speed Time Points
1 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton 92.37 mph 2:51.45.60 8
2 United Kingdom Artie Bell Norton 90.86 mph 2:54.25.6 6
3 United Kingdom Jonny Lockett Norton 90.37 mph 2:55.22.40 4
4 United Kingdom Les Graham AJS 90.11 mph 2:55.52.0 3
5 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton 89.78 mph 2:56.31.0 2
6 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Norton 86.83 mph 3:02.31.40 1

Sources

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 8 April 2000 at the Wayback Machine Motorcycle GP History (Retrieved 30 October 2006)
  2. ^ [2][permanent dead link‍] IOMTT.com Geoff Duke Isle of Man career database (retrieved 5 November 2006)
  3. ^ [3][permanent dead link‍] IOMTT.com results database (retrieved 5 November 2006)
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