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Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Date	September 23, 1909
Location	St John's, Isle of Man
Course	St John's Short Course ; 15 miles, 1,470 yards (25.49 km)
Organiser	Auto-Cycle Union, Tynwald
Clerk	Freddie Straight
500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class
First	Harry Collier, Matchless
Second	Lee Evans, Indian
Third	Billy Newsome, Triumph
Fastest lap
	Harry Collier ; 18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)

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The third Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle race was held on Thursday, September 23, 1909, at the St John's Short Course, Isle of Man. The race was ten laps of the 15-mile 1,430-yard course, a total race distance of 158.125 miles. There was no limit on fuel consumption and the singles and twins, limited to 500 and 750cc respectively, ran together. The men were sent off in pairs at half-minute intervals. Giosue Giuppone became the first Italian rider to finish the race in twelfth place on a new 84x86mm (476cc) Peugeot. Ernesto Gnesa had taken part of 1908 Isle of Man TT a year before, retiring on the first lap.^[1]

500 Single & 750 Twin Results Open Class Race

Thursday 23 September 1909 – 10 laps (158 ⅛ miles) St. John's Short Course.

The 3rd International Auto-cycle Tourist Trophy^[2]

Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Cyl.	500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class race classification
Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Cyl.	Laps	Time	Speed	Prizes
1	18	Harry Collier	6 hp Matchless 738cc	2	10	3:13.37.8	49.01 mph	1st Prize - Trophy and £40
2	7	Lee Evans	5hp Indian 714cc	2	10	3:17.35.2	48.07 mph	2nd Prize - £20.
3	45	Billy Newsome	3½ hp Triumph 499cc	1	10	3:31.10.0	44.92 mph	3rd Prize - £10
4	11	Oliver Godfrey	3½ hp Rex 499cc	1	10	3:31.31.6	44.89 mph	4th Prize - £5
5	5	Charles Franklin	3½ hp Triumph 499cc	1	10	3:40.31.2	43.06 mph	Silver Cup and £5 5s for the 1st Private owners' machine.
6	10	Frank Applebee jun.	5½ hp Rex 749cc	2	10	3:42.24.2	42.69 mph
7	59	J. Munroe	5 hp BAT-JAP	2	10	3:46.15.2	41.88 mph	Silver Cup and £2 2s for the 2nd Private owners' machine.
8	34	Basil V. Jones	3¾ hp Premier 548cc	2	10	3:46.16.2	41.87 mph
9	38	Arthur Moorhouse	5hp Rex 749cc	2	10	3:46.54.6	41.54 mph	Gold medal presented by Rex Co. for the 1st Private owner on their machine.
10	19	Bert Colver	3½ hp Matchless-JAP 482cc	1	10	3:55.08.6	40.36 mph
11	46	Walter Creyton	3½ hp Triumph 499cc	1	10	3:55.10.0	40.23 mph
12	54	Giosue Giuppone	3½ hp Peugeot 476cc	1	10	3:57.49.0	39.95 mph
13	55	John Lang	5 hp Tee-Bee-JAP	2	10	4:00.53.0	39.44 mph
14	49	William McMinnies	3½ hp Triumph 499cc	1	10	4:04.02.8	38.84 mph
15	17	James Stewart	3½ hp Triumph 499cc	1	10	4:10.45.5	37.88 mph
16	39	Rem Fowler	5-6 hp Rex 749cc	2	10	4:15.47.6	37.14 mph
17	40	Thomas Greer	5 hp Rex 749cc	2	10	4:25.59.6	34.93 mph
18	25	Andrew Sproston	5 hp Rex 726cc	2	10	4:36.52.2	32.13 mph
19	47	Percy Butler	5 hp Dot-Peugeot 662cc	2	10	4:58.50.0
Fastest lap: Harry Collier, 18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)

Sources

^ Motorcycletimeline.com Isle of man TT 1909
^ Isle of Man Weekly Times pp4 dated 30 September 1909

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[1] Motorcycletimeline.com Isle of man TT 1909

[2] Isle of Man Weekly Times pp4 dated 30 September 1909

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-The third '''Isle of Man Tourist Trophy''' motorcycle race was held on Thursday, September 23, 1909 at the [[St John's Short Course]], [[Isle of Man]]. The race was ten laps of the 15 mile 1,430 yards course, a total race distance of 158.125 miles. There was no limit on fuel consumption and the singles and twins, limited to 500 and 750cc respectively, ran together. The men were sent off in pairs at half-minute intervals. [[Giosue Giuppone]] was the first Italian TT rider on a new 84x86mm (476cc) [[Peugeot]] engine.<ref>''Motorcycletimeline.com Isle of man TT 1909</ref>
+The third '''Isle of Man Tourist Trophy''' motorcycle race was held on Thursday, September 23, 1909, at the [[St John's Short Course]], [[Isle of Man]]. The race was ten laps of the 15-mile 1,430-yard course, a total race distance of 158.125 miles. There was no limit on fuel consumption and the singles and twins, limited to 500 and 750cc respectively, ran together. The men were sent off in pairs at half-minute intervals. [[Giosue Giuppone]] became the first Italian rider to finish the race in twelfth place on a new 84x86mm (476cc) [[Peugeot]]. Ernesto Gnesa had taken part of [[1908 Isle of Man TT]] a year before, retiring on the first lap.<ref>''Motorcycletimeline.com'' Isle of man TT 1909</ref>
 ==500 Single & 750 Twin Results Open Class Race==
 Thursday 23 September 1909 – 10 laps (158 ⅛ miles) [[St. John's Short Course]].
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 | align="left"| 5hp [[Indian (motorcycle)|Indian]] 714cc
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-| align="left"|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Billy Newsome
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 | align="left"| 3½ hp Triumph 499cc
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+|align="left"|''Silver Cup and £2 2s for the 2nd Private owners' machine.''
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