1956 Isle of Man TT

In 1956 the new DBD34 BSA Gold Star dominated the 500 cc Clubmans race, and 350 cc Gold Stars did the same in the 350 Clubmans.

Race results

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Ken Kavanagh	Australia	Moto Guzzi	89.29 mph	2.57.29.4	8
2	Derek Ennett	United Kingdom	AJS	87.02 mph	3.02.07.4	6
3	John Hartle	United Kingdom	Norton	85.75 mph	3.04.48.6	4
4	Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	DKW	85.75 mph	3.04.48.8	3
5	Errol M Grant	United Kingdom	Norton	84.42 mph	3.07.44.0	2
6	Alan Trow	United Kingdom	Norton	83.99 mph	3.08.40.8	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	67.05 mph	1.26.54.0	8
2	Roberto Colombo	Italy	MV Agusta	65.43 mph	1.29.02.6	6
3	Hans Baltisberger	West Germany	NSU	65.17 mph	1.29.24.6	4
4	Horst Kassner	West Germany	NSU	65.13 mph	1.29.27.6	3
5	František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	CZ	63.28 mph	1.32.05.0	2
6	Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	61.1 mph	1.32.20.6	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	69.13 mph	1.24.16.8	8
2	M Cama	Spain	Montesa	65.24 mph	1.29.19.2	6
3	Frank Gonzalez	Spain	Montesa	61.13 mph	1.35.18.8	4
4	E Sirera	Spain	Montesa	61.08 mph	1.35.23.8	3
5	Dave Chadwick	United Kingdom	LEF	60.25 mph	1.36.42.8	2
6	V Parus	Czechoslovakia	CZ	59.82 mph	1.37.24.0	1

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Fitz Hillebrand/M.Grunwald	1	West Germany	BMW	70.03 mph	1.23.12.2	8
2	Pip Harris/R.M.Campbell	15	United Kingdom	Norton	68.71 mph	1.24.47.8	6
3	Bill Boddice/W.Storr	7	United Kingdom	Norton	67.5 mph	1.26.19.2	4
4	R Mitchell/E.Bliss	4	United Kingdom	Norton	66.76 mph	1.27.16.8	3
5	Jackie Beeton/L.Nutt	23	United Kingdom	Norton	65.54 mph	1.28.53.6	2
6	E Walker/D.G.Roberts	19	United Kingdom	Norton	65.48 mph	1.28.59.4	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	96.57 mph	2.44.05.8	8
2	John Hartle	United Kingdom	Norton	95.69 mph	2.45.36.6	6
3	Jack Brett	United Kingdom	Norton	94.96 mph	2.46.54.2	4
4	Walter Zeller	West Germany	BMW	94.69 mph	2.47.22.2	3
5	Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	94.63 mph	2.47.28.6	2
6	Derek Ennett	Isle of Man	Matchless	92.86 mph	2.50.40.4	1

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Bernard Codd REDIRECT Bernard codd	BSA	86.33 mph	1.18.40.6
2	Ron E Jerrard	BSA	85.13	1.19.46.8
3	Tony H Jenkins	BSA	83.47	1.21.22.4

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Bernard Codd REDIRECT Bernard codd	BSA	82.02 mph	1.22.48.4
2	John Eckhart	BSA	81.34	1.23.30.0
3	Alan Shepherd	BSA	79.24	1.25.43.2

^ [1] IoMtt.com 1956 Junior TT results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ [2] IoMtt.com 1956 Lightweight 250 TT results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ [3] IoMtt.com 1956 Lightweight 125 TT results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ [4] IoMtt.com 1956 Sidecar TT results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ TT Special 1956 edited by G.S.Davison dated 1st June 1956.
^ [5] IoMtt.com 1956 Senior TT results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ [6] IoMtt.com 1956 Clubmans Senior results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)
^ [7] IoMtt.com 1956 Clubmans Junior results (Retrieved January 13, 2007)

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