1925 Isle of Man TT
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The 1925 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the second and final year of the Ultra-Lightweight class for motorcycles of 175 cc capacity. This was the third year of the Sidecar race, which was also dropped after 1925.
1925 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy | |
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Date | June 15, 17 and 19, 1925 |
Location | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Course | Snaefell Mountain Course 37.739 miles (60.74 km). |
Organiser | Auto-Cycle Union |
Clerk | T.W. Loughborough |
Junior TT | |
First | Wal Handley, Rex-Acme |
Second | Howard R. Davies, HRD |
Third | Jimmy Simpson, AJS |
Fastest lap | |
Wal Handley 34min. 23sec. 65.89 mph New record | |
Ultra Lightweight TT | |
First | Wal Handley, Rex-Acme |
Second | Paddy Johnston, Cotton |
Third | Jock Porter, New Gerrard |
Fastest lap | |
Wal Handley 41min. 52sec. 54.12 mph New record | |
Senior TT | |
First | Howard R. Davies, HRD |
Second | Frank Longman, AJS |
Third | Alec Bennett, Norton |
Fastest lap | |
Jimmy Simpson 32min. 50sec. 68.97 mph New record | |
Lightweight TT | |
First | Edwin Tremlow, New Imperial |
Second | Paddy Johnston, Cotton |
Third | Kenneth Tremlow, New Imperial |
Fastest lap | |
Wal Handley 37min. 36sec. 60.22 mph New record | |
Sidecar TT | |
First | Leonard Parker, Douglas Ken Horstmann |
Second | Bert Taylor, Norton C.R. Hirst |
Third | George Grinton, Norton Arthur Kinrade |
Fastest lap | |
Freddie Dixon 39min. 36sec. 57.18 mph New record | |
After numerous retirements in 1924, Wal Handley won the Junior TT race over six laps of the Mountain Course on a Rex-Acme motorcycle at an average speed of 65.02 mph (104.64 km/h). Later in the week, Handley became the first TT rider to win two races in a week when he won the four-lap Ultra-Lightweight TT race, again on a Rex-Acme, setting a race record average speed of 53.45 mph (86.02 km/h), and a new lap record of 41 minutes, 52 seconds at an average speed of 54.12 mph (87.10 km/h).
During the Lightweight TT race, Wal Handley led the first two laps by over two minutes from C. W. "Paddy" Johnston, riding a Cotton, but a puncture caused Handley to slip off his motorcycle at Signpost Corner. The race was eventually won by Eddie Twemlow on a New Imperial at an average speed of 57.74 mph (92.92 km/h) from Johnston and Eddie's brother, Ken Twemlow, riding a New Imperial. The Senior TT race was sensationally won by Howard Davis while competing against the works teams with a motorcycle of his own manufacture, an HRD, in 3 hours, 25 minutes, 8 seconds at an average speed of 66.13 mph (106.43 km/h). A new lap record was posted by Jimmie Simpson, in 32 minutes and 50 seconds and an average speed of 68.97 mph (111.00 km/h) on an AJS motorcycle, but he failed to finish.