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 managed to win, 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.

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)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Harold Daniell	Norton	89.11	2.57.50.6
2	Stanley Woods	Velocette	88.99	2:58.05.8
3	Freddie Frith	Norton	88.98	2:58.07.4
4	John H. White	Norton	87.14	3:01.52.0
5	Jock West	BMW	85.92	3:04.27.0
6	Ted Mellors	Velocette	84.67	3:07.10.0
7	Les Archer	Velocette	81.39	3:14.43.0
8	J C Galway	Norton	81.23	3:15.36.0
9	J A Weddell	Norton	78.31	3:22.22.0
10	J K Boardman	Norton	78.28	3:22.28.0

Junior TT (350cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Stanley Woods	Velocette	84.08 mph	3.08.30.0
2	Ted Mellors	Velocette	82.4	3:12.20.0
3	Freddie Frith	Norton	82.35	3:12.27.0
4	John H. White	Norton	82.14	3:12.56.0
5	Harold Daniell	Norton	80.54	3:16.32.0
6	David Whitworth	Velocette	78.49	3:21.54.0
7	N Croft	Norton	76.45	3:27.16.0
8	J Williams	Norton	76.23	3:27.39.0
9	Roger Loyer	Velocette	76.1	3:28.15.0
10	W H Craine	Norton	75.58	3:29.42.0

Lightweight TT (250cc)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Ewald Kluge	DKW	78.48 mph	3.21.56.0
2	S Wood	Excelsior	74.38	3:33.06.0
3	H. G. Tyrell Smith	Excelsior	73.62	3:35.16.0
4	Maurice Cann	Excelsior	72.07	3:39.54.0
5	Charlie Manders	Excelsior	71.68	3:41.06.0
6	J W Forbes	Excelsior	70.98	3:43.16.0
7	Les G. Martin	Excelsior	70.77	3:43.56.0
8	G L Paterson	New Imperial	69.62	3:47.39.0
9	J C Galway	Excelsior	68.87	3:50.07.0
10	S M Miller	OK-Supreme	68.65	3:50.51.0

Notes

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

Sources

↑ MCB TTraces (Retrieved 1 November 2006)
↑ Krackowizer Motorcycles M – R (Retrieved 18 November 2006)
↑ MCB FoTTofinders (Retrieved 1 November 2006)

External links

Isle of Man TT Race Results

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