1911 Isle of Man TT

The 1911 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races took place for the first time over the "Snaefell Mountain Course". The whole organisation of the races was given over to the Auto Cycle Union (ACU), who announced the use of the longer mountain course with a four lap (150 mile) Junior race on Friday 30 June and a five lap (189 mile) race for the Senior race on Monday 3 July. In only five years the TT races had grown up and commercialism set in. Grandstands were built by the Douglas Corporation in what had been popular and free vantage points in Douglas to the displeasure of the public.

Preparations for this new challenging course that meant an eight mile (13 km) uphill climb from Ramsey to Brandywell causing the manufacturers to devise methods of modifying their mainly single-gear machines to cope with the mountain not once, but several times. Harold Collier on the single-cylinder Matchless and Percy J. Evans fought for first place in the Junior event. In the Senior event British pride and prestige was dented when the Indians took the first three places.

Junior TT final standings

Friday 30 June 1911 – 4 laps (150 miles) Four Inch Course/Snaefell Mountain Course

Rank	No	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	17	Percy J Evans	2¾ hp Humber	41.45 mph	3:37.07.0
2	15	Harry A Collier	2 hp Matchless	39.74 mph	3:46.20.0
3	26	Harold J Cox	2¾ hp Forward	38.22 mph	3:55.26.0
4	24	Douglas M Brown	2¾ hp Humber	38.07 mph	3:56.24.0
5	36	H Greaves	2¾ hp Royal Enfield	38.04 mph	3:56.34.0
6	5	K Gassert	2¾ hp NSU	37.91 mph	3:57.23.0
7	18	W W Douglas	2¾ hp Douglas	37.47 mph	4:00.11.0
8	23	A G Fenn	2¾ hp Humber	37.29 mph	4:01.19.0
9	10	F Percy Johnson	2¾ hp Humber	36.86 mph	4:04.10.0
10	2	Jack Haslam	2¾ hp Zenith	35.85 mph	4:04.11.0
11		P Weatherilt	2¾ hp Zenith	36.64 mph	4:05.37.0
12	31	G L Fletcher	2¾ hp Douglas	35.92 mph	4:10.33.0
13	12	Sam Wright	2¾ hp Humber	34.68 mph	4:19.27.0
14	28	J D Corke	2¾ hp AJS	34.19 mph	4:23.14.0
15	33	A J Stevens	2¾ hp AJS	33.75 mph	4:26.37.0
16	33	N D Slatter	2¾ hp Alcyon	33.41 mph	4:29.18.0
17		W E Grange	2¾ hp Humber	31.63 mph	4:44.30.0
18	29	A Boldt	2¾ hp Indian	30.68 mph	4:53.21.0
19	9	Rem Fowler	2¾ hp New Hudson	30.67 mph	4:53.22.0
20	16	A H Alexander	2¾ hp Rex	29.95 mph	5:00.27.0

Fastest Lap: Percy J Evans 2¾ hp Humber – 42.13 mph (53 minutes 24 seconds)

Senior TT final standings

Monday 3 July 1911 – 5 laps (187 miles 4 furlongs) Four Inch Course/Snaefell Mountain Course

Rank	No	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	26	Oliver Godfrey	3¾ hp Indian	47.63 mph	3:56.10.0
2	17	C B Franklin	3¾ hp Indian	46.90 mph	3:59.52.0
3	31	A J Moorhouse	3¾ hp Indian	45.81 mph	4:05.34.0
4	7	Harry A Collier	4 hp Matchless	47.63 mph	4:09.42.0
5	54	Hugh Mason	3 hp Matchless	45.05 mph	4:15.35.0
6	21	J A Carvill	3½ hp Triumph	43.80 mph	4:16.49.0
7	46	W Harry Bashall	4 hp BAT	43.61 mph	4:17.57.0
8	3	Quentin Smith	3½ hp Triumph	43.49 mph	4:18.40.0
9	63	H Lister-Cooper	3½ hp Triumph	47.63 mph	4:22.21.0
10	49	J T Bashall	4 hp BAT	42.88 mph	4:24.56.0
11	14	Harry Reed	4 hp DOT	41.24 mph	4:32.45.0
12	15	W.Newsome	3½ hp Triumph	40.89 mph	4:35.06.0
13	45	F C North	3½ hp Ariel	39.64 mph	4:43.45.0
14	66	F Percy Johnson	4 hp Matchless	39.52 mph	4:44.37.0
15	4	B V Jones	3½ hp Premier	39.31 mph	4:46.09.0
16	33	P Weatherilt	3½ hp Zenith	39.21 mph	4:46.37.0
17	58	J R Haswell	3½ hp Triumph	38.55 mph	4:51.46.0
18	55	J R Alexander	3¾ hp Indian	37.74 mph	4:58.01.0
19	61	F Mackay	3½ hp Singer	36.88 mph	5:05.00.0
20	62	Norman F Holder	4 hp Blumfield	47.63 mph	5:05.26.0
21	52	W Stanhope Spencer	3½ hp Rudge	36.83 mph	5:12.47.0
22	28	J.Gibson	3½ hp Rudge	47.63 mph	5:16.37.0
23	32	A Boldt	3½ hp NSU	35.53 mph	5:21.58.0
24	11	Howard Smith	3½ hp Triumph	37.19 mph	5:24.30.0
25	51	A Berlie	4 hp Moto-Reve	33.39 mph	5:36.51.0
26	12	F A Applebee	4 hp Scott	32.80 mph	5:42.58.0

Fastest Lap: Frank Phillip 4 hp Scott – 50.14 mph (44 minutes 52 seconds)

External links

• 1911 Isle of Man TT results