1949 Ulster Grand Prix
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| Race 5 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 August 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Clady Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Clady Circuit.
British rider Leslie Graham riding an AJS won the 500 cc race from Artie Bell and Nello Pagani. The race victory for Graham, with Pagani only in third place, wrapped up the first world championship for Graham. Similarly AJS secured the constructor's title.
It was also the final race of the 350 cc title. British Velocette rider Freddie Frith was already world champion having achieved a perfect score and in winning the Ulster Grand Prix he completed a remarkable clean sweep, winning all five races of the championship.
500 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Leslie Graham
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AJS | 2:34:05.4 | 11 |
| 2 | Artie Bell
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Norton | +1:39.0 | 8 |
| 3 |  Nello Pagani
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Gilera | +1:48.6 | 7 |
| 4 | Bill Doran
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AJS | +1:54.6 | 6 |
| 5 | Jock West
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AJS | +6:15.6 | 5 |
| 6 |  Rex McCandless
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Norton | +14:41.6 | |
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350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Freddie Frith
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Velocette | 2:24:34.8 | 11 |
| 2 | Charlie Salt
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Velocette | +31.4 | 8 |
| 3 | Reg Armstrong
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AJS | +39.6 | 7 |
| 4 |  Eric McPherson
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AJS | +1:21.4 | 6 |
| 5 | Frank Fry
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Velocette | +1:52.6 | 5 |
| 6 | Dickie Dale
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Norton | +4:38.8 | |
| 7 | Harry Hinton
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Norton | +4:39.2 | |
| 8 | Louis Carter
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Norton | +4:49.2 | |
| 9 | Les Dear
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AJS | +6:12.4 | |
| 10 | Arthur Wheeler
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Velocette | +7:06.2 | |
| 11 | Cyril Stevens
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AJS | +7:25.2 | |
| 12 | Bob Matthews
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Velocette | +7:32.2 | |
| 13 | Charlie Gray
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AJS | +10:21.2 | |
| 14 | Johnny Hodgkin
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AJS | +10:22.4 | |
| 15 | Syl Anderton
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AJS | +11:00.2 | |
| 16 | George Paterson
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AJS | +11:01.2 | |
| 17 | Syd Barnett
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AJS | +12:30.2 | |
| 18 |  J. Hayes
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AJS | +12:53.2 | |
| 19 | Humphrey Ranson
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AJS | +13:12.2 | |
| 20 | C. B. Carr
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Velocette | +13:13.2 | |
| 21 | Joe Glazebrook
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AJS | +14:08.2 | |
| 22 | T. L. Irwin
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Norton | +14:16.2 | |
| 23 | N. Ferguson
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AJS | +15:08.2 | |
| 24 | T. F. Tindle
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Velocette | +15:51.2 | |
| 25 | J. S. Slater
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AJS | +16:50.2 | |
| 26 | J. Baillie
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Velocette | +19:03.2 | |
| 27 | A. E. Shaw
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Velocette | +19:42.2 | |
| 28 | R. E. Browne
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AJS | +20:21.2 | |
| 29 | R. H. Pilling
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Velocette | +20:25.2 | |
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250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Maurice Cann
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Moto Guzzi | 2:28:31.6 | 11 |
| 2 | Bruno Ruffo
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Moto Guzzi | +2:07.4 | 8 |
| 3 | Ronald Mead
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Norton | +7:05.4 | 7 |
| 4 | George Reeve
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Excelsior | +10:45.4 | 6 |
| 5 | Douglas Beasley
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Excelsior | +11:59.4 | 5 |
| 6 | William Dehaney
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Excelsior | +12:53.4 | |
| 7 | Chris Tattersall
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CTS | +13:56.4 | |
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References
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
- ^ a b c Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 104–118.
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–250 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.