1908 Isle of Man TT

Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Date	22 September 1908
Location	St John's, Isle of Man
Course	St John's Short Course 15 miles, 1,470 yards (25.49 km)
Organiser	Auto-Cycle Union
Clerk	Freddie Straight
Single Cylinder class
First	Jack Marshall, Triumph
Second	Charlie Collier, Matchless-JAP
Third	Capt Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Triumph
Fastest lap
	Jack Marshall 22min. 20sec. 42.50 mph (New record)
Twin Cylinder class
First	H Reed, DOT-Peugeot
Second	W.H. Bashall, BAT-JAP
Third	R.O. Clark, FN
Fastest lap
	Harry Bashall 22min. 27sec. 42.28 mph (New record)

The second Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle race was held on 22 September 1908 on the St John's Short Course, Isle of Man.

1908 The International Motorcycle Tourist Trophy

Tuesday 22 September 1908 – 10 laps (approx 158 ¼ miles) St. John's Short Course.

The 2nd International Motorcycle Tourist Trophy
Pos # Rider Bike Single Cylinder race classification Laps Time Speed Prizes 1 5 Jack Marshall 3½ hp Triumph 10 3:54.50.0 40.40 mph 1st Prize - Trophy and £25 2 1 Charlie Collier 3½ hp Matchless-JAP 10 3:57.06.8 40.01 mph 2nd Prize - £15. 3 24 Capt Sir Robert Arbuthnot 3½ hp Triumph 10 4:07.57.0 38.26 mph 3rd Prize - £10 4 6 Billy Newsome 3½ hp Triumph 10 4:12.09.4 37.63 mph 5 21 William McMinnies 3½ hp Triumph 10 4:22.25.8 36.60 mph 6 15 Charles Franklin 3½ hp Chater-Lea 10 4:30.32.8 35.07 mph 7 22 Lt-Col Howard Lister-Cooper 3½ hp Triumph 10 4:33.46.8 34.65 mph 8 30 Oliver Godfrey 3½hp Rex 10 4:33.54.2 34.64 mph 9 17 Rupert Brice 3½ hp Brown 10 4:49.58.2 33.89 mph 10 12 Gordon Gibson 3½ hp Triumph 10 5:19.05 29.50 mph DNF 7 Jack Slaughter 3½ hp Triumph 7 Retired on lap 8 due to broken exhaust valve. DNF 34 Bob Bell 3½hp Two-speed NSU 5 Had several punctures and a fall DNF 27 Frank Barker 3½hp Rex 3 Retired on lap 4 due to broken crankshaft. DNF 10 Robert Ellis 3½hp Rex 1 Retired on lap 2 due to broken petrol pipe. DNF 3 Harry Collier 3½ hp Matchless-JAP 0 Retired on lap 1. Fastest lap: Jack Marshall, 22min. 20sec. 42.48 mph (New record)
Pos # Rider Bike Twin Cylinder race classification Laps Time Speed Prizes 1 26 Harry Reed 5 hp DOT-Peugeot 10 4:05.58.0 38.57 mph 1st Prize - Trophy and £25. 2 11 Harry Bashall 6-7 hp BAT-JAP 10 4:08.15.0 38.22 mph 2nd Prize - £15 3 32 Ronald Clark 5 hp Four-cylinder FN 10 4:11.02.8 37.79 mph 3rd Prize - £10 4 9 Billy Wells 5 hp Vindec Special 10 4:15.12.2 37.18 mph Ran out of petrol in Peel and was able to coax his machine to finish 5 37 John Lang 6 hp NSU 10 4:15.12.2 37.18 mph 6 14 Noel Drury 6 hp Matchless-JAP 10 4:25.56.2 36.68 mph 7 20 Arthur Moorhouse 5 hp Rex 10 4:45.57.8 33.24 mph Ran out of petrol and pushed six miles to finish 8 36 J.O.M. Dixon 5 hp Vindec Special 10 4:46.57.8 33.06 mph 9 4 Bert Colver 7 hp Matchless-JAP 10 4:52.33.2 32.43 mph 10 16 S.C. Berryman 5 hp Norton 10 5:12.21 30.50 mph DNF 8 R.M. White 6-7 hp BAT-JAP 6 Retired on lap 7. Stripped magneto drive bevel pinion. DNF 29 J.C. Smythe 5 hp Rex 6 Retired on lap 7. DNF 31 Martin Geiger 6 hp Two-speed NSU 5 Retired on lap 6 due to valve trouble DNF 31 Frank Applebee Jun. 5 hp Rex 5 Retired on lap 6. DNF 18 Charlie Bennett 5 hp Vindec Special 4 Retired at the end of lap 4, collar came off exhaust pipe DNF 28 Billy Heaton 5 hp Rex 4 Retired on lap 5. DNF 2 Rem Fowler 6 hp Norton 3 Retired on lap 4. DNF 38 James Baxter 5 hp Rex 2 Sideslipped in Ballacraine on lap 1. Injured right leg and knee, continued and retired on lap 3. DNF 19 W. Gurr 5 hp Four-cylinder FN 0 Crashed on 1st lap. DNF 23 Edward G. Young 3½ hp Acme 0 Retired on 1st lap. Back cylinder refused to fire DNF 35 Ernesto Gnesa 3½ hp Acme 0 Retired on 1st lap due broken cylinder. DNS 25 E. Varney 7 hp Crownfield Met with an accident on a way to the Island and was unable to compete. Fastest lap: Harry Bashall, 22min. 27sec. 42.45 mph (New record).

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Sources

1. Isle of Man Weekly Times Page 2 Saturday 26 September 1908 Vol LXV No 2,926

External links

• Detailed race results
• Mountain Course map