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| Race 5 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 19 August 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Clady Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1950 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 August 1950 at the Clady Circuit.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Geoff Duke | Norton | 15 | 2:29:15 | 8 |
| 2 | Leslie Graham | AJS | 15 | +57.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Johnny Lockett | Norton | 15 | +1:39.6 | 4 |
| 4 | Dickie Dale | Norton | 15 | +3:55 | 3 |
| 5 | Jock West | AJS | 15 | +9:31 | 2 |
| 6 |  Umberto Masetti | Gilera | 15 | +13:25 | 1 |
| 7 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | 15 | +13:34 | |
| 8 | Phil Heath | Norton | |||
| 9 | Tom Turner | Norton | |||
| 10 | E. A. Barrett | Norton | |||
| 11 |  J. F. Kentish | Norton | |||
| 12 | F. Fairbairn | Vincent | |||
| 13 | E. Braine | Norton | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Bob Foster | Velocette | 14 | 2:20:55.6 | 8 |
| 2 |  Reg Armstrong | Velocette | 14 | +12.4 | 6 |
| 3 |  Harry Hinton | Norton | 14 | +1:15.4 | 4 |
| 4 | Eric McPherson | AJS | 14 | +2:00.8 | 3 |
| 5 | Cecil Sandford | AJS | 14 | +3:23.4 | 2 |
| 6 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 14 | +3:24.4 | 1 |
| 7 | Louis Carter | Gilera | 15 | +5:58.4 | |
| 8 | Charlie Gray | AJS | 15 | +7:20.0 | |
| 9 | Les Dear | AJS | |||
| 10 | Arthur Wheeler | Velocette | |||
| 11 | A. J. Glazebrook | AJS | |||
| 12 | A. W. McGaffin | AJS | |||
| 13 | G. H. Morgan | Velocette | |||
| 14 | J. S. Slater | AJS | |||
| 15 | E. R. Evans | BSA | |||
| 16 | Syl Anderton | AJS | |||
| 17 | John Simister | AJS | |||
| 18 | M. Klein | AJS | |||
| 19 | R. Macdonald | AJS | |||
| 20 | E. V. C. Hardy | Norton | |||
| 21 | Dennis Lashmar | Velocette | |||
| 22 | Bob Browne | AJS | |||
| 23 | C. B. Carr | Velocette | |||
| 24 | R. D. McConnell | AJS | |||
| 25 | S. Towers | AJS | |||
| 26 | W. J. Spratt | Norton | |||
| 27 | G. Brockerton | Norton | |||
| 28 | W. G. Job | AJS | |||
| 29 | S. B. Gifford | Velocette | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Maurice Cann | Moto Guzzi | 12 | 2:23:41 | 8 |
| 2 | Dario Ambrosini | Benelli | 12 | +8:22 | 6 |
| 3 | Wilf Billington | Moto Guzzi | 12 | +9:25 | 4 |
| 4 | Arthur Burton | Excelsior | 12 | +11:34 | 3 |
| 5 | G. Andrews | Excelsior | 2 | ||
| 6 | William Campbell | Excelsior | 1 | ||
| 7 | Chris Tattersall | CTS | |||
| 8 | Norman Webb | Excelsior | |||
| 9 | Frank Cope | AJS | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Mondial | 11 | 2:07:53 | 8 |
| 2 | Bruno Ruffo | Mondial | 11 | +1:05 | 6 |
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