1955 Dutch TT

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1955 Dutch TT
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	Race 6 of 8 races in the; 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 July 1955
Location	Circuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course	Public roads; 7.700 km (4.785 mi);
500 cc
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Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1955 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 July 1955 at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen.

The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the seventh F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 1 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 4 September.

The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT, it is popularly referred to as "The Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans of the sport. It has a capacity of 110,000 spectators, including 60,000 seats. Since 1992, the circuit has also been part of the Superbike World Championship calendar.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	27	1:37:03.9	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	27	+35.3	6
3	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	27	+2:05.3	4
4	Drikus Veer	Gilera			3
5	Bob Brown	Matchless			2
6	Eddie Grant	Norton			1
7	Piet Bakker	Norton
8	Hans-Günter Jäger	Norton
9	Priem Rozenberg	BMW
10	Phil Heath	Norton
11	Robin Fitton	Norton
12	Piet Knijenburg	Matchless
13	Casper Swart	Norton
14	Alfredo Milani	Gilera
15	Gerrit ten Kate	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	20	1:13:36.2	8
2	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	20	+0.2	6
3	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	20	+0.5	4
4	August Hobl	DKW			3
5	Karl Hofmann	DKW			2
6	Hans Bartl	DKW			1
7	Hans Baltisberger	NSU
8	Siegfried Wünsche	DKW
9	Lo Simons	AJS
10	Heinz Kauert	AJS
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	17	1:04:22.4	8
2	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	17	+41.2	6
3	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	17	+43.8	4
4	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Günter Beer	Adler
8	Jack Forrest	NSU
9	Kurt Knopf	NSU
10	Piet Knijenburg	NSU
11	Karl-Julius Holthaus	NSU
12	Lo Simons	NSU
13	Ludwig Malchus	NSU
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	14	57:17.2	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	14	+0.2	6
3	Rudolf Grimas	Mondial			4
4	Bill Webster	MV Agusta			3
5	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta			2
6	Erich Wünsche	MV Agusta			1
7	Gerrit Dupont	MV Agusta
8	Jasper Kaspers	Sparta
9	Bill Maddrick	MV Agusta
10	Jan Muijlwijk	DKW
11	Jan Rietveld	Eysink
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	14	55:41.1	8
2	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	14	+18.2	6
3	Bob Mitchell	Max George	Norton	14	+1:31.0	4
4	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	BMW			3
5	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			2
6	Henk Steman	Mappie de Haas	BMW			1
7	Roland Benz	Jakob Kuchler	Norton
8	Loni Neussner	?	Norton
9	Hans Haldemann	Herbert Läderach	Norton
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The 2007 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 June 2007 at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2002 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2002 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 June 2002 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2003 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 June 2003 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2004 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 June 2004 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2006 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2006 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2006 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1994 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1994 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 June 1994 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1995 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1995 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 June 1995 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1996 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 June 1996 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1998 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 June 1998 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1999 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 26 June 1999 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2000 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 June 2000 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 2010 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 June 2010 at the TT Circuit Assen.

The 2011 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 2011 at the TT Circuit Assen.

The 2012 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was the 82nd Dutch TT, and took place on the weekend of 28–30 June 2012 at the TT Circuit Assen.

The 2014 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2014 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 28 June 2014.

The 2017 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 25 June 2017.

The 1985 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 June 1985 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1984 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29–30 June 1984 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

The 1980 Dutch TT was the fifth round of the 1980 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–28 June 1980 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 177.

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[motorcycling-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 177.