The 1932 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race meeting was watched by Prince George, Duke of Kent, the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races. The 1932 Junior TT Race was won by Stanley Woods riding a Norton at an average race speed of 77.16 mph (124.18 km/h) from Wal Handley and Tyrell Smith riding for the Rudge factory. Again Rudge were beaten in the 1932 Lightweight TT Race by Leo H. Davenport riding a New Imperial motorcycle at an average race speed of 70.48 mph (113.43 km/h). The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the "Norton Habit"[1] and another Junior/Senior double win at an average race speed of 79.38 mph (127.75 km/h). The 1932 Senior TT Race was initially led on the first lap by Norton teammate Jimmie Simpson who set a new overall lap record of 27 minutes and 47 seconds at an average speed of 81.50 mph (131.16 km/h). Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the 11th milestone sustaining a back injury and retired. The place on the TT course where the incident occurred was renamed Handley's Corner.
1932, isle, 1932, isle, tourist, trophy, race, meeting, watched, prince, george, duke, kent, first, royal, visitor, isle, races, 1932, junior, race, stanley, woods, riding, norton, average, race, speed, from, handley, tyrell, smith, riding, rudge, factory, aga. The 1932 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race meeting was watched by Prince George Duke of Kent the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races The 1932 Junior TT Race was won by Stanley Woods riding a Norton at an average race speed of 77 16 mph 124 18 km h from Wal Handley and Tyrell Smith riding for the Rudge factory Again Rudge were beaten in the 1932 Lightweight TT Race by Leo H Davenport riding a New Imperial motorcycle at an average race speed of 70 48 mph 113 43 km h The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the Norton Habit 1 and another Junior Senior double win at an average race speed of 79 38 mph 127 75 km h The 1932 Senior TT Race was initially led on the first lap by Norton teammate Jimmie Simpson who set a new overall lap record of 27 minutes and 47 seconds at an average speed of 81 50 mph 131 16 km h Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the 11th milestone sustaining a back injury and retired The place on the TT course where the incident occurred was renamed Handley s Corner Contents 1 Senior TT 500cc 2 Junior TT 350cc 3 Lightweight TT 250cc 4 Notes 5 Sources 6 External linksSenior TT 500cc editRank Rider Team Speed Time 1 nbsp Stanley Woods Norton 79 38 mph 127 75 km h 3 19 40 0 2 nbsp Jimmie Guthrie Norton 78 47 3 21 59 0 3 nbsp Jimmie Simpson Norton 78 38 3 22 13 0 4 nbsp Ernie Nott Rudge 78 34 3 22 19 0 5 nbsp Charlie Dodson Excelsior 77 26 3 25 09 0 6 nbsp Graham Walker Rudge 76 36 3 27 35 0 7 nbsp John Duncan Cotton 75 79 3 29 08 0 8 nbsp Henry Tyrell Smith Rudge 75 7 3 29 23 0 9 nbsp Arthur Simcock Sunbeam 72 4 3 38 56 0 10 nbsp Gilbert Emery Sunbeam 72 36 3 39 02 0Junior TT 350cc editRank Rider Team Speed Time 1 nbsp Stanley Woods Norton 77 16 mph 124 18 km h 3 25 25 0 2 nbsp Wal Handley Rudge 76 36 3 27 25 0 3 nbsp Henry Tyrell Smith Rudge 74 02 3 34 08 0 4 nbsp Charlie Dodson Excelsior 73 3 3 36 14 0 5 nbsp Graham Walker Rudge 73 08 3 36 54 0 6 nbsp Les Archer Velocette 72 05 3 40 00 0 7 nbsp Leo Davenport New Imperial 71 94 3 40 20 0 8 nbsp Alec Bennett Velocette 71 94 3 40 20 0 9 nbsp Sid Gleave New Imperial 70 37 3 45 14 0 10 nbsp Jack Williams Velocette 69 1 3 49 23 0Lightweight TT 250cc editRank Rider Team Speed Time 1 nbsp Leo Davenport New Imperial 70 48 mph 113 43 km h 3 44 53 0 2 nbsp Graham Walker Rudge 70 07 3 46 13 0 3 nbsp Wal Handley Rudge 69 86 3 46 53 0 4 nbsp Tommy Spann New Imperial 68 05 3 52 55 0 5 nbsp Chris Tattersalt Chris Tattersal Special CTS 65 61 4 01 36 0 6 nbsp Jock Fairweather Cotton 64 39 4 06 10 0 7 nbsp Jimmy Lind OK Supreme 62 47 4 13 43 0 8 nbsp Harold Warburton Excelsior 59 43 4 26 42 0 Only 8 finishersNotes editDuring practice Jimmie Guthrie riding a Norton motorcycle struck a sheep at Glen Duff Quarry 2 Sources edit Pictorial History of Norton Motor Cycles by J S Reynolds Isle of Man Examiner dated 3 June 1932External links editDetailed race results Isle of Man TT winners Mountain Course map nbsp This Motorcycle racing related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1932 Isle of Man TT amp oldid 1188170914, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
