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==The 1920s== | ==The 1920s== | ||
Motor-Cycle racing in the Isle of Man did not restart after the end of the | Motor-Cycle racing in the Isle of Man did not restart after the end of the First World War until 1920. Changes where made to the [[Snaefell mountain course]] and competitors now turned left at Cronk-ny-Mona and followed the primary A18 Mountain Road to Governors Bridge with a new start/finish line on Glencrutchery Road which lengthened the course to 37 ¾ miles. | ||
The 1920 Junior TT Race included for the first time a new Lightweight class for motor-cycles of 250cc engine capacity. The Lighweight class of the 1920 Junior TT race was won by R.O Clarke riding a [[Levis (motorcycle)|Levis]] and he may have won the event overall but crashed at the | The 1920 Junior TT Race included for the first time a new Lightweight class for motor-cycles of 250cc engine capacity. The Lighweight class of the 1920 Junior TT race was won by R.O Clarke riding a [[Levis (motorcycle)|Levis]] and he may have won the event overall but crashed at the 33rd Milestone on the last lap, finishing fourth overall. The 1921 Senior TT race was won by Howard Davies riding a 350cc Junior TT Race motor-cycle by a margin of 2 minutes and 3 seconds from Freddie Dixon and [[Hubert Le Vack]]. For 1922 the ACU introduced for 250cc motor-cycle a [[Lightweight TT]] race and the first winner was [[Geoff S.Davison]] riding a Levis motor-cycle at an average race speed of 49.89. The 1922 Junior TT Race was won by local Isle of Man competitor [[Tom M.Sheard]] riding an AJS motor-cycle at an average race speed of 54.75 mph. Despite crashing twice, a broken exhaust and a fire in the pits, [[Stanley Woods]] riding a [[Cotton (motorcycle)|Cotton]] managed to finish in 5th place in the 1922 Junior TT Race. In the 1922 Senior TT Race, Alex Bennett riding a Sunbeam motor-cycle led all 6 laps from start to finish to win from [[Walter Brandish]] riding a Triumph. | ||
More changes to the course followed in 1923 with the adoption of a private road between Parliament Square and May Hill in Ramsey. The course had previously had negotiated Albert Road and Tower Road in Ramsey and the new course length was now 37.739 miles.<ref>Offical TT Guide 1992 page 45 - Revised to 37.733 miles in 1938</ref> Part of the [[Snaefell mountain course]] was named 'Brandish' after [[Walter Brandish]] crashed at a corner between Creg-ny-Baa and Hillberry and broke a leg. The first [[Side-Car TT]] race was held in 1923 over 3 laps (113 miles) of the TT course and was won by Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Perry with a special [[Douglas]] [[banking-sidecar]] average race speed of 53.15 mph. The Senior TT Race of 1923 was held in poor weather and local course knowledge allowed local Isle of Man competitor Tom Sheard riding a [[Douglas]] motor-cycle to win his second TT Race to add to his first win in the 1922 Junior TT Race on an AJS motor-cycle. Another first-time winner of a TT race in 1923 was Stanley Woods riding to victory in the Junior TT Race on a [[Cotton (motorcycle)|Cotton]]. | More changes to the course followed in 1923 with the adoption of a private road between Parliament Square and May Hill in Ramsey. The course had previously had negotiated Albert Road and Tower Road in Ramsey and the new course length was now 37.739 miles.<ref>Offical TT Guide 1992 page 45 - Revised to 37.733 miles in 1938</ref> Part of the [[Snaefell mountain course]] was named 'Brandish' after [[Walter Brandish]] crashed at a corner between Creg-ny-Baa and Hillberry and broke a leg. The first [[Side-Car TT]] race was held in 1923 over 3 laps (113 miles) of the TT course and was won by Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Perry with a special [[Douglas]] [[banking-sidecar]] average race speed of 53.15 mph. The Senior TT Race of 1923 was held in poor weather and local course knowledge allowed local Isle of Man competitor Tom Sheard riding a [[Douglas]] motor-cycle to win his second TT Race to add to his first win in the 1922 Junior TT Race on an AJS motor-cycle. Another first-time winner of a TT race in 1923 was Stanley Woods riding to victory in the Junior TT Race on a [[Cotton (motorcycle)|Cotton]]. | ||