1909 Isle of Man TT

Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Date	September 23, 1909
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, Tynwald
Clerk	Freddie Straight
500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class
First	Harry Collier, Matchless
Second	Lee Evans, Indian
Third	Billy Newsome, Triumph
Fastest lap
	Harry Collier 18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)

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1909 Four-cylinder FN

The third Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motorcycle race was held on Thursday, September 23, 1909, at the St John's Short Course, Isle of Man. The race was ten laps of the 15-mile 1,430-yard course, a total race distance of . There was no limit on fuel consumption and the singles and twins, limited to 500 and 750cc respectively, ran together. The men were sent off in pairs at half-minute intervals. Giosue Giuppone became the first Italian rider to finish the race in twelfth place on a new 84x86mm (476cc) Peugeot. Ernesto Gnesa had taken part of 1908 Isle of Man TT a year before, retiring on the first lap.

500 Single & 750 Twin Results Open Class Race

Thursday 23 September 1909 – 10 laps () St. John's Short Course.

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Pos # Rider Bike Cyl. 500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class race classification Laps Time Speed Prizes 1 18 Template:Flagicon Harry Collier Template:Cvt Matchless 738cc 2 10 3:13.37.8 49.01 mph 1st Prize - Trophy and £40 2 7 Template:Flagicon Lee Evans Template:Cvt Indian 714cc 2 10 3:17.35.2 48.07 mph 2nd Prize - £20. 3 45 Template:Flagicon Billy Newsome Template:Cvt Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:31.10.0 44.92 mph 3rd Prize - £10 4 11 Template:Flagicon Oliver Godfrey Template:Cvt Rex 499cc 1 10 3:31.31.6 44.89 mph 4th Prize - £5 5 5 Template:Flagicon Charles Franklin Template:Cvt Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:40.31.2 43.06 mph Silver Cup and £5 5s for the 1st Private owners' machine. 6 10 Template:Flagicon Frank Applebee jun. Template:Cvt Rex 749cc 2 10 3:42.24.2 42.69 mph 7 59 Template:Flagicon J. Munroe Template:Cvt BAT-JAP 2 10 3:46.15.2 41.88 mph Silver Cup and £2 2s for the 2nd Private owners' machine. 8 34 Template:Flagicon Basil V. Jones Template:Cvt Premier 548cc 2 10 3:46.16.2 41.87 mph 9 38 Template:Flagicon Arthur Moorhouse Template:Cvt Rex 749cc 2 10 3:46.54.6 41.54 mph Gold medal presented by Rex Co. for the 1st Private owner on their machine. 10 19 Template:Flagicon Bert Colver Template:Cvt Matchless-JAP 482cc 1 10 3:55.08.6 40.36 mph 11 46 Template:Flagicon Walter Creyton Template:Cvt Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:55.10.0 40.23 mph 12 54 Template:Flagicon Giosue Giuppone Template:Cvt Peugeot 476cc 1 10 3:57.49.0 39.95 mph 13 55 Template:Flagicon John Lang Template:Cvt Tee-Bee-JAP 2 10 4:00.53.0 39.44 mph 14 49 Template:Flagicon William McMinnies Template:Cvt Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:04.02.8 38.84 mph 15 17 Template:Flagicon James Stewart Template:Cvt Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:10.45.5 37.88 mph 16 39 Template:Flagicon Rem Fowler Template:Cvt Rex 749cc 2 10 4:15.47.6 37.14 mph 17 40 Template:Flagicon Thomas Greer Template:Cvt Rex 749cc 2 10 4:25.59.6 34.93 mph 18 25 Template:Flagicon Andrew Sproston Template:Cvt Rex 726cc 2 10 4:36.52.2 32.13 mph 19 47 Template:Flagicon Percy Butler Template:Cvt Dot-Peugeot 662cc 2 10 4:58.50.0 Fastest lap: Harry Collier, 18min. 05sec. 52.27 mph (New record)

External links

• Detailed race results
• Mountain Course map

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