1909 Isle of Man TT

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 158.125 miles. 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.

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)

1909 5hp Indian

1909 5½ hp Rex

1909 Four-cylinder FN

500 Single & 750 Twin Results Open Class Race

Thursday 23 September 1909 – 10 laps (158 ⅛ miles) St. John's Short Course.

The 3rd International Auto-cycle Tourist Trophy

Pos # Rider Bike Cyl. 500 Single & 750 Twin Open Class race classification Laps Time Speed Prizes 1 18 Harry Collier 6 hp Matchless 738cc 2 10 3:13.37.8 49.01 mph 1st Prize - Trophy and £40 2 7 Lee Evans 5hp Indian 714cc 2 10 3:17.35.2 48.07 mph 2nd Prize - £20. 3 45 Billy Newsome 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:31.10.0 44.92 mph 3rd Prize - £10 4 11 Oliver Godfrey 3½ hp Rex 499cc 1 10 3:31.31.6 44.89 mph 4th Prize - £5 5 5 Charles Franklin 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:40.31.2 43.06 mph Silver Cup and £5 5s for the 1st Private owners' machine. 6 10 Frank Applebee jun. 5½ hp Rex 749cc 2 10 3:42.24.2 42.69 mph 7 59 J. Munroe 5 hp BAT-JAP 2 10 3:46.15.2 41.88 mph Silver Cup and £2 2s for the 2nd Private owners' machine. 8 34 Basil V. Jones 3¾ hp Premier 548cc 2 10 3:46.16.2 41.87 mph 9 38 Arthur Moorhouse 5hp 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 Bert Colver 3½ hp Matchless-JAP 482cc 1 10 3:55.08.6 40.36 mph 11 46 Walter Creyton 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 3:55.10.0 40.23 mph 12 54 Giosue Giuppone 3½ hp Peugeot 476cc 1 10 3:57.49.0 39.95 mph 13 55 John Lang 5 hp Tee-Bee-JAP 2 10 4:00.53.0 39.44 mph 14 49 William McMinnies 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:04.02.8 38.84 mph 15 17 James Stewart 3½ hp Triumph 499cc 1 10 4:10.45.5 37.88 mph 16 39 Rem Fowler 5-6 hp Rex 749cc 2 10 4:15.47.6 37.14 mph 17 40 Thomas Greer 5 hp Rex 749cc 2 10 4:25.59.6 34.93 mph 18 25 Andrew Sproston 5 hp Rex 726cc 2 10 4:36.52.2 32.13 mph 19 47 Percy Butler 5 hp 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