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Supplied by Derek Beattie
02 June 2007
Question ... In which year did the Boy Scouts quit from lap scoring at the TT...?
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Duke,Geoff (Geoff Duke)
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In the early years of last century (20th) the only motorcycle race of any importance was
the International Cup Race. It was open to all countries and was organised by the country
of which the previous winner was a national. Differences of opinion brought the race into
disrepute, and finally it was abandoned. If common sense had prevailed and the
orginasation had been above reproach, it is possible that the I.O.M. TT races might not
have been created.
The idea of having a British roadrace of major importance was conceived on January
17th.1906 at the annual dinner dance of the A.C.C. (Auto Cycle Club) later to become the
A.C.U. It was the representative of The Motor Cycle who sowed the seed by
expressing the hope that it could be arranged along the lines of the Car TT. He suggested
that engines should be limited to a maximum bore and stroke of 80mm, and a maximum weight
of 130 lbs.
Out of that suggestion were born the T.T. races.
The original Tourist Trophy was presented to the A.C.C. in 1907 by a very enthusiastic
pioneering motorcyclist, the Marquis De Mouzilly St. Mars, and this trophy is now the one
awarded to the winner of the Senior race. The trophies awarded to the other winners are
replicas, a silver figure of Mercury poised on a winged wheel, with a total height of
2ft.10 ins.
At that time English law imposed a speed limit of 20 mph on road traffic but the Isle of
Man had no such restrictions.
The first course was a triangular one of 15 miles and 1,430 yards which started and
finished in St.Johns and went via Ballacraine,Kirk Michael and Peel. In 1911 the St Johns
circuit was dropped in favour of the Mountain circuit and the races were divided into
Senior and Junior classes.
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