1912 Isle of Man TT. Race #6
The 1912 Isle of Man TT races were again held over the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. Several manufacturers complained that the new mountain course was too arduous and threatened to boycott the 1912 races.
With an Indian clean sweep the previous year the British manufacturers' pride was dented but even with a smaller entry the Junior race held on Friday, 28 June, in the rain that challenged the belt-driven machines giving the advantage to the chain-driven ones. Two privately entered Douglas motor-cycles of Harry Bashall and Ed Kickham took the first two places in the Junior TT race of 1912.
The Senior TT was held on Monday 1 July 1912. Frank A. Applebee on the two-stroke twin-cylinder Scott carried off the trophy after a hard race. This was the first ever two-stroke Isle of Man TT win.[4]Jack Haswell on single-cylinder Triumph was beaten by 6 minutes 54 seconds. Had not Frank Philipp's tyre come off the rim at Ballaugh on the last lap, Scotts would have finished first and second. Philipp's oval rim dropped him to eleventh place. Hoffman and Adamson placed two more Triumphs among the top six
?Junior TT race classification:
№1 Harry Bashall - Junior Trophy and £30
№2 Eddie Kickham - £20
№3 Harold Cox - £10
?Senior TT race classification
№1 Frank A. Applebee - Senior Trophy and £40
№2 Jack Haswell - £20
№3 Harry Collier - £10
Mr A Kirk rounds the corner by the Central Hotel in Ramsey Town on a 3.5 Triumph motorcycle, during the Isle of Man Senior Tourist Trophy Race.
S L Bailey falls from his 2.75 Douglas at Hairpin Corner during the Isle of Man Senior Tourist Trophy Race.
Jack Haslam rounds Greba Corner during the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race
I B Hart-Davis and L E Emerson race uphill from Ramsey Town during the Isle of Man Senior Tourist Trophy Race.
H Petty on a 2.5 Singer takes Ballig Bridge during the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
W H Bashall is carried shoulder high after winning the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race
J W Woodhouse on a 3.5 Regal Precision leading E B Wave on a 3.5 Zenith at Hairpin Corner during the Isle of Man Senior Tourist Trophy Race.
Ed Kickham takes Parkfield Corner on his Douglas during the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
One of the motorcycles in the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race is refilled during the race.
F Dixon on a 3.5 Cleveland at Quarter Bridge during the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race.
28th June 1912: A crowd gathers at the start of the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
W H Bashall celebrates after winning the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
Ed Kickham on a Douglas finishing the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
Ed Kickham finishing first at the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
H J Cox on a 2.75 Forward rounds Ballacraine Corner during the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
W H Bashall on 2.75 Douglas finishing to win the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
S L Bailey taking Parkfield Corner on a 2.75 Douglas at the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race.
Autograph W H Bashall Junior TT winer 1912
Autograph Frank Applebee Senior TT winer 1912
Freddie Dixon on his 1912 Isle of Man T. T. bike - a Cleveland Precision - this was his T. T. debut. Not being a very communicative youth when he set off to ride to Liverpool for the boat he just told his parents he was going away for a couple of weeks!
Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images/motoags/Nick Smith.
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