1936 Isle of Man TT. Race #25

Woods returned in 1936 without the Moto Guzzis as a result of Italy’s involvement in the war in Abyssinia.

Naturally, he still had the pick of the best machinery and joined Ted Mellors and Ernie Thomas in the Velocette team for the Junior and Senior. In the Lightweight class he rode the two-stroke twin DKW, together with Otto Steinbach and Arthur Geiss.

?Junior TT

The opening race of the week, the Junior, brought a storm of controversy and protest from the record crowd that thronged the circuit following the 'disqualification' of Guthrie on the fifth lap.

The Scotsman was leading when he stopped at Hillberry to replace a rear chain. He continued in second place behind his new teammate, Manx Grand Prix winner Freddie Frith. However, he was stopped at Ramsey on the sixth lap and told he had been excluded because he had received outside assistance.

A furious Guthrie denied the charge and carried on to finish fifth. Frith duly recorded his first TT victory, but the Guthrie saga was not over. At the prize giving the ACU agreed they had been wrong to disqualify Guthrie and allowed him to collect second prize. However, in the final placings he was only counted as a finisher (which was enough to give Norton the manufacturers' award). 'Crasher' White was second, with the Velocette of Mellors third. His teammate Woods retired on the first lap with engine problems.

June 1936: H.L. Daniell riding an A.J.S. motorcycle during the Junior T.T. races on the Isle of Man.

?Senior TT

Guthrie took ample revenge in the Senior following a superb battle with his great rival Woods. After 264 miles Guthrie won by 18 seconds, although Stanley established a new lap record of 86. 98 mph. Frith confirmed his arrival on the scene by finishing third.

Stanley Woods psases the Keppel Hotel in Creg-ny-Baa on his Velocette during the Senior TT (Tourist Trophy) Race on the Isle of Man, 19th June 1936.

?Lightweight TT

The 1936 Lightweight TT Race was held after being delayed for a day because of mist and fog on the Mountain Course. The 1936 Lightweight Race proved to be closely contested by Bob Foster riding for New Imperial and Stanley Woods riding the 3 cylinder supercharged 250 cc DKW who retired on lap 7 after stopping to change a spark-plug. The 1936 Lightweight Race was won by Bob Foster at an average race speed of 74.28 mph (119.54 km/h) from Tyrell Smith riding for Excelsior in 2nd place and A.Geiss in 3rd place riding a DKW motor-cycle.

The starting line at the Lightweight TT (Tourist Trophy) Race on the Isle of Man, 18th June 1936.

Henry George Tyrell-Smith during the Lightweight TT (Tourist Trophy) Race on the Isle of Man, 18th June 1936. He came in second on his Excelsior motorcycle.

IOMTT 1936