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| 释义 |
The 1931 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was again dominated by the battle between Rudge, Sunbeam and Norton motor-cycles. The 1931 Junior TT Race was run at a very fast pace by Jimmie Simpson riding for Norton who completed the first lap in 30 minutes and 49 seconds and was 6 second ahead of fellow Norton teammate Stanley Woods in 2nd place and 18 seconds ahead of Freddie Hicks in 3rd place riding an AJS motor-cycle.[1] Although, Jimmie Simpson was able to hold on to the lead for the next 5 lap, he was slowed by having to refuel every two laps because of carburetor problems.[2] Fellow, Norton teammate, Tim Hunt recovered from a slow first lap with a loose plug-lead to set the fastest lap on lap 4 of 30 minutes and 5 seconds an average race speed of {{convert|75.27|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} and steadlly moves-up the leaderboard.[1] Further, carburetor problems causes Jimmie Simpson to drops off the leaderboard and eventually finishes in 8th place.[1] This allows the 1931 Junior TT Race to be won by Tim Hunt riding for Norton, in 3 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds, at an average race speed of {{convert|73.94|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, from Norton teammates Jimmie Guthrie, and Ernie Nott riding a Rudge motor-cycle. The 1931 Lightweight TT was dominated by the works Rudge motor-cycles and the race was lap 1 by Ernie Nott by 45 seconds from Rudge teammates, H. G. Tyrell Smith and Graham Walker in 3rd place.[1] By lap 6, Ernie Nott had a lead of 4 minutes over the rest of the field, until on the last lap he slid of just below the Mountain Mile and finished in 4th place steadying a damaged push-rod with his hand.[2] This provided a first and only TT Race win for Graham Walker riding a Rudge at an average race speed of {{convert|68.98|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The highly anticipated 1931 Senior TT Race which was again set to be dominated by Rudge and Norton motor-cycles. However, it proved to dominated again by Norton and Jimmie Simpson and Jimmie Guthrie, this time Guthrie led on lap 1 by 1 second from Jimmie Simpson and Norton teammate Stanley Woods by 17 seconds in 3rd place.[1] On lap 3, the 1931 Senior TT Race produced the first {{convert|80|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} lap by Jimmie Simpson on a Norton motor-cycle in 28 minutes and 1 seconds an average speed of {{convert|80.82|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Despite taking over the lead from Guthrie, Jimmie Simpson crashed on lap 4 at Ballaugh Bridge and the bike ending-up in the river.[2] Despite re-taking the lead, Jimmie Guthrie slips-off at the Governor's Bridge on lap 5, but contuines to finish in 2nd place at an average speed of {{convert|77.34|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. Fellow Norton teammate Stanley Woods finishes in 3rd place with a glove in the petrol-tank filler.[2] The fast-paced and incident packed 1931 Senior TT Race provided Tim Hunt with a popular Junior/Senior double win in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 28 seconds for the 7 lap (264.11 mile) race at an average race speed of {{convert|77.90|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The winner of the 1929 Junior Race, Freddie Hicks crashed on lap 5 at Union Mills and was killed. Senior TT (500cc)
Junior TT (350cc)
Lightweight TT (250cc)
Notes
Sources1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Isle of Man Examiner dated 19 June 1931 2. ^1 2 3 Island Racer 2006 3. ^The TT Special edited by G.S.Davison dated 10 June 1931 4. ^1 Isle of Man Eaxminer dated 12 June 1931 5. ^Isle of Man Eaxminer dated 19 June 1931 External links
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