The 1937 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw Freddie Frith break the 90+ mph lap for the first time during the Senior TT with a speed of 90.27 mph on his Norton beating Stanley Woods by only 15 seconds. Frith also beat Wood in the Junior TT but only with a second placing.
The popular Jimmie Guthrie, who was killed during the German Grand Prix later that year, won Junior race but retired in the Senior TT at the Cutting, where a memorial was erected. The location, on the uphill climb from Ramsey to the Bungalow, on the Mountain Course, is now known as the Guthrie Memorial.[1]
Harold Daniell who had been a works rider for AJS entered the 1937 TT with a three-year-old Norton tuned by his brother-in-law, Steve Lancefield which gave him a fifth place, a finishing position he also achieved in the Junior TT.
In the Lightweight TT Omobono Tenni becomes the first foreigner to secure a victory in an Isle of Man TT race on his Moto Guzzi.[2]
Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
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1 | Freddie Frith | Norton | 88.21 | 2.59.41.0 |
2 | Stanley Woods | Velocette | 88.09 | 2:59.56.0 |
3 | John H. White | Norton | 83.97 | 3:08.44.0 |
4 | Ted Mellors | Velocette | 86.68 | 3:09.24.0 |
5 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 83.61 | 3:09.33.0 |
6 | Jock West | BMW | 81.5 | 3:14.28.0 |
7 | Johnny Galway | Norton | 80.26 | 3:17.28.0 |
8 | Les Archer | Velocette | 76.96 | 3:25.55.0 |
9 | Noel Pope | Norton | 76.73 | 3:26.22.0 |
10 | Jack Williams | Norton | 75.62 | 3:29.35.0 |
Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 84.43 mph | 3.07.42.0 |
2 | Freddie Frith | Norton | 83.29 | 3:10.17.0 |
3 | John H. White | Norton | 82.54 | 3:12.00.0 |
4 | Stanley Woods | Velocette | 82.33 | 3:12.30.0 |
5 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 78.77 | 3:21.12.0 |
6 | Ernie Thomas | Velocette | 78.63 | 3:21.34.0 |
7 | Henry Tyrell-Smith | Excelsior | 77.25 | 3:25.10.0 |
8 | George Rowley | AJS | 76.82 | 3:26.18.0 |
9 | Johnny Galway | Norton | 75.98 | 3:28.25.0 |
10 | Jack Williams | Norton | 75.4 | 3:30.11.0 |
Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
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1 | Omobono Tenni | Moto Guzzi | 74.72 mph | 3.32.06.0 |
2 | Ginger Wood | Excelsior | 74.5 | 3:32.43.0 |
3 | Ernie Thomas | DKW | 73.17 | 3:36.36.0 |
4 | Les Archer | New Imperial | 72.98 | 3:37.09.0 |
5 | Siegfried Wünsche | DKW | 72.47 | 3:38.42.0 |
6 | Chris Tattersall | CTS | 69.25 | 3:48.52.0 |
7 | C. V. Moore | New Imperial | 67.39 | 3:55.10.0 |
8 | Stan Smith | Excelsior | 66.3 | 3:59.03.0 |
9 | Les G Martin | Cotton | 65.1 | 4:03.26.0 |
Only 9 finishers