1929 Isle of Man TT


For the 1929 Isle of Man TT races the Velocette marque had high expectations of another win in the Junior TT Race. Despite the early lead of Alec Bennett, riding a Velocette, and Wal Handley, now riding an AJS motor-cycle, it was Freddie Hicks that led from the third lap and won the 1929 Junior TT Race at a record average speed of and setting a new race lap record of 31 minutes and 5 seconds an average speed of.
As with 1928 TT Race meeting the 1929 Lightweight TT Race produced another first-time winner with Syd Crabtree on an Excelsior motor-cycle. The 1929 Lightweight TT Race was led for 5 laps by Pietro Ghersi on a Motor Guzzi competing in his first TT race since the disqualification in the Guzzi Incident of 1926. Despite Pietro Ghersi setting the fastest lap at an average speed of, engine failure gave the win to Syd Crabtree. During the 1929 Senior TT Race a number of riders crashed at Greeba Castle after Wal Handley clipped the hedge and crashed. This included Jimmy Simpson, Jack Amott riding for Rudge and Doug Lamb who later died of his injuries on the way to Nobles Hospital.
The early leader of the 1929 Senior TT Race was H. G. Tyrell Smith riding a Rudge but crashed on 3 lap at Glen Helen. Despite cracked ribs, Tyrell Smith continued but could not match the pace of the new leader Tim Hunt riding a Norton motor-cycle. From lap 5 Charlie Dodson riding a Sunbeam replaced Tim Hunt as the leader, setting an overall lap record of 30 minutes and 47 seconds, for an average of. In better weather conditions than 1928 Charlie Dodson completed a Senior TT double by winning the 7 lap 1929 Senior TT Race in 3 hours, 39 minutes and 59 seconds at an average speed of.

[Junior TT] (350cc)

7 laps Mountain Course.
RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1 Freddie HicksVelocette3.47.23.0
2 Wal HandleyAJS69.293:48.45.0
3 Alec BennettVelocette69.003:49.52.0
4 Charlie DodsonSunbeam67.563:54.37.0
5 Tom SimisterVelocette67.073:56.20.0
6 D. HallVelocette77.343:57.06.0
7 Syd CrabtreeVelocette64.944:00.22.0
8 K. BurrowsDOT65.124:03.23.0
9 Kenneth TwemlowDOT64.834:04.30.0
10 J. W. ShawVelocette64.634:05.15.0

[Lightweight TT] (250cc)

7 laps Mountain Course.
RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1 Syd CrabtreeExcelsior63.874.08.10.0
2 Kenneth TwemlowDOT62.254:13.25.0
3 Frank LongmanOK-Supreme61.784:16.33.0
4 Joe SarkisOK-Supreme61.594:17.20.0
5 C. W. JohnstonCotton61.294:18.37.0
6 S. P. JacksonMontgomery59.604:25.56.0
7 Edwin TwemlowDOT59.004:28.37.0
8 Jim W. WhalleyCotton58.884:29.11.0
9 J. W. ShawOK-Supreme58.774:29.41.0
10 H. LesterS.O.S.58.704:38.00.0

[Senior TT] (500cc)

7 laps Mountain Course.
RankRiderTeamSpeedTime
1 Charlie DodsonSunbeam3.39.59.0
2 Alec BennettSunbeam70.513:44.07.0
3 H. G. Tyrell SmithRudge70.253:45.37.0
4 Tim HuntNorton70.163:45.54.0
5 Ernie NottRudge69.803:47.04.0
6 Freddie HicksVelocette69.263:48.51.0
7 E. A. SimcockSunbeam68.903:50.02.0
8 C. W. JohnstonCotton67.683:53.56.0
9 Edwin TwemlowDOT66.923:34.21.0
10 S. P. JacksonMontgomery66.233:59.19.0