Isle of Man Senior TT motor cycling race poster with telegrams, dated Friday 17th June 1938, poster featuring applied Post Office telegrams of the leaders on the second and fifth laps, the handwritten Senior leader board in ink, framed, 70 by 57cm., poster bearing stains, signs of old tears & water marks, wear throughout The first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race was held on 28th May 1907. It is staged annually on the island's public roads in time-trial format and is renowned as one of the most dangerous motor racing events in the world. In 1938, Britain's Harold Daniell completed a 91mph lap on his Norton - a new record which would stand for 12 years - and won the event from Stanley Woods and Freddie Frith.
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Isle of Man Senior TT motor cycling race poster with telegrams, dated Friday 17th June 1938, poster featuring applied Post Office telegrams of the leaders on the second and fifth laps, the handwritten Senior leader board in ink, framed, 70 by 57cm., poster bearing stains, signs of old tears & water marks, wear throughout The first Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race was held on 28th May 1907. It is staged annually on the island's public roads in time-trial format and is renowned as one of the most dangerous motor racing events in the world. In 1938, Britain's Harold Daniell completed a 91mph lap on his Norton - a new record which would stand for 12 years - and won the event from Stanley Woods and Freddie Frith.