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1955 Dutch TT

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Netherlands  1955 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 6 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 July 1955
LocationCircuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course
  • Public roads
  • 7.700 km (4.785 mi)
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke
Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong
Gilera
Gilera
Time 3:31.6
Podium
First United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
Second Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera
Third Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Time 3:34.5
Podium
First Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
Second United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Third United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bill Lomas MV Agusta
Time 3:42.4
Podium
First Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Second Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
Third West Germany Hermann Paul Müller NSU
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Time 3:53.4
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Austria Rudolf Grimas Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Cyril Smith Norton
Time 3:51.9
Podium
First West Germany Willi Faust BMW
Second West Germany Wilhelm Noll BMW
Third Australia Bob Mitchell Norton

The 1955 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 July 1955 at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen.

A new 4.7 mile (7.7 km) circuit had been built at Assen for the Dutch TT; the public road version was no longer used after 1954. This track set the foundation for future Dutch TT's.

500 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera 27 1:37:03.9 8
2 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera 27 +35.3 6
3 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 27 +2:05.3 4
4 Netherlands Drikus Veer Gilera 3
5 Australia Bob Brown Matchless 2
6 South Africa Eddie Grant Norton 1
7 Netherlands Piet Bakker Norton
8 West Germany Hans-Günter Jäger Norton
9 Netherlands Priem Rozenberg BMW
10 United Kingdom Phil Heath Norton
11 United Kingdom Robin Fitton Norton
12 Netherlands Piet Knijenburg Matchless
13 Netherlands Casper Swart Norton
14 Italy Alfredo Milani Gilera
15 Netherlands Gerrit ten Kate Norton
[1]

350 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 20 1:13:36.2 8
2 United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 20 +0.2 6
3 United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 20 +0.5 4
4 West Germany August Hobl DKW 3
5 West Germany Karl Hofmann DKW 2
6 West Germany Hans Bartl DKW 1
7 West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU
8 West Germany Siegfried Wünsche DKW
9 Netherlands Lo Simons AJS
10 West Germany Heinz Kauert AJS
[1]

250 cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 17 1:04:22.4 8
2 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 17 +41.2 6
3 West Germany Hermann Paul Müller NSU 17 +43.8 4
4 Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3
5 United Kingdom Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 2
6 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 1
7 West Germany Günter Beer Adler
8 Australia Jack Forrest NSU
9 West Germany Kurt Knopf NSU
10 Netherlands Piet Knijenburg NSU
11 West Germany Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU
12 Netherlands Lo Simons NSU
13 West Germany Ludwig Malchus NSU
[1]

125cc classification

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Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 14 57:17.2 8
2 Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta 14 +0.2 6
3 Austria Rudolf Grimas Mondial 13 +1 lap 4
4 United Kingdom Bill Webster MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 3
5 West Germany Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 2
6 West Germany Erich Wünsche MV Agusta 13 +1 lap 1
7 Netherlands Gerrit Dupont MV Agusta
8 Netherlands Jasper Kaspers Sparta
9 United Kingdom Bill Maddrick MV Agusta
10 Netherlands Jan Muijlwijk DKW
11 Netherlands Jan Rietveld Eysink
15 starters, 11 finishers
Source:[2][1]

Sidecar classification

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Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany Willi Faust West Germany Karl Remmert BMW 14 55:41.1 8
2 West Germany Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron BMW 14 +18.2 6
3 Australia Bob Mitchell Australia Max George Norton 14 +1:31.0 4
4 France Jean Murit Morocco Francis Flahaut BMW 3
5 France Jacques Drion West Germany Inge Stoll Norton 2
6 Netherlands Henk Steman Netherlands Mappie de Haas BMW 1
7 Switzerland Roland Benz Switzerland Jakob Kuchler Norton
8 West Germany Loni Neussner  ? Norton
9 Switzerland Hans Haldemann Switzerland Herbert Läderach Norton
[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 177.
  2. ^ Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.


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