1929 Ulster TT Race Programme

T
PREVIOUS T .T. RACES.
HE first Tourist Trophy Race was held twenty-four years
ago, the power of the engine being limited by a petrol
allowance calculated at the rate of 221 miles to the gallon.
It was held in the Isle of Man, on 14th September, 1905, and
attracted 58 entries, of which 42 started and 18 finished . The
winner was J . S. Napier, driving an 18 h .p . Arrol-Johnston, his
average speed being 33 miles p .h. The race was continued on
similar lines during 1906 and 1907, but in 1908 a drastic revision
was made in the regulations, the event being limited to cars with
an R.A .C. rating not exceeding 25 .6 h .p., with a minimum weight
of 1,600 lbs . unladen, and it was the engine dimension which
earned for the event its name—the Four Inch Race.
From 1908 to 1914 the race was allowed to lapse, the revival
in 1914 being remarkable for the strong German challenge, which
was defeated . All of these races were held in the Isle of Man,
those in 1908 and 1914 being over the now famous Mountain
Course. In 1922, the race was revived after an interval of eight
years . It consisted of two classes, one for three litre cars for the
T.T. proper, and one for 1,500 c .c. cars for a minor award . The
two events were run concurrently, again over the Mountain
Course.
Once again in 1928 the race was revived, but this time on
entirely new lines . Racing cars as such were not eligible, the
conditions requiring that only cars such as were available to the
general public, running with full touring equipment, including
hoods, windscreens, lamps, mudguards, etc ., should be lermitted.
The race was run in Ulster, over a course approximately fourteen
miles long.
It was open
to cars with
engines of
any capacity
from the
small seven
horse "run
about" to
the big
100 m .p .h.
supercharged
Continental
sports car.
The race was
run on a The Winner in 1928.
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