1955 Dutch TT
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Race 6 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 16 July 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit van Drenthe, Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Geoff Duke | Gilera | 27 | 1:37:03.9 | 8 |
2 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 27 | +35.3 | 6 |
3 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 27 | +2:05.3 | 4 |
4 | Drikus Veer | Gilera | 3 | ||
5 | Bob Brown | Matchless | 2 | ||
6 | Eddie Grant | Norton | 1 | ||
7 | Piet Bakker | Norton | |||
8 | Hans-Günter Jäger | Norton | |||
9 | Priem Rozenberg | BMW | |||
10 | Phil Heath | Norton | |||
11 | Robin Fitton | Norton | |||
12 | Piet Knijenburg | Matchless | |||
13 | Casper Swart | Norton | |||
14 | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | |||
15 | Gerrit ten Kate | Norton | |||
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350 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | 20 | 1:13:36.2 | 8 |
2 | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 20 | +0.2 | 6 |
3 | Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 20 | +0.5 | 4 |
4 | August Hobl | DKW | 3 | ||
5 | Karl Hofmann | DKW | 2 | ||
6 | Hans Bartl | DKW | 1 | ||
7 | Hans Baltisberger | NSU | |||
8 | Siegfried Wünsche | DKW | |||
9 | Lo Simons | AJS | |||
10 | Heinz Kauert | AJS | |||
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250 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 17 | 1:04:22.4 | 8 |
2 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 17 | +41.2 | 6 |
3 | Hermann Paul Müller | NSU | 17 | +43.8 | 4 |
4 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 3 | ||
5 | Cecil Sandford | Moto Guzzi | 2 | ||
6 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 1 | ||
7 | Günter Beer | Adler | |||
8 | Jack Forrest | NSU | |||
9 | Kurt Knopf | NSU | |||
10 | Piet Knijenburg | NSU | |||
11 | Karl-Julius Holthaus | NSU | |||
12 | Lo Simons | NSU | |||
13 | Ludwig Malchus | NSU | |||
[1] |
125cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 14 | 57:17.2 | 8 |
2 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 14 | +0.2 | 6 |
3 | Rudolf Grimas | Mondial | 13 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | Willi Scheidhauer | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | Erich Wünsche | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | Gerrit Dupont | MV Agusta | |||
8 | Jasper Kaspers | Sparta | |||
9 | Bill Maddrick | MV Agusta | |||
10 | Jan Muijlwijk | DKW | |||
11 | Jan Rietveld | Eysink | |||
15 starters, 11 finishers | |||||
Source:[2][1] |
Sidecar classification
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Willi Faust | Karl Remmert | BMW | 14 | 55:41.1 | 8 |
2 | Wilhelm Noll | Fritz Cron | BMW | 14 | +18.2 | 6 |
3 | Bob Mitchell | Max George | Norton | 14 | +1:31.0 | 4 |
4 | Jean Murit | Francis Flahaut | BMW | 3 | ||
5 | Jacques Drion | Inge Stoll | Norton | 2 | ||
6 | Henk Steman | Mappie de Haas | BMW | 1 | ||
7 | Roland Benz | Jakob Kuchler | Norton | |||
8 | Loni Neussner | ? | Norton | |||
9 | Hans Haldemann | Herbert Läderach | Norton | |||
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