1955 Ulster Grand Prix Explained

Grand Prix:	Ulster
Flag:	Ulster
Location:	Dundrod Circuit
Course Mi:	7.416
Course Km:	11.934
Course:	Public roads
Race No:	7
Season No:	8
Date:	11–13 August
Year:	1955
Fast Rider 500:	Bill Lomas
Fast Rider 500 Country:	UK
Fast Rider 500 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Fast Time 500:	4:43
First Rider 500:	Bill Lomas
First Rider 500 Country:	UK
First Rider 500 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Second Rider 500:	John Hartle
Second Rider 500 Country:	UK
Second Rider 500 Bike:	Norton
Third Rider 500:	Dickie Dale
Third Rider 500 Country:	UK
Third Rider 500 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Fast Rider 350:	Bill Lomas
Fast Rider 350 Country:	UK
Fast Rider 350 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Fast Time 350:	4:54
First Rider 350:	Bill Lomas
First Rider 350 Country:	UK
First Rider 350 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Second Rider 350:	John Hartle
Second Rider 350 Country:	UK
Second Rider 350 Bike:	Norton
Third Rider 350:	John Surtees
Third Rider 350 Country:	UK
Third Rider 350 Bike:	Norton
Fast Rider 250:	John Surtees
Fast Rider 250 Country:	UK
Fast Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Fast Time 250:	5:00
First Rider 250:	John Surtees
First Rider 250 Country:	UK
First Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Second Rider 250:	Sammy Miller
Second Rider 250 Country:	UK
Second Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Third Rider 250:	Umberto Masetti
Third Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 250 Bike:	MV Agusta

The 1955 Ulster Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11–13 August 1955 at the Dundrod Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	25	2:00:31	8
2	John Hartle	Norton	25	+0:06	6
3	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	25	+3:13	4
4	Bob McIntyre	Norton			3
5	Peter Murphy	Matchless			2
6	John Clark	Matchless			1
7	Eric Jones	Norton
8	Percy Tait	Norton
9	Bill Collett	Matchless
10	Morrie Low	BSA
11	Bob Matthews	Velocette
12	Malcolm Templeton	Matchless
13	Ken Tostevin	Matchless
14	A. F. J. D. Martin	Norton
15	F. H. Turner	Norton
16	Ralph Rensen	Norton
17	Ernie Oliver	Norton
18	R. Knox	Norton
19	R. H. King	Norton
20	K. W. Swallow	Matchless
21	J. Hayes	AJS
22	W. R. Evans	Matchless
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	20	1:39:38	8
2	John Hartle	Norton	20	+0:14	6
3	John Surtees	Norton	20	+1:13	4
4	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Bob McIntyre	Norton			2
6	Peter Murphy	AJS			1
7	Jack Brett	AJS
8	Derek Powell	Norton
9	John Clark	AJS
10	Frank Perris	AJS
11	Bill Aislabie	AJS
12	Percy Tait	AJS
13	Sammy Miller	Norton
14	Arthur Wheeler	AJS
15	Ralph Rensen	Norton
16	Barry Stormont	BSA
17	Bob Matthews	Velocette
18	Bill Collett	AJS
19	R. Ferguson	AJS
20	Fred Cook	AJS
21	Robin Fitton	Velocette
22	A. F. J. D. Martin	AJS
23	Malcolm Templeton	AJS
24	W. Ferguson	AJS
25	Austin Carson	BSA
26	J. W. Parkinson	Norton
27	S. Murray	Norton
28	H. Plews	AJS
29	Tom Turner	Norton
30	R. Wijesinghe	Norton
31	K. W. Swallow	AJS
32	G. J. Canning	BSA
33	P. McGarrity	BSA
34	R. Dean	Norton
35	N. Crossett	AJS
36	W. R. Evans	AJS
37	L. Rice	AJS
38	N. Ellwood	Velocette
39	S. McAvoy	AJS
40	H. O'Reilly	Norton
41	Morrie Low	BSA

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	NSU	13	1:06:00.4	8
2	Sammy Miller	NSU	13	+24.0	6
3	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	13	+1:16.6	4
4	Bill Lomas	MV Agusta			3
5	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU			1
7	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi
8	Percy Tait	Velocette
9	Jimmy Herron	Norton
10	Harold Kirby	Velocette
11	Hans Haldemann	Moto Guzzi
12	S. Hodgkins	Excelsior
13	David Andrews	Excelsior

Notes and References

1. Book: Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 . Temple Press Ltd . Cook . R. A. B. . 177, 184.