Isle of Man TT Mountain Course Sidecar TT Race A winners Nick Crowe and Darren Hope at Brandywell The 2005 Isle of Man TT Festival was the 98th run and took place between Saturday 28 May and Friday 10 June on the 37.73 mile (60.72 km) Mountain course. The first week (between 28 May and 3 June) is known as the practice week, before the real action was due to commence on 4 June. Bad weather meant that the Superbike race was held over until Sunday (5 June). There were only 7 races in this year because this was the first year the smaller 250 bikes & Production models did not race at the TT, instead they were replaced with Superbike, Supersport & Superstock races.
The Sidecar TT Race A, was supposed to be race 2 but due to inclement weather forced the postponement of the Superbike TT for 24 hours, the Sidecars became the first race.
John McGuinness won the Superbike TT and Senior TT, and was the only competitor to win multiple races that year.
Three competitors died during the event: Joakim Karlsson, Les Harah and Gus Scott.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Gus Scott, a rider-journalist participating in his first TT, died after colliding with Kirk Michael resident and marshall April Bolster, who was crossing the road to attend to another rider. Bolster also died instantly.[ 4]
Results Race 1 – TT Sidecar Race 'A' 4 June 2005 (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Nick Crowe / Darren Hope Honda 109.85 mph (176.79 km/h) 1:01.49.3 2 Steve Norbury / Andrew Smith Yamaha 109.78 mph (176.67 km/h) 1:01.51.6 3 John Holden / Jamie Winn Honda 107.61 mph (173.18 km/h) 1:03.06.5 4 Philip Dongworth / Stuart Castles Ireson 105.61 mph (169.96 km/h) 1:04.18.6 5 Simon Neary / Stuart Bond Yamaha 105.47 mph (169.74 km/h) 1:04.23.2 6 Tony Baker / Mark Hegarty Yamaha 105.51 mph (169.8 km/h) 1:04.40.3 7 Ben Dixon / Mark Lambert Honda 104.89 mph (168.8 km/h) 1:04:44.6 8 Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer Honda 104.45 mph (168.1 km/h) 1:05.01.1 9 Roger Stockton / Peter Alton Shelbourne 103.43 mph (166.45 km/h) 1:05.39.7 10 Bill Currie / Kerry Williams Windle Yamaha 102.32 mph (164.67 km/h) 1:06.22.1
Race 2 – TT Superbike Race 5 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 John McGuinness Yamaha R1 124.124 mph (199.758 km/h) 1:49.25.74 2 Adrian Archibald Suzuki GSX-R 123.441 mph (198.659 km/h) 1:50.02.04 3 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR 122.034 mph (196.395 km/h) 1:51.18.16 4 Ian Lougher Honda CBR 121.587 mph (195.675 km/h) 1:51.42.70 5 Raymond Porter Yamaha R1 121.109 mph (194.906 km/h) 1:52.09.16 6 Guy Martin Suzuki 120.863 mph (194.51 km/h) 1:52.22.87 7 Jason Griffiths Yamaha R1 120.791 mph (194.394 km/h) 1:52.26.88 8 Chris Campbell Honda CBR998 120.126 mph (193.324 km/h) 1:53.05.38 9 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 119.231 mph (191.884 km/h) 1:53.55.19 10 Ian Armstrong Yamaha R1 118.05 mph (189.98 km/h) 1:55.03.55
Race 3 – TT Supersport, Race A 6 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Ian Lougher Honda CBR 120.928 mph (194.615 km/h) 1:14.52.84 2 John McGuinness Yamaha R6 120.332 mph (193.656 km/h) 1:15.15.46 3 Jason Griffiths Yamaha R6 119.407 mph (192.167 km/h) 1:15.50.07 4 Bruce Anstey Suzuki GSX-R 119.249 mph (191.913 km/h) 1:15.56.10 5 Guy Martin Honda CBR 118.488 mph (190.688 km/h) 1:16.25.36 6 Raymond Porter Yamaha R6 118.387 mph (190.525 km/h) 1:16.29.25 7 Darran Lindsay Honda CBR 118.235 mph (190.281 km/h) 1:16:35.18 8 Adrian Archibald Suzuki GSX-R 117.598 mph (189.256 km/h) 1:17.00.04 9 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 117.466 mph (189.043 km/h) 1:17.06.03 10 Nigel Beattie Yamaha R6 117.252 mph (188.699 km/h) 1:17.13.69
Race 4 – Superstock 6 June (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Bruce Anstey Suzuki GSX-R 124.242 mph (199.948 km/h) 54.39.74 2 Ian Lougher Honda Fireblade 122.894 mph (197.779 km/h) 55:15.73 3 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki ZX-10 122.853 mph (197.713 km/h) 55.16.82 4 Jason Griffiths Yamaha R1 122.21 mph (196.68 km/h) 55:34.28 5 Guy Martin Suzuki GSX-R 122.201 mph (196.663 km/h) 55.34.53 6 Paul Hunt Suzuki GSX-R 122.096 mph (196.494 km/h) 55:37.39 7 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR 121.993 mph (196.329 km/h) 55.40.22 8 Richard Britton Honda 121.363 mph (195.315 km/h) 55.57.54 9 Ian Hutchinson Honda 120.095 mph (193.274 km/h) 56.33.00 10 Chris Heath Yamaha YZF R1 119.991 mph (193.107 km/h) 56.35.93
Race 5 – Sidecar TT, Race B 8 June (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Dave Molyneux / Daniel Sayle DMR Honda 114.901 mph (184.915 km/h) 59.06.39 2 Nick Crowe / Darren Hope DMR Honda 112.305 mph (180.737 km/h) 1:00.28.37 3 Steve Norbury / Andrew Smith Shelbourne 110.129 mph (177.235 km/h) 1:01.40.06 4 Simon Neary / Stuart Bond Yamaha 108.969 mph (175.369 km/h) 1:02.19.43 5 Roy Hanks / David Wells Molyneux-Rose 108.428 mph (174.498 km/h) 1:02.38.10 6 Ben Dixon / Mark Lambert Honda 107.999 mph (173.808 km/h) 1:02.53.00 7 John Holden / Jamie Winn Honda 107.498 mph (173.001 km/h) 1:03.10.60 8 Tony Baker / Mark Hegarty Yamaha 107.33 mph (172.73 km/h) 1:03.16.53 9 Roger Stockton / Peter Alton Shelbourne 106.355 mph (171.162 km/h) 1:03.51.34 10 Bill Currie / Kerry Williams Windle Yamaha 105.739 mph (170.17 km/h) 1:04.13.66
Race 6 – TT Supersport, Race B 8 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki ZX-6R 120.697 mph (194.243 km/h) 1:15.01.42 2 Jason Griffiths Yamaha R6 120.315 mph (193.628 km/h) 1:15.15.72 3 Raymond Porter Yamaha R6 119.992 mph (193.108 km/h) 1:15.30.53 4 Guy Martin Honda CBR 119.252 mph (191.917 km/h) 1:15.55.99 5 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR 119.121 mph (191.707 km/h) 1:16.01.00 6 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 118.454 mph (190.633 km/h) 1:16.26.66 7 Ian Hutchinson Honda CBR 118.397 mph (190.542 km/h) 1:16.28.89 8 Nigel Beattie Yamaha R6 117.899 mph (189.74 km/h) 1:16.48.28 9 Gary Carswell Yamaha R6 117.402 mph (188.94 km/h) 1:17.07.78 10 Chris Palmer Honda 117.332 mph (188.828 km/h) 1:17.10.52
Race 7 – Senior TT 10 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 John McGuinness Yamaha R1 124.342 mph (200.109 km/h) 1:49.15.16 2 Ian Lougher Honda 123.67 mph (199.03 km/h) 1:49:49.84 3 Guy Martin Suzuki 123.362 mph (198.532 km/h) 1:50.08.19 4 Martin Finnegan Honda Fireblade 123.302 mph (198.435 km/h) 1:50.09.50 5 Richard Britton Honda 123.083 mph (198.083 km/h) 1:50.21.24 6 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 122.237 mph (196.721 km/h) 1:51.07.10 7 Jason Griffiths Yamaha R1 121.944 mph (196.25 km/h) 1:51.23.12 8 Ian Hutchinson Honda 120.287 mph (193.583 km/h) 1:52.55.19 9 Nigel Beattie Yamaha R1 119.884 mph (192.935 km/h) 1:53.20.24 10 Chris Palmer Yamaha R1 119.334 mph (192.049 km/h) 1:53.49.29
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