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unusual facts about Tourist Trophy


AJS

In 1909, after a Wearwell motorcycle fitted with a Stevens side-valve single-cylinder engine won a trophy for a 24-hour non-stop run in 1909, Jack Stevens decided to contest the Tourist Trophy in the Isle of Man.


Bio-Tonic

Bio-Tonic's song "Rock and Tonic" is part of the soundtrack of Tourist Trophy, a game for the Sony PlayStation 2 by the creators of the Gran Turismo series, Polyphony Digital.

Bungalow, Isle of Man

The Bungalow tramway-crossing was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy automobile car races held in the Isle of Man between 1904 and 1922.

Cronk Urleigh

The corner at Cronk Urleigh was part of the Highland Course and the Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy automobile car races held in the Isle of Man between 1904 and 1922.


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Dick Johnson Racing

At the end of 1988, Britain's Robb Gravett of Trakstar persuaded Dick Johnson to supply his team with his Sierra RS500s, cars that had out-qualified the official Ford entered cars in the Tourist Trophy race in 1988.