1950 Ulster Grand Prix

  1950 Ulster Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 August 1950
Location	Clady Circuit
Course	Public roads 26.5 km (16.5 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Norton
Time	9:44
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Norton
Second	Leslie Graham	AJS
Third	Johnny Lockett	Norton
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Bob Foster	Velocette
Time	10:40
Podium
First	Bob Foster	Velocette
Second	Reg Armstrong	Velocette
Third	Harry Hinton	Norton
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi
Time	11:46
Podium
First	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi
Second	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli
Third	Wilf Billington	Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Time	12:33
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Second	Bruno Ruffo	Mondial
Third	No third place finisher.

The 1950 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 August 1950 at the Clady Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	15	2:29:15	8
2	Leslie Graham	AJS	15	+57.6	6
3	Johnny Lockett	Norton	15	+1:39.6	4
4	Dickie Dale	Norton	15	+3:55	3
5	Jock West	AJS	15	+9:31	2
6	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	15	+13:25	1
7	Nello Pagani	Gilera	15	+13:34
8	Phil Heath	Norton
9	Tom Turner	Norton
10	E. A. Barrett	Norton
11	J. F. Kentish	Norton
12	F. Fairbairn	Vincent
13	E. Braine	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bob Foster	Velocette	14	2:20:55.6	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	14	+12.4	6
3	Harry Hinton	Norton	14	+1:15.4	4
4	Eric McPherson	AJS	14	+2:00.8	3
5	Cecil Sandford	AJS	14	+3:23.4	2
6	Harold Daniell	Norton	14	+3:24.4	1
7	Louis Carter	Gilera	15	+5:58.4
8	Charlie Gray	AJS	15	+7:20.0
9	Les Dear	AJS
10	Arthur Wheeler	Velocette
11	A. J. Glazebrook	AJS
12	A. W. McGaffin	AJS
13	G. H. Morgan	Velocette
14	J. S. Slater	AJS
15	E. R. Evans	BSA
16	Syl Anderton	AJS
17	John Simister	AJS
18	M. Klein	AJS
19	R. Macdonald	AJS
20	E. V. C. Hardy	Norton
21	Dennis Lashmar	Velocette
22	Bob Browne	AJS
23	C. B. Carr	Velocette
24	R. D. McConnell	AJS
25	S. Towers	AJS
26	W. J. Spratt	Norton
27	G. Brockerton	Norton
28	W. G. Job	AJS
29	S. B. Gifford	Velocette
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	12	2:23:41	8
2	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	12	+8:22	6
3	Wilf Billington	Moto Guzzi	12	+9:25	4
4	Arthur Burton	Excelsior	12	+11:34	3
5	G. Andrews	Excelsior			2
6	William Campbell	Excelsior			1
7	Chris Tattersall	CTS
8	Norman Webb	Excelsior
9	Frank Cope	AJS
[1]

120 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	11	2:07:53	8
2	Bruno Ruffo	Mondial	11	+1:05	6
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 117–118.