It was the 50th Anniversary of the Isle of Man TT and the year in which the eight lap 1957 Golden Jubilee Senior Race was to prove historic in more ways than one. Today, with the lap record standing at some 136 mph+, doing a 100mph lap would not generate a second thought. In 1957, doing the ‘ton’ was compared to the four minute mile, or breaking the sound barrier!
The excitement generated when hard-riding Scotsman Bob McIntyre, on his 500cc four cylinder Gilera, recorded a speed of 101.03 mph was immense. He won the Golden Jubilee Junior Race that year too and his other win came in the 1959 Formula 1 500cc race on a Norton.
As the first man ever to do a 100mph lap, his name is secured in TT history forever! And in this vintage short film titled “Island Century”, Bob talks us through a lap of the famous TT mountain course.
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16 Comments
I'm surprised that Bob did not have a Glasgow accent 😮 I was at school when he fell at Oulton,, I walked miles every day to see how he was progressing, devastated when he didn't recover 😢
Hello Duke Video do you know of any 1957 sidecar TT footage? Thanks a lot an Cheers
O zamanın motorsiklet sürücüleri şimdiki motorları görseler ne yapacaklarını şaşırırlardı nerden nereye dile kolay tam 67 yıl
I can sense how these names are slipping away to history, my late father could tell you endless tales about Bob Mcintyre, Geoff Duke, Dave Bickers, Jarno Saarinen, Ago, Reed. Soon we will only have the footage and these tales.
Incredible speeds on those roads, even for today on public roads.
With each generation come new stars and as long as the TT continues and there are motorcycles to race, the achievements of the riders of the past will never disappear
This warms my heart
I was always a Bob Mac fan. In 1962, I was 15 and got his autograph at Oulton Park. Just a few months later and he had passed away. Looking at that video and the condition of the road surface I wonder how they managed such speeds. It was scary even in the Moggie Minor! So many I remember, Phil Read, (met him at the Ace Cafe event in Brighton a few years ago), Derek Minter, Mike Hailwood, Chris Vincent, Bill Bodice, Helmut Fath, Florian Camathias, the list goes on. Probably only Sammy Miller around still. Thank you for posting.
did you see the tractor parked on the road "jesus"
Penny just dropped it's filmed in car on a normal day.
The trees between Quarterbridge and Braddan ( at the campsite )are tiny. I camp there often.very enjoyable video thanks
101 mph laps just shows how advanced both the riders and machinery was then. Love to see some indepth footage of the setting up of these fabulous machines.
The condition of the roads, the state of those contraptions they were riding, the shit tyres and brakes. This is way way worse than todays tt racing. Forgot to mention goggles and a piss pot hat 🎩
Love watching history like this.
Love bikes.
There were parked cars on the course !! And their gear was tissue paper
120mph on one of those bikes was mental and no safety bales around the bends these racers were true legends
Just wonderful!😊