From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
List of previous winners of the Tourist Trophy Race, held in the Isle of Man (1905-1922) and Ards Circuit, Ulster (1928-1936).
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\5\ Scan041 | |
| Date | 1st August 1959 guessed | |
| FILE 262 TOURIST TROPHY RACE. PREVIOUS WINNERS The following were held in the Isle of Man. 1905 - 1922. Date Car Driver Speed m.p.h. Sept.14th,1905 Arrol-Johnston J.S.Napier 33.9. Sept.28th,1906 Rolls-Royce Hon.C.S.Rolls 39.6. May 30th, 1907 Rover E.Courtis 28.8. May 30th, 1907 Beeston-Humber G.P.Mills 28.1. ("Heavy Trophy") Sept.24th,1908 Hutton W.Watson 50.25. June 10-11th 1914 Sunbeam K.Lee Guiness 56.44. June 22nd, 1922 Sunbeam J.Chassagne 55.78. June 22nd, 1922 Talbot-Darracq Sir Algernon 53.3. ("Fifteen-Hundred Race") Guinness Bt.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} ----------------- The following were held in the Ards Circuit, Ulster. 1928 - 1936. Date Car Driver Speed m.p.h. Aug.18th, 1928 Lea Francis(S) Kaye Don 64.06. Aug.17th, 1929 Mercedes-Benz(S) R.Caracciola 72.82. Aug.23rd, 1930 Alfa-Romeo (S) T.Nuvolari 70.88. Aug.22nd, 1931 M.G. (S) N.Black 67.90. Sept.2nd, 1933 M.G.Magnette(S) T.Nuvolari 78.65. Sept.1st, 1934 M.G.Magnette C.J.P.Dodson 74.65. Sept.7th, 1935 Riley F.W.Dixon 76.90 Sept.5th, 1936 Riley F.W.Dixon & C.J.P.Dodson 78.01 | ||