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 from 1905 to 1936.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\5\ Scan031 | |
| Date | 11th September 1936 guessed | |
| C O P Y. 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.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Courtis ... 28.8 May 30th, 1907 ... Beeston-Humber ... C.P. Mills ... 28.1 ("Heavy Trophy") Sept. 24th, 1908... Hutton ... W. Watson ... 50.25 June 10-11th, 1914 Sunbeam ... K.{Mr Kilner} Lee Guinness ... 56.44 June 22nd, 1922 ... Sunbeam ... J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Chassagne ... 55.78 June 22nd, 1922 ... Talbot-Darracq ... Sir Algernon Guinness Bt.{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer} ... 53.3 ("Fifteen-Hundred Race") ----------------- 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.{Sir Henry Royce} Caracciola ... 72.82 Aug. 23rd, 1930 ... Alfa-Romeo (S) ... T. Nuvolari ... 70.88 Aug. 22nd, 1931 ... M.G. (S) ... N. Black ... 67.90 Aug. 20th, 1932 ... Riley ... C.R. Whitcroft ... 74.23 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 ... (...)78.01 ...(C.J.P. Dodson...) | ||