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1968 Isle of Man TT

Annual motorcycle racing event

The 1968 Isle of Man TT, the third round of the 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved six championship races on the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man during 8–14 June 1968. Giacomo Agostini won both the Junior and Senior races, completing the six laps of the latter race in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 39.4 seconds to win by almost nine minutes The Ultra-Lightweight 50cc race was won by Barry Smith, the Lightweight 125cc race by Phil Read and the Lightweight 250cc by Bill Ivy.

FIM Championship races

Ultra-Lightweight TT 50cc final standings

10 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	AUS Barry Smith	1	Derbi	72.90 mph	1:33.10.4	8
2	GBR Chris M. Walpole	9	Honda	67.26 mph	1:40.59.6	6
3	GBR Les Griffiths	14	Honda	66.12 mph	1:42.36.0	4
4	GBR David Lock	12	Honda	65.66 mph	1:43.27.8	3
5	GBR Jim Pink	29	Honda	64.14 mph	1:45.54.2	2
6	GBR R.M. Udall	7	Honda	67.70 mph	1:40.03.8	1
DNF	ESP Angel Nieto	9	Derbi

Lightweight TT 125cc final standings

14 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	GBR Phil Read	2	Yamaha	99.12 mph	1:08.31.4	8
2	GBR Bill Ivy	9	Yamaha	97.78 mph	1:09.27.8	6
3		AUS Kel Carruthers	12	Suzuki	86.69 mph	1:18.21.2	4
4	GBR Tommy Robb	11	Bultaco	85.80 mph	1:19.10.4	3
5	Rhodesia Gordon Keith	7	Brown Special	84.88 mph	1:20.06.4	2
6	GBR Steve Murray	16	Honda	83.19 mph	1:21.09.4	1

Lightweight TT 250cc final standings

10 June 1968 – 6 Laps (226.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	GBR Bill Ivy	21	Yamaha	99.58 mph	2:16.24.8	8
2	ITA Renzo Pasolini	5	Benelli	98.00 mph	2:18.36.8	6
3	DDR Heinz Rosner	12	MZ	95.04 mph	2:22.56.4	4
4	GBR Malcolm Uphill	1	Suzuki	93.86 mph	2:24.44.4	3
5	GBR Rod Gould	32	Yamaha	93.61 mph	2:25.07.0	2
6	GBR Bill Smith	3	Yamaha	92.26 mph	2:27.14.8	1

Junior TT 350cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	ITA Giacomo Agostini	6	MV Agusta	104.78 mph	2:09.38.6	8
2	ITA Renzo Pasolini	17	Benelli	102.65 mph	2:12.19.6	6
3	GBR Bill Smith	7	Honda	95.02 mph	2:22.58.6	4
4	GBR Derek Woodman	15	Aermacchi	93.46 mph	2:25.21.4	3
5	GBR John Cooper	16	Seeley	93.35 mph	2:25.32.0	2
6	AUS Jack Findlay	1	Aermacchi	93.04 mph	2:26.00.0	1

Sidecar TT 500cc final standings

8 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.2 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	FRG Siegfried Schauzu/H. Schneider	7	BMW	91.09 mph	1:14.34.2	8
2	FRG Johann Attenburger/J. Schillinger	2	BMW	89.47 mph	1:15.55.2	6
3	FRG Hans Luthringhauser/G. Hughes	5	BMW	87.60 mph	1:17.32.6	4
4	FRG Helmut Fath/W. Kalauch	4	BMW	87.28 mph	1:17.49.0	3
5	GBR John Brandon/C. Holland	23	BMW	82.43 mph	1:22.24.4	2
6	GBR Maurice Tombs/T. Tombs	14	BMW	82.20 mph	1:22.30.8	1

Senior TT 500cc final standings

14 June 1968 – 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	ITA Giacomo Agostini	7	MV Agusta	103.63 mph	2:13.39.4	8
2	GBR Brian Ball	30	Seeley-Matchless	95.97 mph	2:22.08.4	6
3	GBR Barry Randle	39	Petty Norton	95.57 mph	2:22.26.8	4
4	GBR Bill Smith	14	Matchless	95.02 mph	2:22.58.0	3
5	GBR Bernie Lund		Matchless	94.96 mph	2:22.34.2	2
6		AUS Kel Carruthers	3	Norton	94.23 mph	2:23.06.4	1

Non-championship races

Sidecar 750cc TT final standings

8 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rider	Speed
1	GBR Terry Vinicombe/J. Flaxman	BSA	85.85 mph	1.19.07.4
2	GBR Norman Hanks/Rose Arnold	BSA	83.71 mph	1.21.44.0
3	GBR Peter Brown/D. Bean	BSA	83.03 mph	1.21.48.0
4	GBR Mick Horsepole/G. Horspole	Triumph	79.53 mph	1.25.24.0
5	GBR John B. Crick/D. Senior	Triumph	78.96 mph	1.21.01.2
6	GBR Ken Graham/G. Sewell	Triumph	78.45 mph	1.26.35.4
7	GBR Ernie H. Leece/John Molyneux	LMS	78.35 mph	1.26.41.6
8	GBR Derek Plummer/Malcolm Brett	Triumph	76.98 mph	1.28.13.8
9	GBR Terry Windle/R. Hinchcliffe	Triumph	76.49 mph	1.28.48.8
10	GBR Dave Saville/E. Fletcher	Sabre	76.26 mph	1.29.04.0

Production TT 750 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rider	Speed
1	GBR Ray Pickrell	Dunstall Norton 750 Dominator	98.13 mph	1.09.13.2
2	GBR Billie Nelson	Norton	94.62 mph	1.11.47.2
3	GBR Tony Smith	BSA	93.82 mph	1.12.23.8
4	GBR Graham Bailey	Triumph	89.66 mph	1.13.12.6
5	GBR Malcolm Uphill	Triumph	80.08 mph	1.17.07.0
6	GBR Tony Godfrey	Dunstall Norton 750 Dominator	85.92 mph	1.19.03.2

Production TT 500 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rider	Speed
1	GBR Ray Knight	Triumph	90.09 mph	1.15.23.6
2	GBR John Blanchard	Velocette	88.58 mph	1.16.41.2
3	GBR David Nixon	Triumph	88.52 mph	1.16.44.4
4	GBR Neil Kelly	Velocette	86.47 mph	1.18.33.0
5	GBR Graham Robinson	Honda	85.54 mph	1.19.24.2
6	GBR George Barnacle	Triumph	84.23 mph	1.20.36.8
7	GBR Hugh Evans	BSA	84.47 mph	1.23.08.6
8	GBR Chas Mortimer	Ducati	77.96 mph	1.27.07.6
9	GBR T. Walker	Triumph	75.26 mph	1.30.15.0

Production TT 250 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rider	Speed
1	GBR Tervor Burgess	Ossa	87.21 mph	1.17.53.4
2	GBR George E. Leigh	Bultaco	85.23 mph	1.19.41.8
3	GBR Barry Smith	Suzuki	85.17 mph	1.19.45.0
4	United Kingdom Brian Richards	Bultaco	83.61 mph	1.21.14.0
5	Rhodesia Gordon Keith	Suzuki	83.26 mph	1.21.35.2
6	GBR Tommy Robb	Suzuki	83.03 mph	1.21.48.0
7	AUS Kel Carruthers	Suzuki	82.10 mph	1.23.43.8
8	GBR Mike Rogers	Ducati	80.31 mph	1.24.38.8
9	GBR Adrian T Cooper	Suzuki	79.40 mph	1.25.32.6
10	GBR Ernie Johnson	Suzuki	79.38 mph	1.25.33.6

References

''Daily Express'' page 15 AGOSTINI COLLECTS SENIOR Saturday 15 June 1968

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