1969 Isle of Man TT
# 1969 Isle of Man TT

The 1969 Isle of Man TT, the fourth round of the 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved a number of races on the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man. For the second year running Giacomo Agostini won both the Junior and Senior races, completing the six laps of the latter race in 2:09.40.2 to win by almost nine minutes. There were three "production" categories; Malcolm Uphill won the 750 cc, Graham Penny the 500 cc and Mike Rogers the 250 cc. German pairs won both sidecar events; Klaus Enders and Ralf Engelhardt in the 500 cc and Siegfried Schauzu and H.Schneider in the 750 cc. Kel Carruthers won the Lightweight 250 cc race, while Dave Simmonds won the Lightweight 125 cc.

## 1969 Isle of Man Production 750 cc TT final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Malcolm Uphill | Triumph | 99.99 mph | 1.07.55.4 |
| 2 | Paul Smart | Norton | 99.37 mph | 1.08.21.2 |
| 3 | Darryl Pendlebury | Triumph | 99.66 mph | 1.10.16.2 |
| 4 | Mick Andrew | Norton | 95.18 mph | 1.11.21.8 |
| 5 | Steve Jolly | Triumph | 93.19 mph | 1.12.53.0 |
| 6 | Tony Jefferies | Triumph | 93.13 mph | 1.12.56.2 |
| 7 | Martin Carney | Triumph | 93.00 mph | 1.13.02.0 |
| 8 | Pat Mohoney | BSA | 92.39 mph | 1.13.30.8 |
| 9 | Paul Butler | Triumph | 91.09 mph | 1.14.34.0 |
| 10 | Len Phelps | Triumph | 90.76 mph | 1.14.50.0 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Production 500 cc TT final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Graham Penny | Honda | 88.18 mph | 1.17.01.6 |
| 2 | Ray Knight | Triumph | 87.64 mph | 1.17.30.4 |
| 3 | Ron Baylie | Triumph | 85.90 mph | 1.19.04.0 |
| 4 | Adrian T Cooper | Suzuki | 85.17 mph | 1.19.45.4 |
| 5 | Hugh Evans | BSA | 85.17 mph | 1.19.45.6 |
| 6 | Mick Chatterton | Triumph | 83.97 mph | 1.20.53.6 |
| 7 | Brian Warburton | Triumph | 82.21 mph | 1.22.37.8 |
| 8 | A.Allen | Triumph | 74.87 mph | 1.30.43.6 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Production 250 cc TT final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mike Rogers | Ducati | 88.79 mph | 1.21.03.8 |
| 2 | Frank Whiteway | Suzuki | 88.29 mph | 1.21.33.4 |
| 3 | Chas Mortimer | Ducati | 82.01 mph | 1.22.49.6 |
| 4 | George E.Leigh | Bultaco | 81.26 mph | 1.23.35.2 |
| 5 | Clive Thompsett | Ducati | 80.18 mph | 1.24.43.2 |
| 6 | Bill G Benson | Suzuki | 79.21 mph | 1.24.45.4 |
| 7 | T.Holdsworth | Suzuki | 78.87 mph | 1.26.18.6 |
| 8 | Tom Loughridge | Suzuki | 76.00 mph | 1.26.18.6 |
| 9 | Charlie Mates | Yamaha | 75.40 mph | 1.30.14.6 |
| 10 | John Williams | Honda | 68.60 mph | 1.39.35.6 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Sidecar 500 cc TT final standings

3 Laps (113.2 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Klaus Enders/Ralf Engelhardt | West Germany | BMW | 92.48 mph | 1:13.27.0 | 15 |
| 2 | Siegfried Schauzu/H.Schneider | West Germany | BMW | 90.99 mph | 1:14.39.4 | 12 |
| 3 | Helmut Fath/W.Kalauch | West Germany | URS named after Fath's hometown Ursenbach | 90.56 mph | 1:15.0.0 | 10 |
| 4 | Arseneus Butscher/J.Huber | West Germany | BMW | 83.55 mph | 1:21.18.0 | 8 |
| 5 | F.Linnarz/P.Kuehnmund | West Germany | BMW | 81.96 mph | 1:22.52.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Dick Hawes/J.Mann | United Kingdom | Seeley | 81.73 mph | 1:23.06.6 | 5 |
| 7 | Norman Hanks/Rose Hanks | United Kingdom | BSA | 81.00 mph | 1:23.51.4 | 4 |
| 8 | Bill Copson/Dane Rowe | United Kingdom | BMW | 80.34 mph | 1:24.32.8 | 3 |
| 9 | Dennis Keen/M.S.Wotherspoon | United Kingdom | Triumph | 78.31 mph | 1:26.44.0 | 2 |
| 10 | T Harris/B.L.Harris | United Kingdom | Triumph | 78.31 mph | 1:26.44.0 | 1 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Sidecar 750 cc TT final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Rank | Rider | Team | Speed | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Siegfried Schauzu/H.Schneider | BMW | 89.83 mph | 1.15.36.8 |
| 2 | Peter Brown/Mick Casey | BSA | 85.65 mph | 1.19.18.2 |
| 3 | Bill Currie/F.Kay | LWC | 81.72 mph | 1.23.07.4 |
| 4 | Mick Boddice/Clive Pollington | BSA | 81.02 mph | 1.23.50.4 |
| 5 | Derek Plummer/Malcolm Brett | Triumph | 80.06 mph | 1.24.16.2 |
| 6 | Mick Horsepole/G.J.Horsepole | Triumph | 80.53 mph | 1.24.32.2 |
| 7 | Gordon Fox/H.Sanderson | Triumph | 76.89 mph | 1.25.01.2 |
| 8 | Bill Cooper/D B Argent | WEC | 79.58 mph | 1.25.21.0 |
| 9 | Bob Kewley/D.Tucker | BSA | 78.61 mph | 1.26.24.0 |
| 10 | Denis Kneen/M.E.Wotherspoon | Triumph | 78.48 mph | 1.26.33.0 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250 cc final standings

6 Laps (226.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kel Carruthers | Australia | Benelli | 95.95 mph | 2:21.35.2 | 15 |
| 2 | Frank Perris | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 93.69 mph | 2:24.59.4 | 12 |
| 3 | Santiago Herrero | Spain | Ossa | 92.82 mph | 2:26.21.0 | 10 |
| 4 | Mick Chatterton | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 91.96 mph | 2:29.01.0 | 8 |
| 5 | Frank Whiteway | United Kingdom | Suzuki | 90.13 mph | 2:30.41.4 | 6 |
| 6 | Derek Chatterton | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 89.51 mph | 2:31.46.0 | 5 |
| 7 | Stan Woods | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 89.22 mph | 2:32.15.2 | 4 |
| 8 | František Šťastný | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 89.11 mph | 2:32.25.2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ian Richards | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 88.08 mph | 2:34.13.0 | 2 |
| 10 | Gordon Keith | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 88.00 mph | 2:34.22.0 | 1 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125 cc final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dave Simmonds | United Kingdom | Kawasaki | 91.08 mph | 1:14.34.6 | 15 |
| 2 | Kel Carruthers | Australia | Aermacchi | 84.43 mph | 1:20.27.2 | 12 |
| 3 | Garry Dickinson | United Kingdom | Honda | 83.67 mph | 1:21.10.6 | 10 |
| 4 | Steve Murray | United Kingdom | Honda | 83.24 mph | 1:21.36.2 | 8 |
| 5 | John Kiddie | United Kingdom | Honda | 81.05 mph | 1:23.48.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Carl Ward | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 80.58 mph | 1:24.17.8 | 5 |
| 7 | John Shacklady | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 80.27 mph | 1:24.37.0 | 4 |
| 8 | Charles Garner | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 70.14 mph | 1:25.49.6 | 3 |
| 9 | J Pasquiet | France | Bultaco | 78.39 mph | 1:26.39.2 | 2 |
| 10 | Tom Loughridge | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 77.88 mph | 1:27.12.8 | 1 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Junior TT 350 cc final standings

6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | Italy | MV Agusta | 101.81 mph | 2:13.25.4 | 15 |
| 2 | Brian Steenson | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 94.60 mph | 2:23.36.4 | 12 |
| 3 | Jack Findlay | Australia | Aermacchi | 93.89 mph | 2:24.41.2 | 10 |
| 4 | Tom Dickie | United Kingdom | Seeley | 92.90 mph | 2:26.13.0 | 8 |
| 5 | Terry Grotefeld | United Kingdom | Seeley | 92.58 mph | 2:26.44.0 | 6 |
| 6 | Selwyn Griffiths | United Kingdom | AJS | 90.89 mph | 2:29.27.6 | 5 |
| 7 | John Findlay | United Kingdom | Norton | 90.87 mph | 2:29.29.4 | 4 |
| 8 | Billy Guthrie | United Kingdom | Yamaha | 90.65 mph | 2:29.51.8 | 3 |
| 9 | M.Hatherall | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 90.63 mph | 2:29.53.6 | 2 |
| 10 | R.Graham | United Kingdom | Aermacchi | 90.03 mph | 2:30.53.0 | 1 |

## 1969 Isle of Man Senior TT 500 cc final standings

6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giacomo Agostini | Italy | MV Agusta | 104.75 mph | 2:09.40.2 | 15 |
| 2 | Alan Barnett | United Kingdom | Metisse | 98.28 mph | 2:18.12.6 | 12 |
| 3 | Tom Dickie | United Kingdom | Seeley | 97.92 mph | 2:18.44.2 | 10 |
| 4 | Derek Woodman | United Kingdom | Seeley | 97.69 mph | 2:19.03.4 | 8 |
| 5 | John Findlay | United Kingdom | Norton | 96.17 mph | 2:21.15.6 | 6 |
| 6 | Ron Chandler | United Kingdom | Seeley | 95.87 mph | 2:21.42.8 | 5 |
| 7 | Steve Jolly | United Kingdom | Seeley | 93.78 mph | 2:24.51.8 | 4 |
| 8 | Selwyn Griffiths | United Kingdom | Matchless | 93.30 mph | 2:25.36.8 | 3 |
| 9 | Peter Darvill | United Kingdom | Norton | 93.29 mph | 2:25.37.6 | 2 |
| 10 | Steve Spencer | United Kingdom | Metisse | 92.98 mph | 2:26.06.0 | 1 |
