Annual motorcycle racing event
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course Sidecar TT Race A winnersNick Crowe and Darren Hope at Brandywell The2005 Isle of Man TT Festival was the 98th run and took place between Saturday 28 May and Friday 10 June on the37.73 mile (60.72 km) Mountain course . The first week (between 28 May and 3 June) is known as the practice week, before the real action was due to commence on 4 June. Bad weather meant that the Superbike race was held over until Sunday (5 June). There were only 7 races in this year because this was the first year the smaller 250 bikes & Production models did not race at the TT, instead they were replaced with Superbike, Supersport & Superstock races.
TheSidecar TT Race A, was supposed to be race 2 but due to inclement weather forced the postponement of the Superbike TT for 24 hours, the Sidecars became the first race.
John McGuinness won the Superbike TT andSenior TT , and was the only competitor to win multiple races that year.
Three competitors died during the event:Joakim Karlsson , Les Harah and Gus Scott.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Gus Scott, a rider-journalist participating in his first TT, died after colliding withKirk Michael resident and marshall April Bolster, who was crossing the road to attend to another rider. Bolster also died instantly.[ 4]
Race 1 – TT Sidecar Race 'A' 4 June 2005 (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Nick Crowe / Darren HopeHonda 109.85 mph (176.79 km/h) 1:01.49.3 2 Steve Norbury / Andrew SmithYamaha 109.78 mph (176.67 km/h) 1:01.51.6 3 John Holden / Jamie WinnHonda 107.61 mph (173.18 km/h) 1:03.06.5 4 Philip Dongworth / Stuart CastlesIreson 105.61 mph (169.96 km/h) 1:04.18.6 5 Simon Neary / Stuart BondYamaha 105.47 mph (169.74 km/h) 1:04.23.2 6 Tony Baker / Mark HegartyYamaha 105.51 mph (169.8 km/h) 1:04.40.3 7 Ben Dixon / Mark LambertHonda 104.89 mph (168.8 km/h) 1:04:44.6 8 Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian ParzerHonda 104.45 mph (168.1 km/h) 1:05.01.1 9 Roger Stockton / Peter AltonShelbourne 103.43 mph (166.45 km/h) 1:05.39.7 10 Bill Currie / Kerry WilliamsWindle Yamaha 102.32 mph (164.67 km/h) 1:06.22.1
Race 2 – TT Superbike Race 5 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 John McGuinness Yamaha R1124.124 mph (199.758 km/h) 1:49.25.74 2 Adrian Archibald Suzuki GSX-R123.441 mph (198.659 km/h) 1:50.02.04 3 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR122.034 mph (196.395 km/h) 1:51.18.16 4 Ian Lougher Honda CBR 121.587 mph (195.675 km/h) 1:51.42.70 5 Raymond PorterYamaha R1 121.109 mph (194.906 km/h) 1:52.09.16 6 Guy Martin Suzuki 120.863 mph (194.51 km/h) 1:52.22.87 7 Jason GriffithsYamaha R1 120.791 mph (194.394 km/h) 1:52.26.88 8 Chris CampbellHonda CBR998 120.126 mph (193.324 km/h) 1:53.05.38 9 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 119.231 mph (191.884 km/h) 1:53.55.19 10 Ian ArmstrongYamaha R1 118.05 mph (189.98 km/h) 1:55.03.55
Race 3 – TT Supersport, Race A 6 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Ian Lougher Honda CBR 120.928 mph (194.615 km/h) 1:14.52.84 2 John McGuinness Yamaha R6 120.332 mph (193.656 km/h) 1:15.15.46 3 Jason GriffithsYamaha R6 119.407 mph (192.167 km/h) 1:15.50.07 4 Bruce Anstey Suzuki GSX-R 119.249 mph (191.913 km/h) 1:15.56.10 5 Guy Martin Honda CBR 118.488 mph (190.688 km/h) 1:16.25.36 6 Raymond PorterYamaha R6 118.387 mph (190.525 km/h) 1:16.29.25 7 Darran Lindsay Honda CBR 118.235 mph (190.281 km/h) 1:16:35.18 8 Adrian Archibald Suzuki GSX-R 117.598 mph (189.256 km/h) 1:17.00.04 9 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 117.466 mph (189.043 km/h) 1:17.06.03 10 Nigel BeattieYamaha R6 117.252 mph (188.699 km/h) 1:17.13.69
Race 4 – Superstock 6 June (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Bruce Anstey Suzuki GSX-R124.242 mph (199.948 km/h) 54.39.74 2 Ian Lougher Honda Fireblade122.894 mph (197.779 km/h) 55:15.73 3 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki ZX-10122.853 mph (197.713 km/h) 55.16.82 4 Jason GriffithsYamaha R1122.21 mph (196.68 km/h) 55:34.28 5 Guy Martin Suzuki GSX-R 122.201 mph (196.663 km/h) 55.34.53 6 Paul HuntSuzuki GSX-R 122.096 mph (196.494 km/h) 55:37.39 7 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR 121.993 mph (196.329 km/h) 55.40.22 8 Richard Britton Honda 121.363 mph (195.315 km/h) 55.57.54 9 Ian Hutchinson Honda 120.095 mph (193.274 km/h) 56.33.00 10 Chris HeathYamaha YZF R1 119.991 mph (193.107 km/h) 56.35.93
Race 5 – Sidecar TT, Race B 8 June (3 laps – 113.00 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Dave Molyneux / Daniel SayleDMRHonda 114.901 mph (184.915 km/h) 59.06.39 2 Nick Crowe / Darren HopeDMR Honda 112.305 mph (180.737 km/h) 1:00.28.37 3 Steve Norbury / Andrew SmithShelbourne 110.129 mph (177.235 km/h) 1:01.40.06 4 Simon Neary / Stuart BondYamaha 108.969 mph (175.369 km/h) 1:02.19.43 5 Roy Hanks / David WellsMolyneux-Rose 108.428 mph (174.498 km/h) 1:02.38.10 6 Ben Dixon / Mark LambertHonda 107.999 mph (173.808 km/h) 1:02.53.00 7 John Holden / Jamie WinnHonda 107.498 mph (173.001 km/h) 1:03.10.60 8 Tony Baker / Mark HegartyYamaha 107.33 mph (172.73 km/h) 1:03.16.53 9 Roger Stockton / Peter AltonShelbourne 106.355 mph (171.162 km/h) 1:03.51.34 10 Bill Currie / Kerry WilliamsWindle Yamaha 105.739 mph (170.17 km/h) 1:04.13.66
Race 6 – TT Supersport, Race B 8 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 Ryan Farquhar Kawasaki ZX-6R120.697 mph (194.243 km/h) 1:15.01.42 2 Jason GriffithsYamaha R6120.315 mph (193.628 km/h) 1:15.15.72 3 Raymond PorterYamaha R6 119.992 mph (193.108 km/h) 1:15.30.53 4 Guy Martin Honda CBR 119.252 mph (191.917 km/h) 1:15.55.99 5 Martin Finnegan Honda CBR 119.121 mph (191.707 km/h) 1:16.01.00 6 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 118.454 mph (190.633 km/h) 1:16.26.66 7 Ian Hutchinson Honda CBR 118.397 mph (190.542 km/h) 1:16.28.89 8 Nigel BeattieYamaha R6 117.899 mph (189.74 km/h) 1:16.48.28 9 Gary Carswell Yamaha R6 117.402 mph (188.94 km/h) 1:17.07.78 10 Chris PalmerHonda 117.332 mph (188.828 km/h) 1:17.10.52
Race 7 – Senior TT 10 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles) Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 John McGuinness Yamaha R1 124.342 mph (200.109 km/h) 1:49.15.16 2 Ian Lougher Honda 123.67 mph (199.03 km/h) 1:49:49.84 3 Guy Martin Suzuki 123.362 mph (198.532 km/h) 1:50.08.19 4 Martin Finnegan Honda Fireblade 123.302 mph (198.435 km/h) 1:50.09.50 5 Richard Britton Honda 123.083 mph (198.083 km/h) 1:50.21.24 6 Jun Maeda Honda CBR 122.237 mph (196.721 km/h) 1:51.07.10 7 Jason GriffithsYamaha R1 121.944 mph (196.25 km/h) 1:51.23.12 8 Ian Hutchinson Honda 120.287 mph (193.583 km/h) 1:52.55.19 9 Nigel BeattieYamaha R1 119.884 mph (192.935 km/h) 1:53.20.24 10 Chris PalmerYamaha R1 119.334 mph (192.049 km/h) 1:53.49.29