Ards, 1932. Freddie DIxon’s big off.
Story by Graham Gauld
Photos from the collection of Robert McCann
The RAC Tourist Trophy Race is one of the few races that has been in existence for over 100 years and in fact it is the longest running series, having started in 1905.
It was first held on the Isle of Man and the first winner was not only a Scot, John Napier, but he was even driving a Scottish car, an Arrol Johnston built in Glasgow.
One of the great periods in TT history came in the 1930s. As everyone appears to enjoy older photos, I thought that I would come up with a picture story covering some of those events held on the Ards circuit outside Belfast in Northern Ireland, where racing on the public roads was allowed, unlike on the U.K. mainland were open road racing was banned.