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'Mike Hailwood. 1979 Senior TT Winner. Suzuki RG500. 113.03mph'

Date(s): 1980

Creator(s): unknown

Scope & Content: Poster printed in black on luminous yellow paper, Cites the average race speed of 113mph set at the 1979 TT.
113.03 mph is the race average speed, not the lap speed, which Hailwood achieved in the 1979 Classic TT when he came second. This was higher thn the race average in the Senior earlier in the week which he won.

This resource is believed to have been commissioned by Mike Hailwood to accompany the Suzuki RG500 at a bike show, possibly in Belfast, in 1980.

Language: eng

Extent: 76 x 169 cm

Item name: poster

Collection: Print & Poster Archive

Level: ITEM

ID number: P.6490

Record class: Private

Subject tags : #MM100

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113.03 mph is the race average speed, not the lap speed, which Hailwood achieved in the 1979 Classic TT when he came second. This was higher that the race average in the Senior earlier in the week which he won. - Matthew Richardson Report this

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