Clypse Course

Clypse Course

Onchan , Isle of Man
Route type:	temporary racetrack
Opening:	1954
Decommissioned:	1959
Time zone:	GMT
Track layout
Route data
Route length:	17.63  km (10.95  mi )
Curves:	34
Records
Track record: ( motorcycle )	8: 04.2 min. ( Tarquinio Provini , MV Agusta (250 cm³), 1959)

Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 18 ″  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 31 ″  W.

The Clypse Course was a temporary motorsport race on the Isle of Man , the 1954 to 1959 for motorcycle races of Man Isle of TT was used.

The name Clypse is probably derived from the Scandinavian word Kleppsstar (Kleppr's farm) , which is also eponymous for the streets Clypse Beg and Clypse Moar bein Onchan .

Routing

Ballanard Road in Douglas

Begoade Road from Creg-ny-Baa near Ballacour Corner

The course had a length of 10.79  mi (17.36  km ) and was traveled in a clockwise direction . It consisted of public roads that were closed for the racing events. Start and finish were in Douglas .

The route used the start-finish area and two other short sections of the Snaefell Mountain Course on the A18 Mountain Road between Cronk-ny-Mona and Creg-ny-Baa (in the opposite direction of travel) and between Signpost Corner and Governor's Bridge . The highest point of the Clypse Course was with 261  m ASL at Ballacarrooin Hill .

history

The Clypse Course was set up as a street course for the reintroduction of the Ultra-Lightweight (up to 50 cm³) and Sidecar classes as part of the Isle of Man TT 1954. The races were part of the motorcycle world championship . In order to enable the use of the roads as a racing track, road widening was carried out on the Mountain Course at Creg-na-Baa , Signpost Corner and on the approach to Governor's Bridge in the winter of 1953/54 .

The reintroduction of the sidecar TT races was controversial in 1954. Some manufacturers were completely against it. In addition, the start of the first female participant Inge Stoll was viewed critically in some cases . The ultra-lightweight and sidecar races were held on the Clypse Course from 1954 to 1959 and the lightweight TT races (up to 125 cm³) from 1955 to 1959. Clubman races only took place on the course in 1955. After 1959 the Clypse Course was no longer used and all TT races were held on the Mountain Course again.

Parts of the Clypse Course that do not belong to the Snaefell Mountain Course were later used for bike races , hill climbs and classic car events. Sections of the route belonging to the Mountain Course are regularly part of the Isle of Man rally and the Manx rally.

Official lap record

The lap record dates from 1959 and was set by Tarquinio Provini on a 250 cc MV Agusta in the lightweight TT race. It took the Italian 8 minutes and 4.2 seconds to complete a lap, which corresponds to an average speed of 80.22  mph (129.1  km / h ).

Race winner

year	Ultra Lightweight TT	Lightweight TT	Sidecar TT	Clubmans Junior TT	Clubmans Senior TT
1954	Rupert Hollaus ( NSU )		Eric Oliver / Les Nutt ( Norton )
1955	Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	Bill Lomas ( MV Agusta )	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss ( BMW )	Jimmy Buchan ( BSA )	Eddie Dow ( BSA )
1956	Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	Fritz Hillebrand / Manfred Grunwald ( BMW )
1957	Tarquinio Provini ( Mondial )	Cecil Sandford ( Mondial )	Fritz Hillebrand / Manfred Grunwald ( BMW )
1958	Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta )	Tarquinio Provini ( MV Agusta )	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss ( BMW )
1959	Tarquinio Provini ( MV Agusta )	Tarquinio Provini ( MV Agusta )	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss ( BMW )

References

Web links

• Official website of the Isle of Man TT (English)
• Clypse Course. www.iomtt.com, accessed June 3, 2018 (English). 
• Vincent Glon: Les circuits de Grand-Prix: ISLE of MAN, Mountain Course - Clypse Course. racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on June 3, 2018 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clepps (Beg) - Manorial Roll 1643 or Cleypse - Woods Atlas 1867 Manx notebook. (English)
2. ↑ Isle of Man Weekly Times , May 22, 1954. (English)