1949 Ulster Grand Prix

  1949 Ulster Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 August 1949
Location	Clady Circuit
Course	Public roads 26.5 km (16.5 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Leslie Graham AJS Time 10:06.0 Podium First Leslie Graham AJS Second Artie Bell Norton Third Nello Pagani Gilera
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Freddie Frith Velocette Time 10:56.0 Podium First Freddie Frith Velocette Second Charlie Salt Velocette Third Reg Armstrong AJS
250cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Time 12:01.6 Podium First Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi Second Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi Third Ronald Mead Norton

The 1949 Ulster Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Clady Circuit.

British rider Leslie Graham riding an AJS won the 500 cc race from Artie Bell and Nello Pagani. The race victory for Graham, with Pagani only in third place, wrapped up the first world championship for Graham. Similarly AJS secured the constructor's title.

It was also the final race of the 350 cc title. British Velocette rider Freddie Frith was already world champion having achieved a perfect score and in winning the Ulster Grand Prix he completed a remarkable clean sweep, winning all five races of the championship.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Leslie Graham	AJS	2:34:05.4	11
2	Artie Bell	Norton	+1:39.0	8
3	Nello Pagani	Gilera	+1:48.6	7
4	Bill Doran	AJS	+1:54.6	6
5	Jock West	AJS	+6:15.6	5
6	Rex McCandless	Norton	+14:41.6
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Freddie Frith	Velocette	2:24:34.8	11
2	Charlie Salt	Velocette	+31.4	8
3	Reg Armstrong	AJS	+39.6	7
4	Eric McPherson	AJS	+1:21.4	6
5	Frank Fry	Velocette	+1:52.6	5
6	Dickie Dale	Norton	+4:38.8
7	Harry Hinton	Norton	+4:39.2
8	Louis Carter	Norton	+4:49.2
9	Les Dear	AJS	+6:12.4
10	Arthur Wheeler	Velocette	+7:06.2
11	Cyril Stevens	AJS	+7:25.2
12	Bob Matthews	Velocette	+7:32.2
13	Charlie Gray	AJS	+10:21.2
14	Johnny Hodgkin	AJS	+10:22.4
15	Syl Anderton	AJS	+11:00.2
16	George Paterson	AJS	+11:01.2
17	Syd Barnett	AJS	+12:30.2
18	J. Hayes	AJS	+12:53.2
19	Humphrey Ranson	AJS	+13:12.2
20	C. B. Carr	Velocette	+13:13.2
21	Joe Glazebrook	AJS	+14:08.2
22	T. L. Irwin	Norton	+14:16.2
23	N. Ferguson	AJS	+15:08.2
24	T. F. Tindle	Velocette	+15:51.2
25	J. S. Slater	AJS	+16:50.2
26	J. Baillie	Velocette	+19:03.2
27	A. E. Shaw	Velocette	+19:42.2
28	R. E. Browne	AJS	+20:21.2
29	R. H. Pilling	Velocette	+20:25.2
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	2:28:31.6	11
2	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	+2:07.4	8
3	Ronald Mead	Norton	+7:05.4	7
4	George Reeve	Excelsior	+10:45.4	6
5	Douglas Beasley	Excelsior	+11:59.4	5
6	William Dehaney	Excelsior	+12:53.4
7	Chris Tattersall	CTS	+13:56.4
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Previous race: 1949 Belgian Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1949 season	Next race: 1949 Nations Grand Prix
Previous race: 1948 Ulster Grand Prix	Ulster Grand Prix	Next race: 1950 Ulster Grand Prix

References

1. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
2. Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 104–118.
3. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
4. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–250 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.