1949 Ulster Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| File:Clady Circuit 1946-1952.svg | |||
| Date | 20 August 1949 | ||
| Location | Clady Circuit | ||
| Course | Public roads 26.5 km (16.5 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Leslie Graham |
AJS | |
| Time | 10:06.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Leslie Graham |
AJS | |
| Second | Artie Bell |
Norton | |
| Third |  Nello Pagani |
Gilera | |
| 350 cc | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Freddie Frith |
Velocette | |
| Time | 10:56.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Freddie Frith |
Velocette | |
| Second | Charlie Salt |
Velocette | |
| Third |  Reg Armstrong |
AJS | |
| 250 cc | |||
| 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 | |
| [1][2] | ||||
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 | |
| [2][3] | ||||
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 | |
| [2][4] | ||||
| Previous race: 1949 Belgian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1949 season |
Next race: 1949 Nations Grand Prix |
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Ulster Grand Prix | Next race: 1950 Ulster Grand Prix |
