1908 Four-Inch Race
24 September - Isle of Man circuit: 9 laps of 37.500 miles = 337.5 miles
Pole Position: N/A
Fastest Lap: George (Darracq) lap 5 43'15"8
Results:
1 2 W. Watson Napier-Hutton 6:43'05"6
2 4 Algernon Lee Guinness Darracq 6:45'21"
3 17 George Darracq 6:48'36"6
4 11 Porter Calthorpe 7:14'19"
5 9 Tom Thornycroft Thornycroft 7:39'15"4
6 10 Ross-Browne Vinot 8:07'52"4
7 30 Rawlinson Darracq 8:11'51"8
8 37 Rimmer Vulcan 8:14'29"2
9 6 Coatalen Hillman-Coatalen 8:20'35"2
10 22 Hodge Thornycroft 8:56'10"
Not classified/Did Not Finish:
36 Leon Molon Vinot 8 running
38 Buckley SCAT 7
3 Roberts Arrol-Johnston 7 running
23 Outhwaite Vinot 7 running
31 Tuck Beeston-Humber 6
18 Reid Beeston-Humber 6
12A Hartridge Westinghouse 6
20 Moore-Brabazon Metallurgique 6
34 Debuissey Piccard 6
7 Cupper Metallurgique 6
5 Brown Coventry-Humber 5
1 Browning Rover 5 running
15 Hutton Hutton 4
24 Robinson Calthorpe 4
27 Ward SCAT 4
25 Lewis Deasy 4
19 Kenelm Lee Guinness Hillman-Coatalen 4
14 Harper SCAT 4
12 Graham Deasy 4
16 Dario Resta Arrol-Johnston 3
17 Warwick Wright Metallurgique 3
32 Stocks de Dion 3
26 Gaal Westinghouse 2
29 Moss Arrol Johnston 0
NOTES:
1. Instituted in 1905 as Tourist Trophy Race (for Touring Cars)
Date Winner distance time entr. strt. fin.
14 September 1905: John Napier (Arrol-Johnston) 208.5 miles 6:09'14"6 58 42 18
27 September 1906: Charles S Rolls (Rolls-Royce) 161.24 4:06'00"6 49 29 9
30 May 1907 TT : Ernest Courtis (Rover) 241+ 8:23'27" 31 22 2
heavy cars: George P. Mills (Beeston-Humber) 201+ 7:11'00"