Title

Action from the Lightweight TT race, Isle of Man, 1958. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Action from the Lightweight TT race, Isle of Man, 1958. Spectators watch as eventual runner-up Carlo Ubbiali leads into a corner on his MV Agusta. The winner of the race was Tarquinio Provini on the number 6 machine, also an MV Agusta. Ubbiali was one of the stars of motorcycling in the 1950s, winning 9 World Championships as well as 5 TT races in the Lightweight and Ultra-Lightweight classes. Provini secured 4 TT wins in all.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1958

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A86_482

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,3Mb) / 16,9in x 12,4in / 5081 x 3706 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male sport crowd man men bank guy spectator isle of man century motorbike motorcycle champion corner motorcyclist B&W ditch MONOCHROME motorcycle race motorcycle racing crash helmet fifties 1950s road Transport cornering black & white black and white B W 20th century National Motor Museum decade Isle of Man Lightweight TT Isle of Man TT motorbike racing MV Agusta TGN world champion Carlo Ubbiali Tarquinio Provini photograph Unknown Carlo Provini Tarquinio Ubbiali photograph