1968 Isle of Man TT

The 1968 Isle of Man TT, the third round of the 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved six championship races on the Mountain Course on the Isle of Man during 8–14 June 1968. Giacomo Agostini won both the Junior and Senior races, completing the six laps of the latter race in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 39.4 seconds to win by almost nine minutes^[1] The Ultra-Lightweight 50cc race was won by Barry Smith, the Lightweight 125cc race by Phil Read and the Lightweight 250cc by Bill Ivy.

FIM Championship races

Ultra-Lightweight TT 50cc final standings

10 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Barry Smith	1	Derbi	72.90 mph	1:33.10.4	8
2	Chris M. Walpole	9	Honda	67.26 mph	1:40.59.6	6
3	Les Griffiths	14	Honda	66.12 mph	1:42.36.0	4
4	David Lock	12	Honda	65.66 mph	1:43.27.8	3
5	Jim Pink	29	Honda	64.14 mph	1:45.54.2	2
6	R.M. Udall	7	Honda	67.70 mph	1:40.03.8	1
DNF	Angel Nieto	9	Derbi

Lightweight TT 125cc final standings

14 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Phil Read	2	Yamaha	99.12 mph	1:08.31.4	8
2	Bill Ivy	9	Yamaha	97.78 mph	1:09.27.8	6
3	Kel Carruthers	12	Suzuki	86.69 mph	1:18.21.2	4
4	Tommy Robb	11	Bultaco	85.80 mph	1:19.10.4	3
5	Gordon Keith	7	Brown Special	84.88 mph	1:20.06.4	2
6	Steve Murray	16	Honda	83.19 mph	1:21.09.4	1

Lightweight TT 250cc final standings

10 June 1968 – 6 Laps (226.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Bill Ivy	21	Yamaha	99.58 mph	2:16.24.8	8
2	Renzo Pasolini	5	Benelli	98.00 mph	2:18.36.8	6
3	Heinz Rosner	12	MZ	95.04 mph	2:22.56.4	4
4	Malcolm Uphill	1	Suzuki	93.86 mph	2:24.44.4	3
5	Rod Gould	32	Yamaha	93.61 mph	2:25.07.0	2
6	Bill Smith	3	Yamaha	92.26 mph	2:27.14.8	1

Junior TT 350cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Giacomo Agostini	6	MV Agusta	104.78 mph	2:09.38.6	8
2	Renzo Pasolini	17	Benelli	102.65 mph	2:12.19.6	6
3	Bill Smith	7	Honda	95.02 mph	2:22.58.6	4
4	Derek Woodman	15	Aermacchi	93.46 mph	2:25.21.4	3
5	John Cooper	16	Seeley	93.35 mph	2:25.32.0	2
6	Jack Findlay	1	Aermacchi	93.04 mph	2:26.00.0	1

Sidecar TT 500cc final standings

8 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.2 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Siegfried Schauzu/H. Schneider	7	BMW	91.09 mph	1:14.34.2	8
2	Johann Attenburger/J. Schillinger	2	BMW	89.47 mph	1:15.55.2	6
3	Hans Luthringhauser/G. Hughes	5	BMW	87.60 mph	1:17.32.6	4
4	Helmut Fath/W. Kalauch	4	BMW	87.28 mph	1:17.49.0	3
5	John Brandon/C. Holland	23	BMW	82.43 mph	1:22.24.4	2
6	Maurice Tombs/T. Tombs	14	BMW	82.20 mph	1:22.30.8	1

Senior TT 500cc final standings

14 June 1968 – 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

Place	Rider	Number	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Giacomo Agostini	7	MV Agusta	103.63 mph	2:13.39.4	8
2	Brian Ball	30	Seeley-Matchless	95.97 mph	2:22.08.4	6
3	Barry Randle	39	Petty Norton	95.57 mph	2:22.26.8	4
4	Bill Smith	14	Matchless	95.02 mph	2:22.58.0	3
5	Bernie Lund		Matchless	94.96 mph	2:22.34.2	2
6	Kel Carruthers	3	Norton	94.23 mph	2:23.06.4	1

Non-championship races

Sidecar 750cc TT final standings

8 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Terry Vinicombe/J. Flaxman	BSA	85.85 mph	1.19.07.4
2	Norman Hanks/Rose Arnold	BSA	83.71 mph	1.21.44.0
3	Peter Brown/D. Bean	BSA	83.03 mph	1.21.48.0
4	Mick Horsepole/G. Horspole	Triumph	79.53 mph	1.25.24.0
5	John B. Crick/D. Senior	Triumph	78.96 mph	1.21.01.2
6	Ken Graham/G. Sewell	Triumph	78.45 mph	1.26.35.4
7	Ernie H. Leece/John Molyneux	LMS	78.35 mph	1.26.41.6
8	Derek Plummer/Malcolm Brett	Triumph	76.98 mph	1.28.13.8
9	Terry Windle/R. Hinchcliffe	Triumph	76.49 mph	1.28.48.8
10	Dave Saville/E. Fletcher	Sabre	76.26 mph	1.29.04.0

Production TT 750 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Ray Pickrell	Dunstall Norton 750 Dominator	98.13 mph	1.09.13.2
2	Billie Nelson	Norton	94.62 mph	1.11.47.2
3	Tony Smith	BSA	93.82 mph	1.12.23.8
4	Graham Bailey	Triumph	89.66 mph	1.13.12.6
5	Malcolm Uphill	Triumph	80.08 mph	1.17.07.0
6	Tony Godfrey	Dunstall Norton 750 Dominator	85.92 mph	1.19.03.2

Production TT 500 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Ray Knight	Triumph	90.09 mph	1.15.23.6
2	John Blanchard	Velocette	88.58 mph	1.16.41.2
3	David Nixon	Triumph	88.52 mph	1.16.44.4
4	Neil Kelly	Velocette	86.47 mph	1.18.33.0
5	Graham Robinson	Honda	85.54 mph	1.19.24.2
6	George Barnacle	Triumph	84.23 mph	1.20.36.8
7	Hugh Evans	BSA	84.47 mph	1.23.08.6
8	Chas Mortimer	Ducati	77.96 mph	1.27.07.6
9	T. Walker	Triumph	75.26 mph	1.30.15.0

Production TT 250 cc final standings

12 June 1968 – 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Tervor Burgess	Ossa	87.21 mph	1.17.53.4
2	George E. Leigh	Bultaco	85.23 mph	1.19.41.8
3	Barry Smith	Suzuki	85.17 mph	1.19.45.0
4	Brian Richards	Bultaco	83.61 mph	1.21.14.0
5	Gordon Keith	Suzuki	83.26 mph	1.21.35.2
6	Tommy Robb	Suzuki	83.03 mph	1.21.48.0
7	Kel Carruthers	Suzuki	82.10 mph	1.23.43.8
8	Mike Rogers	Ducati	80.31 mph	1.24.38.8
9	Adrian T Cooper	Suzuki	79.40 mph	1.25.32.6
10	Ernie Johnson	Suzuki	79.38 mph	1.25.33.6