1930 Isle of Man TT
Rank Rider Team Speed Time
1 Wal Handley Rudge 74.24 mph ( 119.48 km/h ) 3.33.30.0
2 Graham Walker Rudge 73.1 3.36.49.0
3 Jimmie Simpson Norton 73.7 3.38.01.0
4 Charlie Dodson Sunbeam 71.99 3.40.11.0
5 Tom Frederick Sunbeam 71.43 3.41.53.0
6 H. G. Tyrell Smith Rudge 71.11 3.42.54.0
7 Ernie Nott Rudge 70.85 3.43.42.0
8 Vic Brittain Sunbeam 68.7 3.50.43.0
9 J G Lind AJS 67.56 3.54.36.0
10 J G Duncan Raleigh 66.21 3.59.23.0
Senior TT ( 500cc )
20 June 1930 – 7 laps ( 264.11 miles ) Mountain Course .
The 1930 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was dominated by the Rudge marque. Despite problems in practice for Rudge and the new George Hicks designed four-valve over-head valve motor-cycles the 1930 Junior TT was a closely contested race. At the end of the first lap, Charlie Dodson riding for Sunbeam led the Rudge of H. G. Tyrell Smith by only 4 seconds. On lap 2, a dead-heat was posted between Dodson and Tyrell Smith both completing the Snaefell mountain course in 1 hour, 3 minutes and 32 seconds. At Kirk Michael on lap 3, Charlie Dodson retires with valve problems, leaving Tyrell Smith to win the 7 lap race at an average speed of from Rudge team-mates Ernie Nott and Graham Walker. The 1930 Lightweight TT was initially led by the South African rider Joe Sarkis riding an OK-Supreme motor-cycle and on lap 1 set a time of 33 minutes and 55 seconds to lead Wal Handley riding for Rex-Acme motor-cycles by 39 seconds. At Union Mills on lap 2, Joe Sarkis stops to make adjustments and Wal Handley retires with oil-tank problems at Braddan Bridge. This hands the lead to Jimmie Guthrie riding an AJS motor-cycle and leads Joe Sarkis by 21 seconds on lap 3. At the East Mountain Gate on lap 4, Joe Sarkis stops a second time and retires and the 1930 Lightweight TT Race provided a first-time win for Jimmie Guthrie riding an AJS motor-cycle in 4 hours, 4 minutes and 56 seconds at average race speed of . The 1930 Senior TT Race was again a closely contested race between Rudge and the other manufacturers and also Wal Handley and Tyrell Smith. This time on the first lap Wal Handley led Tyrell Smith also riding for the Rudge marque by 39 seconds. Despite the poor weather conditions and heavy rain in the last two laps, the 1930 Senior TT Race was again won by Rudge motor-cycles with Wal Handley becoming the first TT rider to win in all three major TT Race classes at an average race speed of and having to hold top-gear in place with his toe.