Mountain bike
Exactly 110 years ago, on 30 June 1911, the very first motorcycle race was run over the Isle of Man TT’s Mountain Course. The winner of that first-ever Junior TT race was Percy J. Evans, who covered the 149.60-mile (240.7km) race distance on his 2¾hp Humber V-twin at an average speed of 41.45mph (66.7km/h), despite having to refuel three times in the four-lap race thanks to his one-gallon fuel tank.
He won by no less than 9m13s over second-place getter Harry Collier on his Matchless single, with third-place finisher H.J. Cox a further nine minutes behind. Humber riders dominated proceedings, occupying first, fourth, eighth, ninth, 14th and 18th places out of the 21 finishers, to record a 100 percent finishing record for the marque’s brand-new 50° V-twin model, which made its competition debut just two months previously.
Evans established the Junior TT lap record on his second lap (complete with fuel stop) at 53m34s, an average speed of 42.004mph (67.6km/h) – faster than 18 of the 28
