Isle of Man TT legend and 1957 record breaker Bob McIntyre | TT Lap Guide

It was the 50th Anniversary of the Isle of Man TT and the year in which the eight lap 1957 Golden Jubilee Senior Race was to prove historic in more ways than one. Today, with the lap record standing at some 136 mph+, doing a 100mph lap would not generate a second thought. In 1957, doing the ‘ton’ was compared to the four minute mile, or breaking the sound barrier!
The excitement generated when hard-riding Scotsman Bob McIntyre, on his 500cc four cylinder Gilera, recorded a speed of 101.03 mph was immense. He won the Golden Jubilee Junior Race that year too and his other win came in the 1959 Formula 1 500cc race on a Norton.
As the first man ever to do a 100mph lap, his name is secured in TT history forever! And in this vintage short film titled "Island Century", Bob talks us through a lap of the famous TT mountain course.
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