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Bentley TT 100 Isle of Man Centenary

June 26th 2022 sees the Bentley TT 100 centenary lap of the Isle of Man TT course. A centenary commemoration of the June 22nd 1922 Isle of Man TT motor race, in which Bentley Motors, a fledgling manufacturer of passenger vehicles, bravely pitted itself against pure Grand Prix racing cars, and took 2nd, 4th and 5th places. The cars taking part include the actual 1922 race-winning car, whose owner has flown from Thailand to join the event. On June 22nd 1922, three 3 litre Bentleys undertook the gruelling Isle of Man TT race, which comprised 8 laps of 37 ¾ miles, a total distance of 302 miles. Motor races a hundred years ago were hugely popular, especially when staged on public roads with free access for the public to spectate. This challenge was a high profile opportunity for publicity of the best or worst kind, all of Britain’s press would be watching, it could so easily have ended in disaster. We know how much the press thrive on disaster relating to the TT races. It was a brave venture by Bentley Motors, who were only 10 months into car production. At the beginning of the century, early motor cars had spluttered along at 10 to 15 mph. The newcomer, ‘Bentley Motors’, was now building a sporting thoroughbred which promised speed and reliability. A car which would easily cover 60 miles every hour, all day long. W.O.Bentley, the company’s founder, had announced to the press that ‘unlike our competitors, we have not built special racing cars for this event, but instead entered three standard chassis drawn from our production stock.’ The waterlogged rough circuit presented its own severe challenge, never mind the competition: Grand Prix Sunbeams and Vauxhalls were well developed racing cars. It was a high profile risk for the fledgling manufacturer and was rewarded with all three cars finishing, taking 2nd, 4th and 5th places, W.O.Bentley having himself driven car No.9. A legend was born for speed and reliability and, a century later, BentleyTT100 will commemorate that momentous achievement. There are 100 3 litre Bentleys here for the event. My video doesn't do them justice. But if enough people ask to see more of the cars, I will post a video to show them all on display in pit lane. Manxmann.