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1907 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Date	28 May 1907
Location	St John's, Isle of Man
Course	St John's Short Course ; 15 miles, 1,470 yards (25.49 km)
Organiser	The Auto-Cycle Club
Secretary	F. Straight esq.
Single Cylinder class
First	Charlie Collier, Matchless-JAP
Second	Jack Marshall, Triumph
Third	Frank Hulbert, Triumph
Fastest lap
	Harry Collier ; 23min. 5 2/5sec. 41.81 mph
Twin Cylinder class
First	Rem Fowler, Norton-Peugeot
Second	Billy Wells, Vindec Special-Peugeot
Third	Billy Heaton, Rex
Fastest lap
	Rem Fowler ; 22min. 6 2/5sec. 42.91 mph (New record)

The 1907 Isle of Man TT races were the inaugural International Tourist Trophy for motor-cycles held on the Isle of Man. The event was held on Tuesday 28 May 1907 over the St John's Short Course consisting of a Single Cylinder and a Twin-Cylinder class. The race was ten laps of the 15 mile 1,430 yards course, a total race distance of 158 miles 220 yards (226.071 km).^[1]^[2]

At 10am on the Tuesday 28 May 1907, 25 riders started in pairs in a time-trial format for the road-legal touring motorcycles with exhaust silencers, saddles, pedals and mud-guards.^[3] On lap 1, Jack Marshall riding a Triumph suffered a fall and Frank Applebee Junior a puncture to his 5 hp Rex machine. By lap 2, Stanley Webb riding a 5 hp Triumph had to stop at St. Johns to adjust a drive-belt and retired on lap 3 with an engine exhaust-valve problem.^[4] At the compulsory 10‑minute replenishment stop, Oliver Godfrey had to retire when his 5 hp Rex motorcycle caught fire.^[5]

The Single Cylinder class race was won by Charles R. Collier riding a Matchless in 4 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds at an average race speed of 38.21 mph. His brother Harry Collier, also riding a Matchless, had problems with an engine seizure on lap 2 and eventually retired on lap 9.^[5]

The Twin-Cylinder class and overall race was initially led by Rem Fowler riding a Norton. On lap 1, Fowler completed the course in 23 minutes and 19 seconds, in second place was Billy Wells in a time of 23 minutes and 21 seconds and Charlie Collier in the single-cylinder class with a time of 23 minutes and 45 seconds. The overall lead fell away as Fowler suffered a number of problems with drive-belts and spark-plugs, and on lap 7 crashed at nearly 60 mph due to a burst tyre at the "Devils Elbow" on the Kirk Michael to Peel section of the course.^[6] Fowler nearly gave up, but was told by a spectator that he led the twin-cylinder class by 30 minutes from Billy Wells and went on to win at an average race speed of 36.22 mph and set the fastest lap of the race at 42.91 mph.

1907 International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy

Tuesday 28 May 1907 – 10 laps (158 miles 220 yards) St. John's Short Course.

The 1st International Auto-cycle Tourist Trophy

Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Single Cylinder race classification
Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Speed	Prizes
1	4	Charlie Collier	31⁄2 hp Matchless-JAP 431cc	10	4:08.08.2	38.21 mph	1st Prize - Trophy, £25 and S.F. Edge's prize for best British-made machine.
2	2	Jack Marshall	31⁄2 hp Triumph 475cc	10	4:19.47.3	36.60 mph	2nd Prize - £15 and G.F. Spicer's prize.
3	1	Frank Hulbert	31⁄2 hp Triumph 475cc	10	4:27.49.4	35.50 mph	3rd Prize - £10
4	5	Rupert Brice	31⁄2 hp Brown 475cc	10	5:03.55.2	31.40 mph
5	14	Martin Geiger	3hp NSU 331cc	10	5:10.26.0	30.60 mph	Marquis de St. Mar's Prize for the best Foreign-made machine.
6	8	J. C. Smythe	3hp Rex 331cc	10	5:23.40.3	29.40 mph
7	11	Robert Ayton	31⁄2 hp Ayton-Riley Special 464cc	10	5:30.26.0	29.10 mph	£5 for the 1st Private owners' machine.
8	10	Frank W. Applebee	31⁄2 hp Rex 475cc	10	5:46.31.0	27.40 mph
9	17	John Le Grand	3hp Two-speed G.B.	6	Finished course outside of time.
DNF	3	Harry Collier	31⁄2 hp Matchless-JAP	9	Retired on lap 9 due to broken exhaust valve, smashed piston.
DNF	18	Bob Duke	31⁄2 hp Triumph	8	Retired on lap 9.
DNF	15	Tom Silver	33⁄4 hp Thomas Silver	6	Retired on lap 7.
DNF	19	George Horner	4hp Royal Cavendish-JAP	4	Retired on lap 5.
DNF	15	Stanley Webb	31⁄2 hp Triumph	2	Retired on lap 3 due to broken valve.
DNF	12	James D. Hamilton	3hp NSU	1	Retired on lap 2.
DNF	6	F. Winter	4hp R.O.C.	1	Retired on lap 2.
DNF	9	Walter Jacobs	31⁄2 hp Rex	0	Crashed on first lap.
DNS	7	Howard C. Newman	4hp R.O.C.		Crashed in practice.
		Charles Franklin	31⁄2 hp JAP		Entry withdrawn.
		H.G. Cove	31⁄2 hp Minerva		Entry withdrawn due to illness.
		W.D. Coplestone	31⁄2 hp Peugeot		Entry withdrawn. Bike was not delivered in time for him to satisfactorily test the machine before the race.
			The Isle of Man Motor Co.		Entry withdrawn.
		Fastest lap: Harry Collier, 23min. 5 2/5sec. 41.81 mph on lap 4.

Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Twin Cylinder race classification
Pos	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Speed	Prizes
1	22	Rem Fowler	5hp Norton-Peugeot 671.4cc	10	4:21.52.8	36.21 mph	1st Prize - Trophy, £25 and Dr. Hele-Shaw's Prize.
2	21	Billy Wells	5hp Vindec Special-Peugeot 671.4cc	10	4:53.44.5	32.30 mph	2nd Prize - £15
3	26	Billy Heaton	5hp Rex 725.6cc	10	5:11.03.5	30.50 mph	£5 for the 1st Private owners' machine.
4	25	Arnold Dent	5hp Vindec Special-Peugeot 671.4cc	10			The Schulte prize best performance with a two-speed gear.
DNF	24	Theodore Tessier	6hp BAT-JAP	4	Retired on lap 5.
DNF	23	Harry Martin	5hp Kerry	4	Retired on lap 5 due to engine trouble.
DNF	20	Oliver Godfrey	5hp Rex	4	Bike caught fire during refueling.
DNF	27	Frank Applebee Jun.	5hp Rex	3	Retired on lap 4.
Fastest lap: Rem Fowler, 22min. 6 2/5sec. 42.91 mph on lap 6.

Sources

^ International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy – OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Tuesday 28 May 1907 at 10 am page 4 COURSE The Auto-Cycle Club 18 Down Street Piccadilly London, W. Reproduction copyright Isle of Man Post Office (2007)
^ Daily Express page 5 Wednesday 29 May 1907
^ Isle of Man TT pages 11 & 12 Charles Deane (1975) Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 0850591724
^ Isle of Man Weekly Times page 3 Isle of Man Times and General Advertiser 1 June 1907
^ ^a ^b The Motor Cycle dated 5 June 1907 p.446
^ Isle of Man TT pages 12 Charles Deane (1975) Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 0850591724