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The 1930 Senior TT Race was won by Rudge with [[Wal Handley]] becoming the first TT rider to win in all three major TT Race classes and the first lap under 30 minutes of the Mountain Course. The 1931 TT Race meeting was again dominated by the battle between Rudge and Norton motor-cycles. The 1931 Senior TT Race provided Tim Hunt with a popular Junior/Senior double win and also produced the first 80 mph lap by Jimmy Simpson on a Norton motor-cycle.

The 1932 TT Race meeting was watched ~~by [[Prince~~ George, Duke of Kent]] the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races. The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the "''Norton Habit''"<ref>''Pictorial History of Norton Motor-Cycles'' by J.S.Reynolds</ref> and another Junior/Senior double win. Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the [[11th Milestone]] sustaining a back injury and retired and the place on the TT Course where the incident occurred was renamed [[Handley's Corner]]. The 1933 Senior TT Race gave Stanley Woods another Junior/Senior double win and the works Norton's taking the first four places along with Jimmy Simpson, Tim Hunt and Jimmie Guthrie. The 1934 TT Races was another double Junior/Senior win for Jimmie Guthrie and the last TT Race for Jimmy Simpson.

The 1932 TT Race meeting was watched byPrince George, Duke of Kent the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races. The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the "''Norton Habit''"<ref>''Pictorial History of Norton Motor-Cycles'' by J.S.Reynolds</ref> and another Junior/Senior double win. Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the [[11th Milestone]] sustaining a back injury and retired and the place on the TT Course where the incident occurred was renamed [[Handley's Corner]]. The 1933 Senior TT Race gave Stanley Woods another Junior/Senior double win and the works Norton's taking the first four places along with Jimmy Simpson, Tim Hunt and Jimmie Guthrie. The 1934 TT Races was another double Junior/Senior win for Jimmie Guthrie and the last TT Race for Jimmy Simpson.

For the 1935 TT Races, Stanley Woods provided another surprise by moving to Moto Guzzi and was a debut event for the Italian [[Omobono Tenni]]. The 1935 Senior TT Race produced one of the most dramatic TT races as the Moto Guzzi pit-attendants made preparations for Stanley Woods to refuel on the last-lap went straight through the TT Grandstand area without stopping and went on to win by 4 seconds from Jimmie Guthrie. Despite disqualification during the 1936 Junior TT Race, Jimmie Guthrie won the 1936 Senior TT Race and was revenge for the dramatic defeat the previous year. The 1937 TT Races produced the first foreign winner when the Italian TT Rider, [[Omobono Tenni]] won the Lightweight Race, although [[Jimmie Guthrie]] was killed a few weeks later while riding for the Norton team during the 1937 German Grand Prix. The 1938 TT Races produced the first German winner when [[Ewald Kluge]] won the 1938 [[Lightweight TT]] Race and became the first overall European Motor-Cycle Champion for the works [[DKW]] team. For the 1939 TT Races, the works Norton team did not compete as the Norton factory where changing-over to war production. Although, the 1938 model Norton was provided to [[Harold Daniell]] and [[Freddie Frith]] to race, the 1939 TT Races provided Stanley Woods with a 10th TT win while riding a [[Velocette]] in the Junior TT Race and a well judged first win for [[Ted Mellors]] riding a [[Benelli]] in the 1939 Lightweight TT Race. The [[Blue Riband]] race of the Isle of Man TT Races was won for the first time by a foreign competitor when [[Georg Meier|Georg 'Schorsch' Meier]] won the 1939 [[Senior TT]] Race riding for the factory [[BMW]] motor-cycle team. The 1930s was an era when TT winners were allowed to keep the trophies for a year. The 1939 factory BMW motor-cycle that won the 1939 Senior TT Race spent the war-year buried in a field and the Senior Trophy was discovered displayed in a shop in Vienna at the end of the war.

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 The 1930 Senior TT Race was won by Rudge with [[Wal Handley]] becoming the first TT rider to win in all three major TT Race classes and the first lap under 30 minutes of the Mountain Course. The 1931 TT Race meeting was again dominated by the battle between Rudge and Norton motor-cycles.   The 1931 Senior TT Race provided Tim Hunt with a popular Junior/Senior double win and also produced the first 80 mph lap  by Jimmy Simpson on a Norton motor-cycle.
-The 1932 TT Race meeting was watched by [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]] the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races.  The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the "''Norton Habit''"<ref>''Pictorial History of Norton Motor-Cycles'' by J.S.Reynolds</ref> and another Junior/Senior double win.   Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the [[11th Milestone]] sustaining a back injury and retired and the place on the TT Course where the incident occurred was renamed [[Handley's Corner]].  The 1933 Senior TT Race gave Stanley Woods another Junior/Senior double win and the works Norton's taking the first four places along with Jimmy Simpson, Tim Hunt and Jimmie Guthrie.   The 1934 TT Races was another double Junior/Senior win for Jimmie Guthrie and the last TT Race for Jimmy Simpson.
+The 1932 TT Race meeting was watched byPrince George, Duke of Kent the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races.  The 1932 Senior TT Race provided Stanley Woods with the "''Norton Habit''"<ref>''Pictorial History of Norton Motor-Cycles'' by J.S.Reynolds</ref> and another Junior/Senior double win.   Also on the first lap Wal Handley riding for Rudge crashed at the [[11th Milestone]] sustaining a back injury and retired and the place on the TT Course where the incident occurred was renamed [[Handley's Corner]].  The 1933 Senior TT Race gave Stanley Woods another Junior/Senior double win and the works Norton's taking the first four places along with Jimmy Simpson, Tim Hunt and Jimmie Guthrie.   The 1934 TT Races was another double Junior/Senior win for Jimmie Guthrie and the last TT Race for Jimmy Simpson.
 For the 1935 TT Races, Stanley Woods provided another surprise by moving to Moto Guzzi and was a debut event for the Italian [[Omobono Tenni]]. The 1935 Senior TT Race produced one of the most dramatic TT races as the Moto Guzzi pit-attendants made preparations for Stanley Woods to refuel on the last-lap went straight through the TT Grandstand area without stopping and went on to win by 4 seconds from Jimmie Guthrie.  Despite disqualification during the 1936 Junior TT Race, Jimmie Guthrie won the 1936 Senior TT Race and was revenge for the dramatic defeat the previous year.  The 1937 TT Races produced the first foreign winner when the Italian TT Rider, [[Omobono Tenni]] won the Lightweight Race, although [[Jimmie Guthrie]] was killed a few weeks later while riding for the Norton team during the 1937 German Grand Prix.  The 1938 TT Races produced the first German winner when [[Ewald Kluge]] won the 1938 [[Lightweight TT]] Race and became the first overall European Motor-Cycle Champion for the works [[DKW]] team.  For the 1939 TT Races, the works Norton team did not compete as the Norton factory where changing-over to war production.  Although, the 1938 model Norton was provided to [[Harold Daniell]] and [[Freddie Frith]] to race, the 1939 TT Races provided Stanley Woods with a 10th TT win while riding a [[Velocette]] in the Junior TT Race and a well judged first win for [[Ted Mellors]] riding a [[Benelli]] in the 1939 Lightweight TT Race.  The [[Blue Riband]] race of the Isle of Man TT Races was won for the first time by a foreign competitor when [[Georg Meier|Georg 'Schorsch' Meier]] won the 1939 [[Senior TT]] Race riding for the factory [[BMW]] motor-cycle team.  The 1930s was an era when TT winners were allowed to keep the trophies for a year.  The 1939 factory BMW motor-cycle that won the 1939 Senior TT Race spent the war-year buried in a field and the Senior Trophy was discovered displayed in a shop in Vienna at the end of the war.