Inge Stoll
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| Motorcycle Grand Prix Grand Prix motorcycle racing Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing currently divided into three distinct classes: 125cc, Moto2 and MotoGP. The 125cc class uses a two-stroke engine while Moto2 and MotoGP use four-stroke engines. In 2010 the 250cc two-stroke was replaced... Career |
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| Nationality |  GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
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| Active years | 1952–1958 |
| Team(s) | Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
| TT Race Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Pole position Pole position The term "pole position", as used in motorsports, comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole. The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsports, a driver has pole position when he or she... s |
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| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First Race | N/A |
| First TT Race | 1954 Isle of Man TT 1954 Isle of Man TT The 1954 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the second race in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and proved highly controversial for course and race changes. The 1954 Junior TT was the first race where the official race distance was reduced from 7 laps to 5 laps... |
| Last TT Race | 1957 Isle of Man TT 1957 Isle of Man TT The 1957 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the Golden Jubilee event and the second race in the 1957 Motorcycle World Championships.The first event was the 350cc 1957 Junior TT race held on the Snaefell mountain course... |
Ingeborg Stoll-Laforge (11 February 1930, Brand
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, Germany
Germany
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- 24 August 1958) was a female German motorcycle racer.
Inge Stoll competed as a female passenger with sidecar
Sidecar
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle.-History:A sidecar appeared in a cartoon by George Moore in the January 7, 1903, issue of the British newspaper Motor Cycling. Three weeks later, a provisional patent was...
driver Jacques Drion and won the 1952 and 1954 French Sidecar Championship. From 1952 to 1957, Inge Stoll and Jacques Drion competed in the World Sidecar Championship.
The re-introduction of the Sidecar TT
Sidecar TT
The Sidecar TT is a motorcycle sidecar road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June...
Race for the 1954 Isle of Man TT
1954 Isle of Man TT
The 1954 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the second race in the 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and proved highly controversial for course and race changes. The 1954 Junior TT was the first race where the official race distance was reduced from 7 laps to 5 laps...
Race was controversial as it was opposed by the motor-cycle manufacturers and also for the inclusion of Inge Stoll as the first female competitor at a Isle of Man TT
Isle of Man TT
The International Isle of Man TT Race is a motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man and was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world...
race.
At the 1958 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
The Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing event first held on September 28, 1930 at the Masaryk Circuit now referred to as the Brno Circuit. It was held in the town of Brno in Czechoslovakia .From 1934 onwards, the race was dominated by the German Silver Arrows...
, a non-championship event, the Norton
Norton (motorcycle)
Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range...
sidecar outfit of Jacques Drion and Inge Stoll while holding 2nd place left the road on a right-hand corner on the penultimate lap. The sidecar outfit hit a fence and turned over. Inge Stol was killed instantly and Jacques Drion died after being admitted to hospital.
Isle of Man TT Race Career
| Year | Race & Capacity | Make of Motorcycle | Average Speed |
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| 1954 | 5th Sidecar TT* | Norton Norton (motorcycle) Norton is a British motorcycle marque, originally from Birmingham, founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". By 1902, they had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines. In 1908, a Norton-built engine was added to the range... |
63.91 mph |
- *Event held on Clypse CourseClypse CourseThe Clypse Course describes a motor-cycle racing course used for the Isle of Man TT Races between 1954 and 1959.The course is 10.92 miles long and is in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man. The course uses two short sections of the Snaefell Mountain Course which includes the primary A18 road...
- DNF 1957 Sidecar TT Race, broken hand-hold.
| TT Career Summary | ||
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| Finishing Position | 5th | DNF |
| Number of times | 1 | 1 |
World Championshiop Career 1952-1957
| Grand Prix Career Summary | |||||
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| Finishing Position | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Number of times | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
- Total Number of Points;- 48
External links
- TT database rider profile iomtt.com
- TT database TT results iomtt.com