1976 Isle of Man TT

  1976 Isle of Man TT

Race details
Race 5 of 12 races in the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7–12 June 1976
Official name	Isle of Man Tourist Trophy[1][2][3]
Location	Snaefell Mountain Course
Course	Public roads 60.725 km (37.733 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Williams Suzuki Time 20:09.800 Podium First Tom Herron Yamaha Second Ian Richards Yamaha Third Billy Guthrie Yamaha
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Tony Rutter Yamaha Time 20:49.600 Podium First Chas Mortimer Yamaha Second Tony Rutter Yamaha Third Billy Guthrie Yamaha
250cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Tom Herron Yamaha Time 21:27.800 Podium First Tom Herron Yamaha Second Takazumi Katayama Yamaha Third Chas Mortimer Yamaha
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Siegfried Schauzu Aro Time 23:13.000 Podium First Rolf Steinhausen Busch König Second Dick Greasley Chell Yamaha Third Mac Hobson Ham Yamaha

The 1976 Isle of Man TT was the fifth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season held on the Isle of Man between 7 June and 12 June 1976. The racing would be the final time the Isle of Man TT was an official round on the Grand Prix calendar.^[4] Although it had once been the most prestigious race of the year, racing around the Snaefell Mountain Course had been increasingly boycotted by the eras' top riders over safety concerns.

Bowing to pressure for increased rider safety at racing events, FIM moved the Grand Prix to England in 1977 with the British Grand Prix being held at the Silverstone Circuit. However the Isle of Man TT, as it had before 1949 continued as a stand-alone event.^[4]