Manliff Barrington
Record type: Motorsport Biographies
Biography: Age 37, a motor agent of Dublin, Manliff Barrington has been riding in the T.T. since 1935, when he finished eleventh in the Senior on a Vincent H.R.D. In 1937 he was fifteenth in the Junior on a Norton and in the same year won the Dublin 100 (500 c.c. class) with his Vincent H.R.D. He is holder of the Phoenix Park lap record at 86.50 m.p.h. made in the 1938 with the big Vincent H.R.D.
In 1947, as everyone will remember, he won the Lightweight on a Guzzi at 73.22 m.p.h.
Last year, he rode a Norton in the Junior, but retired on the third lap. In the Lightweight, again Guzzi-mounted, he led for the first two laps, only to retire at Kirk Michael on the third. He came back into his form last month, however, to win the 500 c.c. class of the Leinster "200" on a Norton at 79 m.p.h.
Hobbies: Shooting and golf.
(TT Special, 13 June 1949)
Competed in
| Race | Position | Time | Speed | Machine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 Senior TT | 5 | 3:04:03.40 | 86.11 | Norton |
| 1951 Junior TT | 17 | 3:12:09.40 | 82.48 | Norton |
| 1950 Senior TT | R | HRD | ||
| 1950 Junior TT | 39 | 3:26:36.00 | 76.7 | AJS |
| 1949 Lightweight TT | 1 | 3:23:13.20 | 77.96 | Guzzi |
| 1949 Junior TT | 18 | 3:22:58.40 | 78.08 | Norton |
| 1948 Lightweight TT | R | Guzzi | ||
| 1948 Junior TT | R | Norton | ||
| 1947 Lightweight TT | 1 | 3:36:26.60 | 73.22 | Guzzi |
| 1938 Senior TT | R | Vincent HRD | ||
| 1937 Junior TT | 15 | 3:37:48.00 | 72.76 | Norton |
| 1936 Senior TT | R | Vincent HRD | ||
| 1935 Senior TT | 11 | 3:39:58.00 | 72.06 | Vincent HRD |
| 1935 Lightweight TT | R | Excelsior | ||
| 1935 Junior TT | R | Excelsior |