Handley's Corner
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| Isle of Man TT Course | |
| Handley's Corner | |
 Approach to Handley's Corner, on A3 Castletown to Ramsey road |
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| OS grid ref. | SC310870 |
| Parish | Michael |
| Course distance | 11.50 mi (19 km) |
| Preceded by | 11th Milestone |
| Followed by | Barregarrow |
Handley's Corner (formerly Ballamenagh Corner) is a corner between the 11th Milestone and 12th Milestone road-side marker on the Mountain Course on the primary A3 road in the parish of Michael in the Isle of Man.
The S-bend corner is dominated by high dry-stone wall on one side of the road and was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy automobile car races held in the Isle of Man between 1904 and 1911. Also, Handley's Corner is part of the St. Johns Short Course and Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1907 for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix Races.
The area is dominated by the Ballamenagh and Shoughlaige-e-Caine farmland. The name derives from Wal Handley who, riding a Rudge motor-cycle, crashed during lap 4 of the 1932 Isle of Man TT in the Senior TT Race sustaining a back injury and subsequently retired from the race.
The corner was subjected to road widening and reprofiling during the winter of 1953/1954 for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Races.[1] From the winter of 2003 to 2006, road repair work is carried-out on the primary A3 road from Barregarrow to Cronk-y-Voddy, including Handley's Corner and the 11th Milestone by the Isle of Man Department of Transport.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Isle of Man Weekly Times dated 29th May 1954
[edit] External links
- Circuit Guide with Steve Hislop, 11 times TT winner
- Map of course
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