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Half sheet Arthur "Babe" Tancrede won the first-ever
AMA 200-Mile National TT Championship held in Keene (Swanzey), New Hampshire, on July 15, 1934.
Tancrede, a rider from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, completed the 60-lap course in 4 hours and 18 minutes. The race, part of the 18th Annual New England Gypsy Tour, was a landmark event for the American Motorcyclist Association's (AMA) then-new "Class C" production-based racing category.
Key Race Details
Top Finishers:
Arthur "Babe" Tancrede (1st Place)
Maurice "Wild Kid" Cerrone (2nd Place)
Alli Quattrocchi (4th Place)
The Course: A grueling 3.3-mile circuit consisting mostly of gravel, steep hills, and sharp turns, including a narrow wooden bridge.
The Machines: Tancrede rode a Harley-Davidson 32VL, while the second-place finisher, Cerrone, rode a '33VLD.
Significance: Only 14 out of 59 starters finished the race, highlighting the extreme difficulty of the terrain and the reliability of the Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
Tancrede later went on to win the Daytona 200 in 1940, further solidifying his legacy in motorcycle racing history. |
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