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Quarterbridge Road ((マン島語:The Quarters or Quarter Dub) – quarterlands of Ballabrooie and Ballaquayle)〔''Place Names of the Isle of Man'' by John Kneen MA pp125 (1970) Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh The Scolar Press〕 is situated adjacent to the 1st Milestone road-side marker measured from the startline at TT Grandstand used for the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary A2 Ramsey to Douglas road in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man. The Quarterbridge Road runs from the bottom of Bray Hill to the major road junction at the Quarterbridge where it meets the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road and the A5 Douglas to Port Erin road.〔''Streets of Douglas Old and New'' by Stuart Slack pp125 (1996)(1st Edition) The Manx Experience ISBN 978-1-873120-27-9〕 The A2 Quarterbridge Road also has minor side-road junctions in the residential outskirts of Douglas town. The start of Quarterbridge Road is the site of the area which famously became known as ''Ago's Leap'', after motorsport photographer, the late B.R. 'Nick' Nicholls, took a photograph of motorcycle racer Giacomo Agostini wheelying during the 1970 TT Senior race riding his MV Agusta.〔(Trial magazine ), 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015〕〔(Ago's Leap; 100 Years of the Isle of Man TT ) at Google Books. Retrieved 17 July 2015〕 ==History== The A2 Quarterbridge Road was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races between 1904 and 1922. For the 1906 Tourist Trophy car race, the start was moved from the Quarterbridge/A5 ''New Castletown Road'' to the Quarterbridge Road/Alexander Drive road junction adjacent to a property called 'Woodlands' in Douglas town. The startline for the 1908 Tourist Trophy car race was again moved from the Quarterbridge Road to Hillberry Corner as part of the then-new Four Inch Course.〔''TT Pioneers – Early Car Racing in the Isle of Man'' pp 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996)(1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press ISBN 978-1-873120-61-3〕 The A2 Quarterbridge Road is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the motorcycle TT races and the Manx Grand Prix since 1923. The startline for the 1911 TT races was originally situated on the level section of the Quarterbridge Road between Selborne Drive and the 1st Milestone/Alexander Drive.〔''The Tourist Trophy in Old Photographs Collected by Bill Snelling.'' Bill Snelling pp14 Sutton Publishing ISBN 1-84015-059-9〕 The startline and refuelling area was moved to the top of Bray Hill for the 1914 TT races, and then moved in 1920 to the Nobles Park area of the A2 Glencrutchery Road with the junction of Greenfield Road in Douglas. During the 1953 Senior TT, the inaugural 1949 500 cc World Champion Les Graham lost control of his 500 cc MV Agusta motorcycle on lap two of the race on the uneven surface of the Quarterbridge Road and crashed fatally.〔''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' pp7 dated 20 June 1953〕 A further fatal accident to the Australian competitor Geoffrey Walker〔''Motor Cycling'' pp vi dated 18 June 1953〕 during the same race at Kerrowmoar prompted major safety revisions and alterations to the Snaefell Mountain Course during the winter of 1953/54. This included the widening of the Quarterbridge Road at the Quarterbridge junction with A1 Peel Road.〔''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' dated 29 May 1954〕 The A2 Quarterbridge Road, including junctions with Selborne Drive and Brunswick Drive and the A2 Bray Hill were subjected to major road repairs and re-profiling during the winter of 1978/79 by the Isle of Man Highway Board. This followed fatal accidents during the start of the 1978 Sidecar TT Race 'A' to the Swiss sidecar competitor Ernst Trachsel on Quarterbridge Road and the sidecar crew of Mac Hobson/Kenny Birch on nearby Bray Hill.〔'' TT Century – One Hundred Years of the Tourist Trophy'' by Stuart Barker pp62 (2007)(1st Edition)The Random House Group Ltd ISBN 978-1-84605-235-4 EMAP Automotive Ltd〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quarterbridge Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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