Left : Rod Coleman on a 1998 return trip to the island Right : Winners 50-years apart Anstey ( 2004 ) and Coleman ( 1954 )
motorcycle road racing enthusiasts from all over the world . DISTINGUISHED LIST OF WINNERS Every year riders have travelled to the island , and to this day New Zealanders are one of the largest non-British contingents to compete there . After the war riders like Paul Fahey , Ken Mudford , Len Perry and the most successful Kiwi road racer of the 50s , Rod Coleman , were regular visitors to the island . Rod won the Isle of Man 350cc Junior TT in 1954 , the first New Zealander to do so . New Zealand ’ s list of all time Isle of Man T . T . victors includes Graeme Crosby , Hugh Anderson , and Rod Coleman , Dennis
Ireland , Robert Holden , Brett Richmond , Shaun Harris , and Bruce Anstey . But the victories tell only half the story . New Zealanders have distinguished themselves at many levels in the Isle of Man . One of the most celebrated recent returns to the island was in 2005 when Hugh Anderson returned to ride the Britten .
NEW ZEALAND ’ S STREET RACING Street racing has a long history in New Zealand . No doubt an important factor in our fascination with the greatest street race of all , the Isle of Man TT . New Zealand has never been short of street circuits : Cust ,
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