Phillip McCallen (born Portadown, Armagh)Knowhere: Portadown, Armagh, Local Heroes, Famous Residents is a Northern Ireland born former motorcycle racer, now turned to dealer and commentator in his retirement from road racing.
McCallen is joint eleventh in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories, including four races in one week in 1996; a tally which stood unbroken until 2010, when Ian Hutchinson won five races in a week. McCallen also won five wins from six starts at the 1992 North West 200, and five wins in one day at the 1996 Ulster Grand Prix.
Biography McCallen was born within yards of the Tandragee road racing circuit.
Isle of Man TT McCallen is joint eighth in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories to his name. His first race was in 1988 at the Manx Grand Prix, the amateur equivalent of the TT. The 1996 Isle of Man TT was the year where McCallen riding a Honda achieved four wins in a week, winning all of the main races with Jim Moodie and Joey Dunlop picking up the smaller bike wins.
Later career McCallen rode his entire career for Honda (except the last TT in 1999, when he signed up with Yamaha), and during his career was employed working on research and development in conjunction with Honda. In the later stages of his career, McCallen became general after sales manager for one of the UK's leading motorcycle retailers. McCallen now owns a successful motorcycle dealership in Lisburn, specialising in Kawasaki and KTM bikes.
Racing record Complete Isle of Man TT record 1999 Formula One TT DNF Junior TT 7 Production TT 3 1997 Formula One TT 1 Junior TT 2 Production TT 1 Lightweight TT DNF Senior TT 1 1996 Formula One TT 1 Junior TT 1 Production TT 1 Lightweight TT 4 Senior TT 1 1995 Formula One TT 1 Junior TT DNF Lightweight TT 4 1994 Formula One TT 2 Junior TT DNF Supersport 600 TT 4 Senior TT 2 1993 Formula One TT 2 Junior TT DNF Supersport 600 TT 7 Senior TT 1 1992 Formula One TT 1 Junior TT DNF Supersport 600 TT 1 Supersport 400 TT 2 Senior TT DNF 1991 Formula One TT 4 Junior TT 2 Supersport 600 TT 5 Ultra Lightweight TT 4 Senior TT 3 1990 Formula One TT 39 Junior TT 6 Supersport 600 TT 14 Senior TT DNF 1989 Formula One TT 15 Junior TT DNF Supersport 600 TT 28 Production 750 TT 15 Ultra Lightweight TT 7 Senior TT 17
Records Tied eleventh in the list of all-time Isle of Man TT winners, with 11 race victories Held the lap record at Oliver's Mount, the Scarborough, North Yorkshire venue for the annual Auto66 club event, from 1994 until 2004. It was broken by Guy Martin.
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External links McCallen's own motorcycle dealership McCallen on the challenge of the Isle of Man TT