ISLE OF MAN TT
ISLE OF MAN TT
The Isle of Man TT Races, powered by Monster Energy, once again provided some truly classic
races this year as they continued to reinforce their status as one of the greatest motorcycle
road races in the world.
The course itself has been largely
untouched since 1911 with 37 miles of
public road providing a terrific course for
a fierce competition. With tight roads,
narrow villages and open spaces over
the mountain tops the TT course is truly
breath-taking and provides the ultimate
test for man and machine.
Overall the event was a superb
success, providing a high quality
competition once again. This is a truly
unique event and hopefully they will be
able to continue to serve up the same
standard of racing for many years to
come. Everyone at Sport in Profile
Magazine would like to congratulate
them on their success.
In the Formula 1 Classic TT Bruce
Anstey produced a fantastic performance
to claim victory aboard the two-stroke
Padgetts Racing YZR Yamaha. He also
set a new lap record of 123.894mph with
his time being the fastest ever on the twostroke lap of the TT mountain Course.
Last year’s winner Michael Dunlop had
led proceedings for the three-lap race
with Anstey edging to a three-second
advantage over James Hillier before
going on to set his record breaking lap.
Anstey and Dunlop both chose to come
in for fuel at the end of the first lap which
allowed Hillier and Steve Mercer to go
through. Dunlop however began to lose
time and Anstey continued to come on
strong, passing him in the 2nd lap.
He retired at the end of the 2nd lap
and with Hillier choosing to pit, Anstey
reclaimed the lead and pushed on to
build up a 53-second lead at Glen Helen
on the final lap. There was no stopping
him from here as he went on to take
the victory with Hillier in 2nd and Russ
Mountford in 3rd.
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The weather had an effect on the threelap 350cc race as poor visibility on the
Mountain Course caused a 24 hour
delay. MV Augusta’s Lee Johnston won
the 350cc Classic TT race, becoming the
first Italian marque’s TT win since the
1970’s.
Yamaha stole the show in the Formula 2
Classic TT race as Bennetts 500cc Ian
Lougher claimed the victory with a superb
performance as he claimed the victory
from Chris Moore and Stuart Garton.
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