Anyone In The Iom Give Us A Tt Update?

[scorpa3]

Is anyone in the Isle of Man able to let us know how things are going at the TT? There seems to be no media coverage of practice and todays F1 race has been cancelled... due to bad weather??? Is this right?

Any snippets greatfully recieved.

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Isle of Man TT Festival June 2

[scorpa3]

Thanks Andy, it seems hard to believe that the weather was so bad on the Island, it's been perfect here for days.

[dabber]

Thanks Andy, it seems hard to believe that the weather was so bad on the Island, it's been perfect here for days.

Just back after being there for a week - weather wasnt that bad, but was misty over the mountain which stops the safety copter flying.

If you dont like bikes the IOM is NOT the place to be this week - simply amazing numbers of all sorts of bikes / nationalities etc. Good to see a few trials lads pootling up and down the prom though. Colleys slot on the prom was pretty good too and if youve never seen a jet powered quad youve never lived! Simply nuts.

[proc]

I'm sure i've read/heard somewhere that itv4 have got tt coverage not sure when an what times though

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival.

Superbike TT and Sidecar 'A' TT. June 4, 2007.

Weather: Overcast morning, sunny afternoon.

Crowd: 50,000.

Six of the best for Honda on first day of Centenary TT

John McGuinness secured a place for himself and Honda in the Isle of

Man TT record books as he won the delayed opening race in the

Centenary Festival, the six lap Superbike race - it was the

Lancastrian's twelfth victory while for Honda it was win number 131

on the Island.

Riding the HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR, the 34 year old Morecambe rider

was always in control of the race despite his early anxieties about

damp patches on parts of the 37.73 mile Mountain Course that had

twice had hour long delays before the action, originally scheduled

for Saturday finally began.

For Honda, it was total domination as their riders packed the top six

finishing positions but it was McGuinness who took pride of place as

he won the race at a record speed of 125.550mph, also upping the

Superbike lap record to 128.279mph on the second lap.

McGuinness set the early pace, despite a scary moment or two on the

opening lap as his Fireblade stepped out of line in the damp, but by

then he was running two seconds ahead of the determined Guy Martin,

aboard the Hydrex backed Fireblade with Ian Hutchinson on the second

HM Plant machine running third.

The leader used his tried and tested method of trying to break the

opposition on that opening lap: "It has worked well before, so why

not again. I got my head down and went for it, riding as hard as I

could, though being a bit careful in the damp bits. I had a few

moments on the first lap including a big slide at the thirteenth

milestone when the back end of the bike came round on me, but I kept

it going." Said the elated McGuinness.

He was in charge, running ten seconds clear after two laps, and with

his team slick and well drilled, he gained more time over Martin as

they both pitted for fuel and to change the rear wheel. Going into

the third lap McGuinness was 17-seconds ahead and pulling further

clear and had increased his advantage by a further nine seconds after

four laps.

Martin was not giving up, and was riding hard, but McGuinness

maintained his lead and going into the final lap, he was 28.9seconds

clear at Glen Helen, maintaining that into Ramsey and then easing

back slightly over Snaefell to take the victory by 25.94secs.

"It's unbelievable," said an emotional McGuinness. "I'm not getting

any younger and they made me work for this one. I'd trained hard all

winter to be ready for them and it is well worth it all. I had to

ride really hard and gave it everything. In places it was a bit damp,

and they are not really my conditions, but here we are and enjoying it."

"To win this race is a tremendous feeling. It will go do in the

history books as the first win in the Centenary event and that means

an awful lot for me and for Honda, this victory is a testament to

their preparation."

McGuinness, who now lies third in the list of all time winners,

adrift of Joey Dunlop (26) and Mike Hailwood (14), was given a

tremendous reception by the 50,000, now sun-drenched, spectators "I've never seen so many. Seeing them all there waving to my on that

last lap left me feeling really emotional. Winning is always special,

this one is even more so. I'm just glad that I could put on such a

show for them and give them the victory," said the victorious Englishman.

Martin gave his all and took a worthy second place, his best finish

on the TT, with Hutchinson a solid third and running some 19 seconds

ahead of Martin Finnegan aboard the Alpha Boiler Honda CBR1000RR. Ian

Lougher, riding a similar bike in Stobart Colours was fifth from Ryan

Farquhar on the Mark Johns Motors backed Fireblade.

Guy Martin said of his race: 'I'm not here to make the numbers up and

wanted to win but happy enough with second. Looking back I didn't

push hard enough on the first lap - I've got a lot to learn but

Friday's Senior race is the one to win. You're nobody till you've won

a six lapper. John is the man around here, and he had the better pit stops."

Adrian Archibald, riding Suzuki; local rider Conor Cummins, Ian

Armstrong and the TT debut making Steve Plater, all aboard Yamahas,

completed the top ten.

Dave Molyneux, returning to the TT after a big crash in practice for

last year's event, became the second twelve times winner as he and

Rick Long charged through from fourth on the opening lap to win the

three lap sidecar race by some 6.5 seconds aboard their HM Plant

Honda powered outfit.

Molyneux: It's a weird feeling to take the win - I rode my heart out

and have never been so committed as I was into the corners here

during that race. I was determined after the crash of last year, but

had problems through practice and expected Nick Crowe to have the

race in the bag. This was the most unexpected win in my career."

John Holden and Andrew Winkle, LCR Suzuki, led for much of the race,

after the demise of last year's double winner Nick Crowe on the

opening lap because of a gearbox problem.

Molyneux was running second going into the final lap and grabbed the

initiative on the dash into Ramsey, increasing his advantage over

Holden over the Mountain section. Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell

were third on their Shelbourne Yamaha.

Results Superbike TT, Monday 4th June 2007.

No / Rider / Bike / Entrant / Time / Speed (Mph)

1 / John McGuinness / 2007 Honda Fireblade 1000cc / H M Plant Honda /

01 48 11.17 / 125.55

2 / Guy Martin / 2007 Honda 1000cc / Hydrex Honda / 01 48 37.11 / 125.051 3 / Ian Hutchinson / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / H M Plant Honda / 01 49

17.33 / 124.284

4 / Martin Finnegan / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / Alpha Boilers Racing /

01 49 35.71 / 123.936

5 / Ian Lougher / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / Stobart Motorsport / 01 50

34.23 / 122.843

6 / Ryan Farquhar / 2007 Honda Fireblade 1000cc / Mark Johns Motor /

01 50 54.77 / 122.464

7 / Adrian Archibald / 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000cc / Relentless by TAS /

01 51 27.25 / 121.869

8 / Conor Cummins / 2007 Yamaha YZF R1 1000cc / Team Millsport / 01

52 19.00 / 120.933

9 / Ian Armstrong / 2004 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Canteen Smithy / 01 53

07.65 / 120.066

10 / Steve Plater* / 2007 Yamaha R1 1000cc / AIM Racing / 01 53 30.84 / 119.657 11 / John Barton / 2006 Honda CBR 1000cc / Marks Bloom Racing / 01 53

49.94 / 119.323

12 / Dan Stewart / 2006 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Wilcock Consulting / 01 54

06.19 / 119.04

13 / Chris Palmer / 2005 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Solway Slate & Tile / 01

54 13.34 / 118.915

14 / Davy Morgan / 2005 Honda 1000cc / Investasure / 01 54 23.65 / 118.737 15 / Gary Carswell / 2007 Kawasaki ZX10R 1000cc / Bolliger Kawasaki /

01 54 33.53 / 118.566

16 / Ian Pattinson / 2006 Suzuki GSXR 1000cc / Martin Bullock Racing

/ 01 54 34.06 / 118.557

17 / James McBride / 2007 Yamaha R1 1000cc / 01 54 34.61 / 118.548

Fastest Lap - Lap 3 John McGuinness 17 mins 38.85 secs 128.279 mph

[dabber]

I'm sure i've read/heard somewhere that itv4 have got tt coverage not sure when an what times though

9.00pm ITV4

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival.

Superstock TT. June 5, 2007.

Weather: Sunny.

Crowd: 50,000.

Anstey takes Superstock TT

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

SUPERSTOCK TT RACE RESULTS

1 Bruce Anstey Suzuki 1hr 11m 56.29s.

2 John McGuinness HM Plant Honda 1:12:36.59

3 Ian Hutchinson HM Plant Honda 1:12:58.91

4 Martin Finnegan MV Agusta 1:13:18.61

5 Conor Cummins Yamaha 1:14:00.26

6 Mark Parett Yamaha 1:14:03.65

7 James McBride Yamaha 1:14:21.17

8 Ian Pattison Suzuki 1:14:24.54

9 Gary Carswell Suzuki 1:14:51.91

10 Dan Stewart 1:14:53.3

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival.

Supersport TT and Sidecar B TT. June 6, 2007.

Weather: Sunny.

Temperature: 22 degrees.

Crowd: 50,000.

Ian Hutchison takes maiden TT victory as Honda

sweep podium places in dramatic Junior TT

Molyneux and Long compete Sidecar TT double victory.

Ian Hutchinson scorched to an emotional first

Isle of Man TT victory at race record pace aboard

the HM Plant backed Honda CBR600RR. John

McGuinness and Guy Martin completed a Honda 1-2-3

in the Centenary Supersport TT race.

The determined Yorkshire rider, Hutchinson, took

charge of the four lap race after a traumatic

mid-race pit-stop by Bruce Anstey. He had forged

clear, but then struggled to fire up his Suzuki

after the mid race stop to refuel.

It was a traumatic time for the popular Kiwi, as

he lost vital seconds and was left playing

catch-up. Hutchinson, having no worries after his

rapid pit-stop, fully exploited the problems of his rival to take charge.

Hutchinson was finally able to dispel the bitter

disappointment of his exclusion from the

corresponding race of last year when his hard

ride into second place came to nothing as a minor

breach of the technical regulations, of which the

rider knew nothing, was discovered at scrutineering.

[scorpa3]

Thanks for keeping us updated Andy.

[Andy]

Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival. Senior TT June 8, 2007.

Weather: Sunny.

Temperature: 22 degrees.

Crowd: 50,000.

John McGuinness and Honda Fireblade complete magic double with Senior

TT victory

John McGuinness provided a scorching climax to the Isle of Man

Centenary TT Festival as he won the prestigious Senior race at record

breaking pace for Honda as the Japanese marque repeated their 1-2-3

finish of the opening Superbike race. Riding the HM Plant liveried

Honda Fireblade McGuinness was 30 plus seconds ahead of Hydrex Honda

rider Guy Martin at the finish with Ian Hutchinson third for HM Plant Honda.

Lancastrian McGuinness had ridden brilliantly around the 37.73 mile

Mountain Course, setting a furious pace from the off as he blasted

his HM Plant Honda into the opening lap, increasing his own outright

record in the process, although there was better to come from him

with an astonishing second lap at an average speed of 130.354mph.

Making that all the more incredible was that McGuinness had to ease

off somewhat, as he slowed down to pit, and take on fuel and have a

rear wheel change. He was running rampant, rejoining the action and

increasing his lead, mile by mile, as he shrugged aside the challenge

of Guy Martin with Ian Hutchinson running a, by now, distant third.

McGuinness confirmed his mastery of the Mountain, opening up his

advantage mile by mile on his high-speed dash around the Island, to

take the victory by 32.73 seconds from Martin who had been slowed a

little in the final third by the drive chain jumping on the sprocket.

"Absolutely unbelievable. To beat the 130mph mark is just fantastic.

It's just amazing. The bike was perfect throughout and I gave it

everything all of the way. I was trying really hard, and I had a

great team around me, and they delivered the goods with the

pit-stops," enthused McGuinness who had won, and elevated the

outright record a century from the pioneering first Senior race

victory taken by Charlie Collier at a more leisurely 38.22mph.

"People say to me, you've got the best bike, but you have still got

to ride it and get the best out of it. I really enjoyed the race and

I am so proud to have won this special race. It's been great. The

Superbike race win meant a lot, this one even more," add the race winner.

"When I was an apprentice bricklayer I never thought that I would be

racing here, let alone being here to win 13 races. It is just an

incredible feeling - the job's a good one."

McGuinness however is considering his future in the event. "I might

just hang up my leathers - I've got the same feeling that I had last

year after winning these two races. What else do I have to prove?

"I've been coming here eleven times but enjoy riding the course.

We'll just have to see but I am thinking about not coming back - I've

ridden my heart out all week, finishing in the top three in all

races." He had capped a remarkable week, in which he had also taken

second placings in both the Supersport and Superstock events.

Martin, a distant second, vowed for better things next year, as he

finished well clear of Hutchinson, aboard the second HM Plant Honda

and Stobart Honda rider Ian Lougher.

Martin said: "I learned a lot from the first race this week and I was

able to hold my own. On the fourth lap the chain was jumping the

sprocket a little and I thought it would be better when I changed

wheels at the end of the lap. Unfortunately the chain had stretched

too much. After that I concentrated on getting my braking points and

gear changes correct. Anyway its been a good week and I have to thank

my team for that. I'm probably not ready to win a TT yet. I have a

great respect for John McGuinness and for my team."

Ian Hutchinson completed a successful TT with another fine podium

place in the Senior race. He said: "I'm pleased to have finished on

the podium in every race. I've struggled a bit with the Superbike I'd

like to thank Honda and the team for giving me the opportunity to

race some special bikes and it's great we achieved another Honda

1-2-3. I am very pleased to have been part of this Centenary TT festival."

Adrian Archibald finished fifth giving the Relentless Suzuki team

some reward, as their other rider Bruce Anstey had pitted after the

first lap complaining of handling problems. Local rider Conor

Cummins, riding Yamaha, took sixth place, ahead of top newcomer Steve

Plater. Michael Rutter, Ian Armstrong and James McBride completed the top ten.

The race was marred by an incident on the final lap at Joeys, on the

Mountain section in which a rider and two other people received fatal

injuries. The race organisers will not provide any other details

until all next of kin have been informed.

NB: Official results to follow

[scorpa3]

Cheers for posting that Andy. Well done to McGuinness, a 130 mph lap is something else.

[Andy]

HONDA RACING INFORMATION

Results Senior TT, Friday 8th June 2007

Total No. of Completed Laps