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2014 Isle of Man TT
The 2014 Isle of Man TT Festival was held between Saturday 24 May and Friday 6 June 2014 on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The main races were six solo motorcycle races and two sidecar races. The festival also included Pre-TT Classic Races held on 23, 24 & 26 May 2014 at the Billown Circuit in Castletown. Post-TT races scheduled for 7 June 2014 were cancelled by race organisers on safety grounds due to a thunderstorm and heavy overnight rain.
1972 Isle of Man TT
The 1972 Isle of Man TT motorcycle races were held between 5–9 June 1972. It was the fifth round of the FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship (now MotoGP).
2007 Isle of Man TT
The final racing of the 2007 Centenary TT week was the Post-TT Races held on the Billown Circuit in Castletown on Saturday 9 June 2007. The first event was the combined 250cc/600cc race of 9 laps (38.25 miles) of the Billown course. This race was initially led by Ian Lougher riding a 600cc Honda from Roy Richardson riding a 600c Yahama motor-cycle. However, Race 1 was red-flagged on lap 3 after a serious incident at Cross-Fours Ways when local resident Carl Roberts riding a 250cc Honda collided with female competitor Marie Hodgson's 600cc Yamaha and Barry Davidson riding a 250cc Honda motor-cycle. The resulting accident resulted in injuries to Carl Roberts and four spectators. The restarted Race 1 was won by Ian Lougher in 14 minutes and 39.818 seconds at an average race speed of 104.340 mph from Conor Cummins in 2nd place and Adrian McFarland in 3rd place over a reduced race distance of 6 laps. The Race 1, 250cc class run concurrently with the 600cc motor-cycles was won by William Dunlop in 15 minutes and 33.802 seconds at an average race speed of 98.308 from Chris Palmer in 2nd place and Davy Morgan in 3rd place.
List of Isle of Man TT Mountain Course fatalities
This list is of fatal accidents on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course during the Isle of Man TT Races, Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT races. The TT Course was first used as a road-racing circuit for the 1908 Tourist Trophy event for racing automobiles, then-known as the Four Inch Course. For the 1911 Isle of Man TT race motor-cycle races the event was moved from the St. John's Short Course to the 'Four Inch Course' by the UK Auto-Cycle Club and subsequently became known as the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or 'TT Course' when used for motor-cycle racing.
2013 Isle of Man TT
The first part of practice week was dominated by inclement weather with Monday and the Wednesday evening practice run as untimed sessions. The Tuesday session cancelled due to heavy rain showers and the Friday evening was session red-flagged for 50 minutes for the Isle of Man Fire Service to attend a house fire in Kirk Michael village. To provide sufficient practice for competitors the first part of Saturday race day was run as an extended practice session. The first race of the 2013 Isle of Man TT races was the rescheduled Sidecar TT Race 1 and the Superbike TT held over to next day and run on Sunday afternoon for the first time since 2005. The Japanese competitor Yoshinari Matsushita crashed fatally at Ballacrye Corner during Monday evening practice causing the session to be abandoned.
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
In 2013 the Isle of Man Government took the unusual step of naming corners after active competitors, with 23 times TT winner John McGuinness and Dave Molyneux, the most successful Manxman with 17 wins, being honoured.
List of Isle of Man TT Mountain Course fatalities
Victor Surridge was the first fatality on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, after an accident at Glen Helen during practice for the 1911 Isle of Man TT races. This was possibly the first death in the Isle of Man of a person in a motor-cycle or road vehicle accident. The deadliest year for the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course was 2005, when 11 people in total died during the two main racing events there. Four people (three riders and one marshal) died during that year's Isle of Man TT race period in June, and six riders and one bystander next to the course died during the Manx Grand Prix in August/September. The deadliest year for the Isle of Man TT race period was 1970, when six people died during the event.
List of festivals in the Isle of Man
The VMCC Manx Rally
A week of events for vintage motorcycle enthusiasts, centred on the Manx GP Week.
List of festivals in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man - is in the Irish Sea between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and is most famous for its motorcycle TT races.
2014 Isle of Man TT
The 2014 TT Festival held a Lap of Honour of the Snaefell Mountain Course in memory of Simon Andrews who earlier had suffered a fatal crash during the 1000 cc Superstock event of the 2014 North West 200 races in May. A fatal accident to veteran Manx Grand Prix and TT competitor Bob Price occurred at Ballaugh Bridge during the Supersport TT Race 1. Former British Supersport champion Karl Harris crashed fatally at the 26th Milestone while competing in the Superstock TT Race.
2007 Isle of Man TT
The main races for the Pre-TT Classic Solo and Sidecar where run on Sunday 27 May 2007 on the Billown Course to accommodate the Centenary TT celebrations held on Monday 28 May 2007 at St. Johns. The races held in mixed weather produced a third successive straight win for Chris Palmer, a regular Manx Grand Prix and TT Race competitor in the Senior Classic event riding a 500cc Manx Norton in 27 minutes and 00.833 seconds at an average race speed of 84.956 mph. Fellow TT competitor Guy Martin rode a 750cc Triumph Trident to first place in the 850cc Classic Race at an average race speed of 87.852 mph which also produced an exclusion from third place overall and first in the Post Classic category by the former German TT competitor Peter Rubbatto riding a three-cylinder 1986 OW31 Yamaha as the event was for pre-1976 motor-cycles only. The Sidecar Classic Race was won by Nick Houghton/Paul Thomas riding a 900cc Windle outfit in 20 minutes 58.697 seconds at an average race speed of 72.933 mph from Ralf Englehardt/Winnfried Viecenz riding a 980cc Busch BMW outfit. Former Manx Grand Prix winner Roy Richardson won the 350cc Junior Classic Race at an average race speed of 81.260 mph and former TT competitor Geoff McMullan won the 250cc Lightweight Classic Race in 28 minutes and 17.904 seconds an average race speed of 82.402 mph.
Norton Motorcycle Company
The Isle of Man Senior TT successes continued after the war, with Nortons winning every year from 1947 to 1954.
1955 Isle of Man TT
In the 1955 Isle of Man TT the Lightweight 250cc race moved to the 10.75 miles long Clypse Course, also used for the Lightweight 125cc TT race, and the Sidecar TT, and the course was used for these races until 1959. During this period the rest of the TT program remained on the Mountain Circuit.
Manx TT Super Bike
The game's setting is the Isle of Man TT - the world-famous and demanding motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man. There are two courses to race on: the Laxey Coast course for novices and the more difficult TT ("Tourist Trophy") Course for veteran players. While the TT Course is based on the actual course on the Isle of Man, the Laxey Coast is a fictional course designed by the game developers, though its scenery is drawn from the Isle of Man.
Gooseneck, Isle of Man
Gooseneck, Isle of Man (in ), is an acute uphill right-bend on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the TT motorcycle races between the 25th and 26th Milestone racing road-side markers, on the 37+ mile circuitous-course, measured from the startline at the TT Grandstand.
Junior TT
The Junior TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1949 and 1976 this race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
2005 Isle of Man TT
The Sidecar TT Race A, was supposed to be race 2 but due to inclement weather forced the postponement of the Superbike TT for 24 hours, the Sidecars became the first race.
1951 Isle of Man TT
The 1951 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Superstock TT
The Superstock TT is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival. The event for production based motor-cycles racing of treaded road tyres is based on the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship specifications.
2005 Isle of Man TT
The 2005 Isle of Man TT Festival was the 98th run and took place between Saturday 28 May and Friday 10 June on the 37.73 mile (60.72 km) Mountain course. The first week (between 28 May and 3 June) is known as the practice week, before the real action was due to commence on 4 June. Bad weather meant that the Superbike race was held over until Sunday (5 June). There were only 7 races in this year because this was the first year the smaller 250 bikes & Production models did not race at the TT, instead they were replaced with Superbike, Supersport & Superstock races.
Isle of Man TT
Starting from the 2010 races, the TT Zero event over one lap () of the Snaefell Mountain Course replaced the TTXGP. The TT Zero event as an officially sanctioned TT race is for racing motorcycles where ""The technical concept is for motorcycles (two wheeled) to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions"". The Isle of Man Government offered a prize of £10,000 for the first entrant to exceed the prestigious (22 minutes and 38.388 seconds) average speed around the Mountain Course. This was achieved by Michael Rutter of team MotoCzysz in the 2012 race, and has been exceeded every year since.
Isle of Man TT
The TT Races since the first race in 1907 have been in the format of time-trial. The races held on the Clypse Course during the period 1954–1959 were the more traditional full grid starts along with the 1924 Lightweight TT Race and Clubmen TT Races from 1948, which were also "mass-start" races. The current format is a "clutch start" and race competitors will be "started singly at 10-second intervals".Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing.
2013 Isle of Man TT
The Blue Riband event of race meeting the Senior TT race was won by John McGuinness and raising his tally of victories to 20 Isle of Man TT wins and also breaking the outright course record in the Superbike TT with a lap at an average speed of 131.671. The event was dominated by Michael Dunlop winning the Superbike TT race, Supersport TT Races 1 & 2, the Superstock TT and the Joey Dunlop TT Championship with 120 points from John McGuinness and Bruce Anstey in third place. The Sidecar TT produced maiden Isle of Man TT wins for two former Sidecar World Champions with Tim Reeves / Dan Sayle winning Sidecar TT Race 1 and Ben Birchall / Tim Birchall winning Sidecar TT Race 2. The Lightweight TT for 650cc twin-cylinder motor-cycles produced another maiden win for James Hillier and Michael Rutter scored a hattrick or wins in the TT Zero class for electric powered motor-cycles after winning for the third consecutive year. The Senior TT race was red-flagged on the first lap after Isle of Man TT newcomer Jonathan Howarth crashed at the bottom of Bray Hill and 10 spectators were injured in the incident.
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
Further changes to the Mountain Course occurred during the winter of 1953/54 as the result of fatalities to competitors during the TT races and Manx Grand Prix from 1951 to 1953. Changes were also made to facilitate the return of Sidecar TT on the new Clypse Course. On safety grounds, 'seeding' of competitors occurred for the 1959 TT race. The Thursday afternoon practice session from 13:45–17:00 pm introduced in the late 1950s was discontinued for the Centenary 2007 Isle of Man TT races. Also during the late 1950s, Appledene Cottage was demolished on safety grounds along with "Old Brew's Restaurant" near Glen Helen during the early 1960s accompanied by a road widening programme at Greeba Bridge.
2013 Manx Grand Prix
2013 Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling including the Manx Grand Prix and the Classic TT Races were held between Saturday 17 August and Friday 30 August 2013 on the 37.73-mile Mountain Course.
Manx Grand Prix
The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period, usually spanning the end of August and early September.
2009 Isle of Man TT
The first race to be held on Senior Race day was TTXGP – (Time Trial Xtreme Grand Prix) for racing motorcycles "to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions." The race for mainly two types of battery powered electric motorcycles for 1 lap (37.733 miles) of the Snaefell Mountain Course and the fastest time in practice was set Rob Barber in 26 minutes and 41.39 seconds an average speed of 84.819 mph in the 3a PRO Class.
Electric motorsport
TT Zero is part of the Isle of Man TT and races for 1 lap (37.733 miles) of the Snaefell Mountain Course. The TT Zero event as an officially sanctioned Isle of Man TT race is for racing motorcycles where ""The technical concept is for motorcycles (two wheeled) to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions"."
2010 Isle of Man TT
The inaugural TT Zero race was held in 2010. The class is for racing motorcycles ""powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions"."
Sidecar TT
The Sidecar TT is a motorcycle-with-sidecar road race competition held over two legs which takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1954 and 1976 this race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship.
2010 Isle of Man TT
The traditional curtain-raiser since 1988 to the Isle of Man TT Festival has been the Pre-TT Classic Races held on the Billown Circuit in Castletown. The first evening practice session for the 2010 Pre-TT Classic Races were held on Friday 28 May 2010 in cold and blustery conditions. The fastest time in the first Friday practice session was set by the Isle of Man TT competitor Guy Martin in the Post Classic class in 2 minutes and 37.890 seconds at an average speed of 96.903 mph. The Senior class was dominated by Alan Oversby debuting a 500 cc MV Agusta on the Billown Circuit at an average speed of 91.656 mph. With the highly competitive Junior class, it was Roy Richardson who was fastest in the Friday evening practice riding a 350 cc Aermacchi at an average speed of 84.551 mph and Chris Palmer in second place with a speed of 83.181 mph riding a 350 cc AJS. Fastest time in the Lightweight class was an average speed of 83.603 mph set by Mike Hose riding a 250 cc Ariel Arrow and Vince Biggs/Phil Biggs with a 1000 cc BMW outfit led the practice for the sidecar class at an average speed of 79.287 mph.
Isle of Man TT
In the event of inclement weather either delaying or leading to the cancellation of one or more timed practice sessions, a reserve morning session could be held with the public roads closed 06:00 – 07:30 on the Mountain Course. Further untimed practice sessions are held during race week after the racing has been completed for selected race classes.
2008 Isle of Man TT
6 June 2008 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.
7 June 2008 12 Laps (51.00 Miles) Billown Circuit.
7 June 2008 12 Laps (51.00 Miles) Billown Circuit.
7 June 2008 9 Laps (38.25 Miles) Billown Circuit.
26th Milestone, Isle of Man
26th Milestone, Isle of Man (also known as "Joey’s") is situated on the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road in the parish of Lezayre in the Isle of Man. At the 26th Milestone racing marker used for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix, the bend was named in honour of 26-times TT winner Joey Dunlop who died after a racing motorcycle crash in Estonia in July 2000. The area is the location of the only accident in which spectators at the Isle of Man TT races or Manx Grand Prix have been killed in a motorcycle racing accident.
2011 Isle of Man TT
The Blue Riband event of the 2011 TT Race week the Senior TT was delayed several hours after a heavy rain shower in the Ramsey area of the Mountain Course. The Senior TT was won by John McGuinness and after also winning the Superbike TT Race raised to 17 wins his tally of Isle of Man TT victories. The Supersport TT Race 1 was reduced to 3 laps (113.00 miles) and after a tactical battle was won by the New Zealand competitor Bruce Anstey. The Supersport TT Race 2 produced a first win for Gary Johnson and the sidecar crew John Holden/Andrew Winkle also scored a popular maiden win in the second Sidecar TT Race. After dominating Sidecar TT practice the former Austrian World Sidecar Champion Klaus Klaffenböck scored his third Isle of Man TT win in the Sidecar TT Race 1. The Superstock TT Race for production motorcycles was won by Michael Dunlop. In the TT Zero race for battery powered electric motor driven motorcycles the American MotoCzysz team won for the second year and the race time for Michael Rutter falling slightly short of the coveted 100 mph average lap speed.
1967 Isle of Man TT
The 1967 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was a motorcycle road racing event held at the 37-mile Snaefell Mountain course on the Isle of Man. Five races, in different engine-capacity classes of 50, 125, 250, 350 and the 500 cc Senior TT, were the second round of the FIM World Grand Prix motorcycling championship season (now known as MotoGP). Mike Hailwood, on the four-cylinder Honda RC181, duelled with Giacomo Agostini's MV Agusta 500 Three.
2007 Isle of Man TT
The Blue Riband event of the Isle of Man Centenary TT Race week was Senior TT race over 6 lap (226.38 miles) of the Snaefell Mountain Course. With now high expectations of a new lap record breaking the 130 mph average speed mark, the first competitor away from the TT Grandstand on Friday 8 June 2007 was Michael Rutter riding a 1000cc Kawasaki. The first lap quickly produced retirements for three of the race favourites with Ryan Farquhar retiring at the Hawathorn, Martin Finnegan at Ballig and the winner of the Superstock TT Race when Bruce Anstey retired at the TT Grandstand at the end of lap 1 with handling problems. Despite cement dust at Guthrie's Memorial and at Sarah's Cottage and also some low cloud on the higher sections of the Mountain Section of the course, John McGuninness completed lap 1 in a time of 17 minutes 25.77 seconds at an average speed of 129.883 mph of the 2007 Isle of Man Senior TT race and led Guy Martin in 2nd place, also riding a Honda by 10 seconds and in 3rd place Ian Hutchinson with an average speed of 128.414 mph. Although the time for lap 1 of the Senior TT was only 4.5 seconds short of an average speed of 130 mph, John McGunness completed the second lap at a faster pace and lapped in 17 minutes, 21.99 seconds at an average speed of 130.354 mph to finally break the 130 mph speed barrier.
2000 Isle of Man TT
The 2000 Isle of Man TT was a motorcycle race event. The Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) Races are held annually in the Isle of Man. The 2000 races were dominated by David Jefferies and Joey Dunlop, who gained a hat-trick of wins each. They included Dunlop's 26th and final win at the TT in the Ultra-lightweight 125cc race, and he also proved he could still win a 'big bike' race, winning the Formula One TT in the opening race. This was also Michael Rutter's last TT until his return in 2007.
Manx Grand Prix
The MGP or Manx (as it is more commonly known) is considered to be the amateur rider's alternative and a learning experience for the Isle of Man TT races held in May/June. The event differs from the TT in that it does not cater for sidecars. A 'Classic TT' race category for historic racing machines was added in 2013 as part of the Manx Government Department of Economic Development's expansion to create what is termed "Festival of Motorcycling". These new races also allowed for professional and experienced riders to compete.
1948 Isle of Man TT
Three "Clubman" races were again included, for the second year, in the festival with the "Clubman Senior" race allowing entires of bikes up to 1,000 cc engine capacity.
Isle of Man TT
Friday 5 June 20:30 – 20:50
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
During an early morning practice session for the 1927 Isle of Man TT, Archie Birkin was killed instantly when he swerved to avoid a fish-van travelling to Peel and collided with a wall at Rhencullen. The corner in Kirk Michael on the A3 primary road where the accident occurred was renamed 'Birkin's Bend.' From 1928 Isle of Man TT practice sessions for the TT races and Manx Grand Prix were held on closed-roads. During the first lap of the 1934 Lightweight TT race Syd Crabtree, the winner of the 1929 Isle of Man TT, crashed in heavy hill fog on the Mountain section of the course at Stonebreakers Hut and was killed. For the 1935 Isle of Man TT races two motorcycle-equipped Travelling Marshals were employed to search for missing riders, particularly in poor weather conditions on the Mountain section of the Course. After a fatal crash by Doug Pirie, in poor visibility caused by mountain mist and fog near to the 33rd Milestone during the 1935 Lightweight TT race, races were delayed or postponed to the next day until the weather improved. The first evening practice session was introduced for the 1937 Isle of Man TT races which continue to this day.
1957 Isle of Man TT
The 1957 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the Golden Jubilee event and the second race in the 1957 Motorcycle World Championships.
TT Zero
TT Zero – an electric motorsport event new for the 2010 Isle of Man TT races – replaced the TTXGP race as a 1-lap (37.733 miles) circuit of the Snaefell Mountain Course. The TT Zero event as an officially sanctioned Isle of Man TT race is for racing motorcycles where ""The technical concept is for motorcycles (two wheeled) to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions"." The Isle of Man Government offered a prize of £10,000 for the first entrant to exceed the prestigious 100 mph (22 minutes and 38.388 seconds) average speed around the Mountain Course.
1976 Isle of Man TT
"NOTE: The Isle of Man TT was removed from the international calendar and replaced by a proper British motorcycle Grand Prix."
2012 Isle of Man TT
After winning the first event of the 2012 Isle of Man TT the Superbike TT race, the works Honda rider John McGuinness later in the week won for the first time the 1000cc Superstock TT race to raise his tally to nineteen Isle of Man TT wins and the Joey Dunlop TT Championship by 74 points from Bruce Anstey and Cameron Donald in third place. After a year's sabbatical, the Isle of Man sidecar TT competitor Dave Molyneux returned to racing at the Isle of Man TT to win both Sidecar TT Races 1 & 2 in convincing style. The New Zealander, Bruce Anstey repeated his 2011 success and again won the 600cc Supersport TT Race 1. After retiring from the lead of Supersport TT Race 1 on lap 3, the second Supersport TT Race was won by Michael Dunlop after the race was delayed by problems with weather on the Snaefell Mountain Course. The third running of the TT Zero was again won by Michael Rutter riding the electric powered MotoCzysz motor-cycle and also breaking the prestigious 100 mph barrier with a lap at an average race speed of 104.056 mph. The Blue Riband event of the 2012 TT Race week the Senior TT was held over to the next day due to heavy rain and low cloud on the TT Mountain Course. The rescheduled Senior TT race was later cancelled for the first time in the history of the event due to further problems with low cloud and rain showers on the section of the TT Course from the Mountain Mile to the 32nd Milestone. The last race of the 2012 Isle of Man TT Races, the Lightweight TT making a return to the race programme for 650cc Supertwin motor-cycles and after being reduced in length produced an inaugural win for Ryan Farquhar in the new class.
Economy of the Isle of Man
Hosting of motorsports events, like the Isle of Man Car Rally and the more-prominent TT motorcycle races, contributes to the tourism economy.
Isle of Man TT
1924 was the first time the Ultra-Lightweight TT race took place for motorcycles not exceeding 175 cc engine capacity. It was won by Jack Porter, riding a New Imperial motorcycle at an average speed of over three laps of the Snaefell mountain course. The Ultra-Lightweight class was re-introduced in 1951 for motorcycles not exceeding 125 cc until discontinued in 1974, and then re-introduced for 1989, again for two-stroke 125 cc motorcycles, until dropped again due to lack of entries after 2004. The event was reintroduced 2008–2009 held on the four-mile Billown Circuit and then dropped from the race schedule on cost grounds for the 2010 races.
Signpost Corner, Isle of Man
The section of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course from the Cronk-ny-Mona road junction to Governors Bridge was first adopted for the 1920 Isle of Man TT motor-cycle races and the Manx Grand Prix in 1923. This included the Signpost Corner road junction, ‘Bedstead Corner’ and the section known as the “old road” of the TT Course from the Nook to Governor’s Bridge.
Sport in the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man is famous for its TT motorbike racing event, which began in 1904 as a motorcar race. TT stands for "Tourist Trophy". From 1905, the TT was held as a closed-roads motorcycle racing event and the original course was extended in the 1920s to use the current Snaefell Mountain Course. This is now a series of annual motorcycle road races over held from late May to early June.
1914 Isle of Man TT
The 1914 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last held before the outbreak of the First World War.
Brandywell, Isle of Man
In 1911 the Four Inch Course for automobiles was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the Isle of Man TT motorcycle races. This included the revised Brandywell Corner and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course which has been used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT Races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.
1962 Isle of Man TT
The 1962 Isle of Man TT was a FIM event held on 4 June 1962 at the Snaefell Mountain Course. It was part of the 1962 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
Peel, Isle of Man
Regular events from spring to autumn based in Peel include: the Isle of Man Art Festival (WOSAT) in May; Peel Day during TT fortnight (May/June); Peel Secret Gardens (usually July); Yn Chruinnaght Inter-Celtic Festival (July); Peel Viking Longboat Races (July), and Peel Carnival.
Culture of the Isle of Man
The Manx Grand Prix is a separate motorcycle event for amateurs and private entrants that uses the same Snaefell Mountain Course in late August and early September.
1920 Isle of Man TT
The 1920 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first to take place following World War I. Official practice sessions started on 31 May with the races taking place on 15 and 16 June.
Isle of Man TT
The first practice session in 2015 was to provide four controlled laps for newcomers, two for new Solo competitors and two for new Sidecar competitors. Competitors would be escorted for one lap of the Mountain Course by the Travelling Marshals at a steady pace and accompanied by experienced Isle of Man TT and/or Manx Grand Prix competitors.
1948 Isle of Man TT
Later in 1948, at the FICM (later called FIM) meeting in London, it was decided there would be a motorcycle World Championship along Grand Prix lines. It would be a six-race annual series with points being awarded for a placing, and a point for the fastest lap of each race. There would be four classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. In the past a Grand Prix had been an individual race. In 1949 for the first time, starting with the Isle of Man TT, a series of Grand Prix races would decide who would be the 1949 World Champion.
List of festivals in the Isle of Man
The T.T.
The Isle of Man is renowned for the T.T..
Oxford Airport
In January 2012, Manx2 announced the start of a scheduled service from Oxford to the Isle of Man, beginning in May 2012. By 2013, this became a short-term seasonal service focussed around the Isle of Man TT motorcycling event.
Christopher Kippenberger
"Isle of Man TT" is a concise profile of the prestigious annual motorcycle race of the same name and its participants. In interviews with the event's most prominent racers and their teams, the film explores the circuit's sustained appeal in spite of its deadly reputation. "Isle of Man TT" was honored at the 2015 London Motor Film Festival.
Isle of Man TT
The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.
Transport in the Isle of Man
Set against this is a strong culture of motor sport enthusiasm (pinnacled in the TT, but there are many events during the year) and many residents familiar with the roads are well used to traversing country roads at speeds illegal on similar roads elsewhere. This leads to a very diverse spread of both driving competence and speed. In an official survey in 2006 the introduction of blanket speed limits was refused by the population, suggesting that a large number appreciate the freedom.
Isle of Man TT
The 1982 Road Racing Act (Isle of Man) and the supplementary TT Road Races Orders allow vehicles and pedestrians to cross the Snaefell Mountain Course at certain points between scheduled race periods under the supervision of a police officer. Several permanent pedestrian overbridges have been erected. These points include:
2007 Isle of Man TT
The 2007 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the Centenary event which ran between 26 May and 8 June 2007. The first event was held on Tuesday 28 May 1907 and was called the International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy run by the Auto-Cycle Club on the St. Johns Short
Course in the Isle of Man.
The Nook, Isle of Man
For the 1954 Isle of Man TT races, the approach to Governor's Bridge including "The Nook" corner on the A18 Bemahauge Road was widened to accommodate the re-introduced Sidecar TT on the Clypse Course. The Department of Transport announced a proposal to build a new section of road for the Mountain Course with a link road from The Nook to Governor's Bridge using parts of the pre-existing A18 Bemahague Road. This road widening scheme occurred between February and April 2008 with the removal of trees on the Bemahague Estate which includes Government House, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix continued to use the original A18 Bemahauge Road that runs parallel to the new link road from The Nook to the "Governor's Dip" for motor-cycle racing.
Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT is run in a time-trial format on public roads closed to the public by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The event consists of one week of practice sessions followed by one week of racing. It has been a tradition, perhaps started by racing competitors in the early 1920s, for spectators to tour the Snaefell Mountain Course on motorcycles during the Isle of Man TT on ""Mad Sunday"", an informal and unofficial sanctioned event held on the Sunday between 'Practice Week' and 'Race Week'.
2010 Isle of Man TT
The 2010 Isle of Man TT Festival was held between Saturday 29 May and Friday 11 June on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The 2010 races again included a second 600 cc Supersport Junior TT race. The Lightweight TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT race class previously held on the Billown Circuit in the Isle of Man for the 2008 Isle of Man TT and 2009 Isle of Man TT were dropped from the 2010 race schedule. The 2010 Isle of Man TT Races included the one-lap TT Zero for racing motorcycles "to be powered without the use of carbon based fuels and have zero toxic/noxious emissions." which replaced the TTXGP and also a Suzuki 50th Anniversary Lap of Honour and the TT Classic Parade which were held before the main Senior TT race.
1960 Isle of Man TT
The 1960 Isle of Man TT was the second round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place between 13 June and 17 June 1960 at the Snaefell Mountain Course.
1907 Isle of Man TT
The 1907 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the inaugural Tourist Trophy races for motor-cycles. The event was held on 28 May 1907 over the St John's Short Course, Isle of Man. The race was ten laps of the 15 mile 1,430 yards course, a total race distance of 158.125 miles.
History of the Isle of Man TT Races 1920–29
The Isle of Man TT and other motorcycle racing in the island did not restart after the end of the First World War until 1920. Changes were made to the Snaefell Mountain Course causing competitors to turn left and proceed up the hill at Cronk-ny-Mona to follow the primary A18 Snaefell Mountain Road through to Governor's Bridge with a new start/finish line at Glencrutchery Road lengthening the course to 37¾ miles.
List of festivals in the Isle of Man
The Ramsey Sprint
The Ramsey Sprint has been run since 1978 and is one of the biggest events outside the T.T. races.
2013 Isle of Man TT
2013 Isle of Man TT Races were held between the Saturday 25 May and Friday 7 June 2013 on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course in the Isle of Man. The event celebrated the 90th anniversary of the first Sidecar TT with a special parade lap for racing sidecar outfits. The 2013 Isle of Man TT Festival also included the Pre-TT Classic Races on 24, 25 & 27 May 2013 and the Post-TT Races on 8 June 2013 and both events held on the Billown Circuit.
1973 Isle of Man TT
The 1973 Isle of Man TT was a motorcycle event held on 8 June 1973 on the 37-mile Snaefell Mountain Course on the Isle of Man. It was the fifth round of the 1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season (now MotoGP). The Australian rider Jack Findlay won the Senior (500cc) event.
List of festivals in the Isle of Man
Formula 2 Stockcar Manx Open F2 TT
The stockcar racing is a contact motorsport where the more experienced drivers start at the rear of each race. They have a set number of laps to make their way to the front, using their bumper to push their opponents aside.
Isle of Man TT
From 1911 the Isle of Man TT transferred to the much longer Snaefell Mountain Course of 37.40 miles (current length 37.73 miles). The race programme developed from a single race with two classes for the 1907 Isle of Man TT, expanding in 1911 to two individual races for the 350cc Junior TT motor-cycles and the Blue Riband event the 500cc Senior TT race. The race did not take place from 1915 to 1919 due to the First World War. It resumed in 1920. A 250cc Lightweight TT race was added to the Isle of Man TT programme in 1922 followed by a Sidecar TT race in 1923.
2007 Isle of Man TT
The rescheduled Superbike TT race was to be run on Monday 4 June 2007 with Michael Rutter riding a 1000cc ZX 10 Kawasaki the first competitor to start the Centenary TT Races. The first retirements were Isle of Man competitor Nigel Beattie riding a Yamaha R1 with a broken gear-linkage at the TT Grandstand. At Crosby, Bruce Anstey also retired on lap 1 of the Superbike TT with a failed ignition amplifier on his 1000cc GXSR Suzuki and Michael Rutter with an engine failure at Isle of Man. After leading the race by 2 seconds at Glen Helen, John McGuinness records a time of 17 minutes and 42.79 seconds an average speed of 127.804 for lap 1 of the Superbike race and leads Guy Martin by 4.81 seconds and Ian Hutchinson by 11.79 seconds both riding Honda motor-cycles. At Kerrowmoar on the first lap, local competitor Paul Hunt slipped-off and was taken to Nobles Hospital with minor injuries. By lap 2 and the first of the pit-stops at the TT Grandstand, John McGuinness now leads Guy Martin in second place by 10.55 seconds and laps in 17 minutes and 38.85 seconds an average speed of 128.279 mph. Riding a Honda, Ryan Farquhar displaces Ian Lougher for 5th place with Martin Finnegan and Ian Hutchinson in 3rd and 4th places respectively. Also on lap 2, James Edmeades crashed at Ballacraine and Mark Parrett at Cruickshanks Corner in Ramsey and both were uninjured. Through the speed-trap at the TT Grandstand, John McGuinness records a speed of 172 mph on lap 3 and now leads Guy Martin by 22.06 seconds and Ian Hutchinson by 42.75 seconds in third place. Also, Ian Lougher retakes 5th place and leads Ryan Farquhar by 10.26 seconds. The damp patches on the Mountain Course dominated the rest of the race and John McGuninness records an average speed for lap 4 of 127.207 mph and 126.513 mph for lap 6 and wins the TT Superbike race in 1 hour and 48 minutes, 11.17 seconds at an average race speed of 125.550 mph. A finish in 10th place at an average race speed of 119.657 mph produced a silver TT replica award for TT Newcomer Steve Plater.
Mugen Motorsports
Again in collaboration with Honda, Mugen have become the dominant force in electrically powered motorcycles competing at the Isle of Man TT Races. In the seven years from their introduction into the TT Zero, the average speed of the Mugen Shinden around the Snaefell Mountain Course has increased from in 2012 to in 2018.
Making their competitive debut at the 2012 Isle of Man TT, John McGuinness took the Mugen Shinden Ni to second place behind the MotoCzysz of Michael Rutter at an average speed of 109.527 mph.
At the 2013 TT Mugen again finished runners up to MotoCzysz, with Rutter and McGuinness repeating the previous year's result.
Mugen's development has continued at subsequent races in the TT Zero Category. Fielding two machines at the 2014 Isle of Man TT, John McGuinness secured their maiden victory ahead of teammate Bruce Anstey who took second place on the other Shinden San. 
At the 2015 TT McGuinness and Anstey again took the first two spots on the rostrum.
Mugen continued their dominance in the TT Zero class at the Isle of Man TT Races in 2016, when Bruce Anstey took the honours, although their other machine, ridden by John McGuinness, retired during the one lap event.
Anstey and Guy Martin came first and second respectively, both riding Mugen machines.
The Mugen motorcycles achieved first and third place with Michael Rutter and Lee Johnston respectively, split by Daley Mathison riding for the University of Nottingham. Rutter broke the 120mph barrier to set a new lap record of .
1950 Isle of Man TT
As in 1949, four "Clubman" races were included in this year's festival; Clubman 1,000 cc, Clubman Senior, Clubman Junior and Clubman Lightweight.
2007 Isle of Man TT
For the Centenary TT Races, a number of special events where held to commemorate 100 years of the Isle of Man TT Races. The first of these events occurred on Saturday 26 May 2007 with a display by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight over Douglas Bay.
1949 Isle of Man TT
The 1949 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first round of the Grand Prix World Championship that was held in the Isle of Man.
Clypse Course
The Clypse Course was a new street circuit for racing in the Isle of Man was used to re-introduce the Ultra-Lightweight TT and Sidecar TT Race for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Races. To facilitate racing on the Clypse Course, during the winter of 1953/54 road widening occurs on the Mountain Course at Creg-na-Baa, Signpost Corner and the approach to Governor's Bridge. The re-introduction of the Sidecar TT Race for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Race was controversial as it was opposed by the motor-cycle manufacturers and also for the inclusion of the first female competitor Inge Stoll at an Isle of Man TT race.
Suzuki TT Superbikes
"Suzuki TT Superbikes" was first teased on August 29, 2002 at the European Computer Trade Show. At the event, Jester announced its intentions to created a game based on the Isle of Man race. The game itself was only in the planning stages, but Jester confirmed they were working on incorporating a split screen option, multiple bike types and changing weather patterns in an attempt to reflect the real course. Jester also said they would include the entire 37.73 mile course and its features of mountain, country and city terrain, the first time a video game would do this (the previous Isle of Man game, "Manx TT Super Bike", was only based on the Manx TT part of the race). The game's platform was not specified but it was promised to be a multi-system release.
TTXGP
TTXGP had planned to return in June 2010 to the Isle of Man to hold the second annual electric motorcycle race on the Island. In January 2010, however, the Isle of Man Department of Tourism and Leisure announced that it would be holding its own electric motorcycle race, the TT Zero, without involvement by TTXGP.
Isle of Man TT
At the TT races there is usually one week of practice and one week of racing. Historically there was an early morning practice session from 05:00–07:30 am but this was discontinued from the 2004 races. During an early morning practice at the 1927 Isle of Man TT, Archie Birkin, brother of Tim Birkin of the Bentley Boys, was killed at Rhencullen. From 1928 practice sessions for the Isle of Man TT Races and Manx Grand Prix were held on closed roads. Evening practice sessions were introduced for the 1937 Isle of Man TT and continue to this day. The Thursday afternoon practice session from 13:45–17:00, introduced in the late 1950s, was discontinued from the Centenary races in 2007.
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course
The A2 Quarterbridge Road including the road junctions at 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 Highway Board. This followed a series of fatal accidents during the start of the 1978 Sidecar TT 'A' race, to the Swiss sidecar competitor Ernst Trachsel on Quarterbridge Road, and the sidecar crew of Mac Hobson & Kenny Birch on nearby Bray Hill. For the 1979 TT races the practice of starting competitors in pairs was abandoned followed by the Manx Grand Prix in 2011 after the result of fatal crash at Alpine Cottage during the 2010 Junior Manx Grand Prix.
Following a fatal accident to French newcomer Serge le Moal during the first practice session of the 2004 TT, a Newcomers Speed Control Lap was introduced for the 2004 Manx Grand Prix followed by the 2005 TT races. A mandatory TT Mountain Course licence for TT and Manx Grand Prix competitors was introduced for 2006. During the winter of 2004/2005 road widening by the Department of Transport occurred at Windy Corner followed by Brandish Corner during the winter of 2005/2006, included a slightly banked section and a constant radius curve as a safety improvement for general road traffic. A serious accident occurred at the 26th Milestone during the 2007 Isle of Man TT Centenary races on lap 5 of the Senior race resulting in the deaths of a competitor and two visiting spectators.
1947 Isle of Man TT
The 1947 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the first race festival since 1939 due to the interruption of World War II. With the restart of racing, the ACU decided to add three Clubman-class races for production machines in Lightweight, Junior and Senior categories, making the festival a six-race event. It held in 9-13 June.
2013 Manx Grand Prix
The rebranded festival by the Isle of Man Department of Economic Development and the Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC) will included the Manx Grand Prix Races, the "Manx Classic", the "Manx Two Day Trials" and the "VMCC Manx Rally" which will include the "Festival of Jurby". The newly developed Festival will retain elements of the existing Manx Grand Prix Races, while also include the important Isle of Man TT brand in a new "Classic TT", which will form part of a three-day classic meeting including a parade to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Manx Grand Prix.
Isle of Man TT
In 2015 there were four scheduled race days:
TT Grandstand
The TT Grandstand including the startline, pit lane, re-fuellers, merchandising and scoreboard for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix races is situated on the A2 Glencrutchery Road, in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man.
Isle of Man TT
The main practice and timed practice sessions are usually held on Monday-Friday of the next week. The public roads forming the Mountain Course were to be closed in 2015 between 18:00 – 21:30 for the Solo and Sidecar classes. Some would-be racers need to qualify for races by achieving satisfactory practice times during these sessions.
1972 Isle of Man TT
A fatal accident this year led, some years later, to the end of the Isle of Man TT as a FIM championship race. The Ultra-Lightweight race was held on the last day of the event in heavy rain, and Gilberto Parlotti crashed fatally at the Verandah section of the circuit 29 miles into his second lap; the Italian rider was 31 years old. After the death of Parlotti, his friend, Giacomo Agostini, an Italian MV Agusta rider and a ten time 350cc and 500cc world champion, announced that he would never return to the Isle of Man to race. He considered the course too dangerous for international competition. As the years went on more top riders joined Agostini's boycott and in 1976 it was announced that the TT would be removed from the championship calendar. The British round of the FIM championship was held at Silverstone Circuit on the mainland from 1977 onwards.
2009 Isle of Man TT
The 2009 Superbike TT Race was scheduled for mid-day start on Saturday 6 June 2009 and to be flagged away by the former world motorcycling champion Giacomo Agostini and was delayed 48 hours due to inclement weather conditions. The pole time for the Superbike TT race was set by the Australian Cameron Donald in 17 minutes, 13.25 seconds an average speed of 131.457 mph riding a 1000 cc Suzuki motorcycle. The hot weather of TT practice week returned for the 6 lap (226.38 miles) Superbike TT Race held on Monday 9 June 2009. The first competitor flagged away at the start at the TT Grandstand was the 1000 cc Honda of Gary Johnson from Brigg followed by the 1000 cc Honda of John McGuinness with a 10-second starting interval. Starting at number 5 with a 40-second start interval, Bruce Anstey the Suzuki teammate of injured Cameron Donald was the first to hit mechanical problems with a slight engine mis-fire at the bottom of Bray Hill and Bruce Anstey retired his 1000 cc Suzuki at Ballacraine on lap 1 with a fuel sensor problem. It was the 1000 cc Honda of John McGuinness that led lap 1 at the first official timing point at Glen Helen by 1.91 seconds from Conor Cummins riding a 1000 cc Kawasaki motorcycle followed by the Honda brigade of Ian Hutchinson in 3rd place, Gary Johnson, Steve Plater and Guy Martin in 6th place. The lead at Parliament Square, Ramsey was increased by McGuinness to 5 seconds over Conor Cummins and Guy Martin leap-frogging the other competitors to 3rd place and the leading group was joined by the 1000 cc Yamaha of Ian Lougher in 7th place making his 100th Isle of Man TT race start. Over the Mountain Section of the course, John McGuinness maintained a 5.14 second lead over Conor Cummins at the end of lap 1in a time of 17 minutes, 26.61 seconds an average speed of 129.779 mph.
2007 Isle of Man TT
The first motor-cycle event for the Centenary TT Races occurred on Friday 25 May 2007 with the first practice session of the Pre-TT Classic Solo and Sidecar Racing on the Billown Circuit in Castletown. The first practice session on the Snaefell mountain course for the Centenary TT Races was a Solo Newcomers' speed controlled lap on the first evening practice session on Saturday 26 May 2007. The first two competitors to start practice for the Centenary event from the TT Grandstand included Steve Plater and Keith Amor on their Solo Newcomers' speed control lap followed by an untimed practice session for Solo competitors and sidecar crews.
2011 Isle of Man TT
The 2011 Isle of Man TT Festival was scheduled to be held between Monday 30 May and Friday 10 June 2011 on the 37.73-mile Isle of Man TTMountain Course in the Isle of Man. The main celebration for the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races the "Milestones of the Mountain Course" special parade lap held on 10 June 2011 to commemorate the centenary of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course included the former FIM World Champions Giacomo Agostini and Phil Read. The 2011 Isle of Man TT Festival also included the Pre-TT Classic Races on 27, 28 and 30 May 2011 and the Post-TT Races on 11 June 2011 and both events held on the Billown Circuit.
Isle of Man Constabulary
A major event for the force is the annual TT races.
Isle of Man TT
The schedule for the first Saturday untimed session in 2015 was:
2007 Isle of Man TT
The acting Manx Grand Prix press officer, Geoff Cannell a former Member of the House of Keys (MHK), sports broadcaster, journalist and former lead Manx Radio Isle of Man TT race commentator died on 24 September 2007 after a short illness. The Manx Motor Cycle Club (MMCC) resigned on 27 September 2007 as organiser of the TT races after contractual difficulties and problems with 2007 Isle of Man TT races, a shortage of marshals at the 2007 Manx Grand Prix and the cancellation of the subsequent 2007 Senior Manx Grand Prix.
1956 Isle of Man TT
The 1956 Isle of Man TT was the first round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place between 4 June and 8 June 1956 at the Snaefell Mountain Course for the Senior and Junior TTs and the Clypse Course for the Lightweight, Ultra Lightweight and Sidecar TTs.
Isle of Man TT
There was no racing on the Isle of Man between 1940 and 1945 due to the Second World War. It recommenced with the Manx Grand Prix in 1946 and the Isle of Man TT in 1947, with a greatly expanded format that included the new Clubman's TT races. The Isle of Man TT became part of the FIM Motor-cycle Grand Prix World Championship (now MotoGP) as the British round of the World Motor-Cycling Championship during the period 1949–1976. Following safety concerns with the Snaefell Mountain Course and problems over inadequate 'start-money' for competitors, there was a boycott of the Isle of Man TT races from the early 1970s by many of the leading competitors, motorcycle manufacturers and national motorcycle sporting federations.
1950 Isle of Man TT
The 1950 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy festival was the second year the Isle of Man TT races were part of the Grand Prix World Championship.