For those of you with the Velocity channel, TT coverage evenings at 11 p.m. EST for the next several nights. Here is a preview article from the BBC with some mind boggling on-board footage. Enjoy! Isle of Man TT: 'Everyone's a fan, they just don't know it' - BBC Sport
I'm shocked that they still have this event-but I'm thankful they do. These guys aren't worried about halos.....
Isle of Man TT 2016: Paul Shoesmith and Dwight Beare killed on opening day of racing | Motor Racing | Sport | The Independent RIP.
These guys are truly insane, those helmet cams make me grab my couch and hold on. A lot of people have died on this course, opening day this year two already. But would still like to go and watch this.
The TT is the only motorcycle race that matters. It's a pity they don't have the equivalent for cars, IMO.
On a superbike, the fastest guys average over 130 mph, it is crazy. But I am not sure that averaging 100 mph in the old days of poor handling and brakes was any less crazy or deadly. IoM course used to be on the GP calendar a few decades ago, I doubt you would ever get a Lorenzo or Rossi to do a fast lap of the place. Far too dangerous compared to circuits. What I do like about it is that it is less about a rider being a small and slender build, much more about nerves of steel and courage. This is probably why several guys over 40 have won these races, mentally they are very strong even if they are actively growing their beer gut between races. BTW, in the US, watch ROAD on Netflix about two generations of the Dunlop clan. Great doc.
Ok, the guy just nailed it! Michael Dunlop made history on the opening day of racing at the Isle of Man TT. The Hawk Racing BMW rider shattered the lap and race records to record the first ever sub-17 minute lap of the Mountain Course and take the win in Superbike. Dunlop dipped under the 17-minute mark not once, but twice, delivering a decisive blow to the competition in the first two laps of the race. The quickest of the two was 133.393 mph to beat Tyco BMWs Ian Hutchinson by 19 seconds to take his 12th career TT victory. Hutchison himself was also inside the outright lap record, but Dunlops race winning time was a staggering 1:15.643 inside the old race record. Joining the pair on the podium was Honda Racings John McGuinness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nlzxR6lN7Q
Two more deaths at 2016 Isle of Man TT Looks like another 2 dead. I have been watching on Velocity, it is just unbelievable stuff!
That makes a total of five this year. Three in practice and two in races IIRC. More than normal. One or two are killed most years. I think this is the "sport" Hemmingway spoke of. Most everything else are just games...
