2011 - Isle of Man TT

[Andy77]

Anstey leads´McGuinness at Ramsey on lap 2 by 2.5 sec .... The Kiwi is flying
Anstey increases his lead by a few tenth in every sector so far
After stops at the end of lap 2 McGuinness leads Anstey by 12 secs. This stop must have gone terribly wrong for the Kiwi. Guy Martin follows in 3rd another one second down
Anstey retired at Quarry Bends on lap 3. McGuinness now leads from Gary Johnson by 18 secs
A battle between Guy Martin and Gary Johnson evolves for 2nd

[Andy77]

Gary Johnson takes 2nd from Guy Martin by a sec on lap 4 at Glen Helen
McGuinness through at Glencrutchery Road for the final lap

[Andy77]

Guy Martin retires at Hillberry at the end of lap 5 . The Morecambe Missile is now followed by Aussie Cameron Donald, Gary Johnson and Keith Amor but Donald is over a minute down already

[Andy77]

The Morecambe Missile John McGuinness wins the Dainese Superbike TT by 0:56.9 min from Cameron Donald and by 1:06.56 minutes from Gary Johnson in 3rd.

Sidecar race 1 gets underway in a little over 1 hour. See you later

[Andy77]

Sidecars on their way now
Klaffi/Sayle leading Holden/Winkle by 1.32 seconds at Glen Helen in lap 1
Harrison/Aylott coming through in 3rd , 5.46 seconds down from Klaffi/Sayle

Klaffi/Sayle increased their lead over Holden/Winkle to 11.30 seconds. Reeves/Cluze are a further 15 seconds down in 3rd at the Grandstand after lap 1

[Andy77]

Klaffi/Sayle leading Holden/Winkle by 10.65 seconds at the end of lap 2 as they head down Glencrutchery Road
Reeves/Cluze getting away from Harrison/Aylott by six seconds now
At Glen Helen, Klaffi/Sayle keeping the 10 sec advantage over Holden/Winkle on 3rd and final lap. Reeves/Cluze lost a second to Harrison/Aylott in fight for 3rd
At Ramsey Klaffi/Sayle maintain the 10 secs over Holden/Winkle
Reeves/Cluze lost 3rd pos to Harrison/Aylott by 3 seconds at Ramsey
Leaders passed Cronk Ny Mona
Klaffi/Sayle taking victory over Holden/Winkle by 11.65 seconds. Battle for third ends with Harrison/Aylott taking it by 11 seconds from Reeves/Cluze

An exciting first day of racing ends here. Have fun on Mad Sunday
:

[Bob Pearson]

Thanks Andy,.................Have a Good Evening

[ghinzani]

Felt so sorry for Bruce Anstey, seems to have really gelled with that team. Hopefully he will bounce back later in the week - I like to see the victories shared around myself.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by ghinzani

Felt so sorry for Bruce Anstey, seems to have really gelled with that team. Hopefully he will bounce back later in the week - I like to see the victories shared around myself.

Around yourself? - I am not sure I do understand this

However, the first Supersport Race kicks off from 1045 BST today. The Superstock Race is scheduled for 1515 BST

[Andy77]

Bob Pearson .... Would that be Bob Pearson of Bob Pearson Racing that entered the Southern 100 quite a couple times ?

[Bob Pearson]

Originally Posted by Andy77

Bob Pearson .... Would that be Bob Pearson of Bob Pearson Racing that entered the Southern 100 quite a couple times ?

I raced sidecars at the Southern 100 races a number of times in the 70's, I cant remember exactly how many years I entered, but I suspect it was four. I raced British twins, Triumphs and Nortons and eventually 3 cylinder Suzukis. It wasn't until I had a Suzuki that I actually managed to get to the end of a race at the Southern, then, all of a sudden I was in the final and got to the end of that as well. Sad but true, those words weigh up the demise of the British twin and the ascendancy of the Japanese engines. There was another Pearson who came from Newcastle area who raced a Yamaha outfit, he was quicker than me.
Strangely, since then I have often wondered if we were related as my Father, who died when I was very young came from Newcastle. If we were related I certainly didn't inherit the speed and ability he had!!
Sorry about the rush of useless information, not much work to do here this morning.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Bob Pearson

I raced sidecars at the Southern 100 races a number of times in the 70's, I cant remember exactly how many years I entered, but I suspect it was four. I raced British twins, Triumphs and Nortons and eventually 3 cylinder Suzukis. It wasn't until I had a Suzuki that I actually managed to get to the end of a race at the Southern, then, all of a sudden I was in the final and got to the end of that as well. Sad but true, those words weigh up the demise of the British twin and the ascendancy of the Japanese engines. There was another Pearson who came from Newcastle area who raced a Yamaha outfit, he was quicker than me.
Strangely, since then I have often wondered if we were related as my Father, who died when I was very young came from Newcastle. If we were related I certainly didn't inherit the speed and ability he had!!
Sorry about the rush of useless information, not much work to do here this morning.

Well, I was reading Fifty Years of the Friendly Races - the story of the Southern 100 motorcycle road races by Phil Edge again and there was an outfit mentioned that was entered by Bob Pearson Racing. That's what made me asking.

William Dunlop not starting in the 600s Supersport race today
7 min to the start

[Andy77]

Join 10 Tenth Chatroom for the first Supersport Race now



A safe and successful TT 2011 to everyone involved !

Micky D and Cam Donald only seperated by 0.6 of a second at Ballaugh Bridge with Gary Johnson coming 3rd a further 3 secs down
Micky D takes the lead by 0.5 sec at Ramsey
Micky D retires at the Gooseneck
Cam Donald back in the lead at the Bungalow by 9.39secs from Gary Johnson
Cam Donald leads Gary Johnson by 13.55 secs at the Grandstand after lap 1
Keith Amor down in 3rd a further 1.5 sec away from Johnson
Guy Martin out at Creg-ny-Baa , rider ok

[Andy77]

Red Flag at Ramsey
Red flag caused by an incident at Gorse Lea
Serious incident at Gorse Lea - Debris on the road
Full Restart just announced - Riders are lead back to Parc Ferme by Travelling Marshals

[ghinzani]

Originally Posted by Andy77

Around yourself? - I am not sure I do understand this

Should have been 'around, myself..' as in I like to see a number of different winners. Sometimes it gets lost in translation Andreas!

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by ghinzani

Should have been 'around, myself..' as in I like to see a number of different winners. Sometimes it gets lost in translation Andreas!

André

[Andy77]

Supersport Race A to be rerun at 1300 BST and shortened to 3 laps. Still no news from the incident that caused the red flag though.

[Andy77]

oh yeah if you wish to greet someone on the island, send your message to studio@radiott.com and start with your message with TT and it might be read out to the Manxradio TT audience

I just sent a message greeting Ten Tenth members there who volunteer as marshals and do ambulance duties

[Andy77]

New revised schedule for today (all times BST)

1300 Supersport Race A 3 laps
1445 Sidecar practice 1 lap
1530 Subaru parade lap
1615 TTXGP practice 1 lap

after ttxgp practice roads open till 1800

1830 Superstock race 4 laps
2030 roads open again
2130 mountain roads open again

[Andy77]

Supersport machines warming up now for the rescheduled 1300 BST start

Excuse me please but ttxgp of course should have read TTzero, the zero emission machine race

Here we go again
John McGuinness hunts down Glencrutchery Road

[Andy77]

Statement issued on behalf of the ACU

Following the red flag during the first run of the Supersport 1 race, the following statement has been issued.

“ACU Events Ltd regrets to announce the death of Derek Brien, 34, from Co. Meath in Ireland who was killed during the first Supersport race at the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races following a high speed accident at Gorse Lea. The race was immediately red flagged following the incident.”

Read more at http://www.iomtt.com/News/2011/06/06...f-the-ACU.aspx

Rest in Peace Derek Brien

[Andy77]

Meanwhile Michael Dunlop retired right before approaching Glen Helen at the start of lap 2. Now Gary Johnson leads from Ian Lougher and Cameron Donald who already had done his stop at the end of lap 1

Johnson pitted at the end of lap 2. Now waiting for Glen Helen times on the final lap
Cam Donald now leads from Bruce Anstey by 4.16 secs. Keith Amor follows in 3rd 10 secxs down.
Johnson dropped to fifth after his stop
Cam Donald retires at Kirk Michael handing over the lead to Kiwi Bruce Anstey at Ballaugh
Anstey increased his lead to 7 secs over Amor at Ramsey on final lap
Conor Cummins out right before Kirk Michael, rider ok
Amor and Anstey seperated by 8 secs at the Bungalow
Anstey keeps the lead at Cronk Ny Mona
Anstey takes the flag from Amor by 8.38 seconds. Guy Martin completes podium in 3rd , 16.04 secs down from the winner and only 1.18 secs ahead of Gary Johnson

[ghinzani]

And Bruce Anstey gets the Supersport win, good for him.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by ghinzani

And Bruce Anstey gets the Supersport win, good for him.

Yeah really happy for the Kiwi
I'll be back to the sidecar practice from 1445 BST

[chunder]

Who cares about winning when someone has died, I am sure Anstey and the rest of the riders fel that way