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10 May 2004, 22:50 (Ref:967026)
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The Gordon Bennett Trophy
100 years ago to the day, the first ever motor race was held on the Isle of Man - the Gordon Bennett Trial, 10th May 1904
That is a pretty historic event, and there were some stunning cars out today, to commemorate the event, on a fortunately lovely sunny day, driving the original circuit around the Island, the oldest being a 1906, and including a C-type Jaguar (driven very sportingly by the Lieutenant Governor Air Marshall Ian McFaddyen) right up to the more modern TVR Griffith and Aston Martin DB7 (both driven equally sportingly by Alex Lloyd!) I know I'm biased, living on the Island, but where else do you get the roads closed for these motorsport events?! It's a paradise I tell you! |
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10 May 2004, 22:55 (Ref:967033)
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More pics
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10 May 2004, 22:58 (Ref:967037)
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Sit in a chair, lift your right leg off the ground, point your toes forward and draw CLOCKWISE circles in the air with your foot. Then raise your right hand and draw the number 6 in the air with your index finger. Your foot will change direction. If you can't even do this simple coordination task, how could you drive a racing car?
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10 May 2004, 23:00 (Ref:967039)
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Alex/Sam/DB7/TVR
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10 May 2004, 23:01 (Ref:967040)
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Older even than me
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10 May 2004, 23:04 (Ref:967046)
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Sorry about all the pics, but it's not every day you see such machinery being hurled around the public roads! And some of these cars are very quick! (And some aren't)
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Sit in a chair, lift your right leg off the ground, point your toes forward and draw CLOCKWISE circles in the air with your foot. Then raise your right hand and draw the number 6 in the air with your index finger. Your foot will change direction. If you can't even do this simple coordination task, how could you drive a racing car?
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11 May 2004, 08:17 (Ref:967317)
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No need for apologies - any more pictures?!!
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11 May 2004, 08:51 (Ref:967359)
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Were you wearing one of those fetching leather helmets Mr J. The only person i have seen wearing one of those recently was Roy Chubby Brown
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19 May 2004, 13:40 (Ref:975469)
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"First ever Motor Race" ? :confused:
Certainly not the first ever in the world. Surely Bexhill and Glasgow were earlier in Britain. Could it be the first ever in the IoM? Nice set of pictures anyway. 
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19 May 2004, 23:08 (Ref:975976)
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It was indeed the first race on the Isle of Man, although for political reasons the organisers were at pains to point out that they were "trials", not "races". Despite its title, the book "TT Pioneers" by Robert Kelly tells the story of how the 1904 (and 1905) Trials came to be held on the Isle of Man. Well researched, very readable, highly illustrated with contemporary photos and an excellent source on the first incarnation of the TT (up to 1922).
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25 May 2004, 23:55 (Ref:983216)
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TT starts this weekend
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26 May 2004, 07:50 (Ref:983475)
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Thats the one for bikes,the car TT with a longer history seems to have been forgotten.
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