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Wow... Michael Dunlop has now won his 27th TT, surpassing his uncle Joey's record that has stood at 26 wins for more than two decades. The new and undisputed "King of the Mountain".
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^^^ Freeze frame looks like Km/hr. 153 mph
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Yup. KPH. Maximum speeds just top 200 mph along the Sulby Straight, on the west side of the island, about halfway up. Just north of Kirk Michael, just south of Ramsey, where they turn around to head back south, up and over the mountain. They get some pretty impressive speeds over the mountain as well, where the country opens up a bit. I think the current course record is something over 136 mph average, held by Peter Hickman. That guy is a beast. Utterly fearless.
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Those guys spend months on a simulator.
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Most of the really fast guys actually live there, and ride the course year round. There are no speed limits outside of the towns, so they can ride at a pretty good pace any time they like.
Most who don't actually live there arrive a week before formal practice starts. Formal practice, with roads closed, lasts for a week before the qualifying begins. They all very much "creep up on it" over the course of practice and then qualifying. Every one of them says it takes them awhile, no matter how many times they have been there, to work up to race pace. It's a real mind game, for obvious reasons. Every time they go out may be their last. That thought is always there... |
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Wow, what a week. Michael Dunlop comes away with his 28th TT win, beating uncle Joey by two. Davey Todd wins his first ever TT early in the week, then caps it off with a win in the Senior, the "brass ring" that they are all there hoping to grab.
Best of of all, everyone had to fork over for that return ticket on the ferry. A very good year. |
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