Isle of Man TT1000

[orestes]

Starting at 0930 on Thursday May 5th IBA ireland hosted the inaugural TT1000. Completing 27 laps of the 37.73 mile TT circuit in 30 hours does not seen to difficult at first glance but add in a few complications and it became a very interesting ride for some.

You can find a good report by Lynn Weller here so I'll not bother you with my poor narrative skills

Due to the bad weather I did not get the chance to take any photos during the event so here are a few before and after.

On my way to the ferry I called in at Sunderland Point to bag a bonus from the Round Britain Rally

Sunderland Point is only accessible at low tide and I only just made it back to the mainland in time.

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">Just in time

The important finishing stats

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All the laps over the mountain were in various degrees of fog. Here is the odo checkpoint at the Bungalow

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">My link

The course itself is 30 yards away and invisible. It was surprising how many cars were driving in these conditions without any lights which made the turns in and out of the pits very dangerous but thankfully there were no accidents. As there are no 24 hour gas stations on the Island there was a fuel dump here as well.

A memorial to Joey Dunlop along with a well used FJR

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">Joey

and a interested spectator in Sulby Glen

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[fljab]

Starting at 0930 on Thursday May 5th IBA ireland hosted the inaugural TT1000. <snip>

I read some on this on LDR; heard it was a real challenge with the weather!

Great reading....

 

[orestes]

I was one of the early starters and it rained at some point on all the laps but that was not too bad and easily dealt with. The main problem was the fog over the mountain, normally you would expect to make good time here with speeds generally around the 60 to 70 mark but visibility was so poor that it was difficult to maintain 30. The event had also been brought forward 24 hours due to a clash with a car rally and those who could not change their travel plans were faced with a arduous ride directly after arriving on the Island. Everybody had a great time and many new friends were made in the bar afterwards and we will remember the experience for a long time.

 

[Niehart]

Dave, just a little bit different than our Death Valley run. Thanks for taking us along. Nice write up by the Wellers.

 

[beemerdons]

Outstanding David, Thank You! I really love this photo of "Yer Maun", Joey Dunlop; Irish M/C Hero!

 

[orestes]

More photos are available here