Monday 29th May
2006
Monday night’s practice in the Isle of
Man TT was held up for around an hour following a two-machine
collision right at the start of the session.
It happened on the exit from Union Mills, on the Ballahutchin
Straight – about three miles from the start -
and involved Japanese star Jun Maeda and Seamus Greene
from County Donegal. Both men were taken to hospital
by the rescue helicopter.
Jun Maeda was said to have pelvic injuries and his
condition was said to be ‘serious.’ Seamus
Greene suffered head injuries and he was said to be
‘critical.’
The practice was suspended while the road was cleared
of debris and fuel, the solo session being re-started
when this had been done. Riders were restricted to one
lap and were followed by the sidecar competitors with
Dave Molyneux and Craig Hallam recording the fastest
sidecar lap of the week so far at 114.955, equating
to a lap time of 19 minutes 41.58 seconds.
Fastest speed of the night was set up by Martin Finnegan
on his TT Superbike Honda Fireblade at 121.457 miles
an hour. Other leading speeds were – Superbikes:
Martin Finnegan 121.457; Guy Martin, Yamaha, 121.006;
Ian Lougher, Honda, 120.603. TT Superstock: Adrian Archibald,
Suzuki, 119.096; Ian Hutchinson, Kawasaki, 118.937;
John McGuinness, Honda, 118.935. TT Supersport: Guy
Martin, Yamaha, 118.055; Ian Lougher, Honda, 117.568;
Nigel Beattie, Yamaha, 115.483. Sidecars: Dave Molyneux
and Craig Hallam, Honda, 114.955; Phil Dongworth and
Stuart Castles, Ireson Yamaha, 107.528; Nick Crowe and
Darren Hope, Honda, 106.876.
A total of 220 machines went through scrutineering.
This figure was made up of 73 Superbikes, 61 Supersports,
59 Sidecars and 27 Superstocks.
Sidecar passenger James Cornell from the United States
– who was involved in a crash during Saturday
night’s practice - was described as ‘still
critical.’ He suffered multiple injuries in the
incident at May Hill, on the climb up to Ramsey Hairpin.
His driver, Doug Dano, was described as ‘fairly
comfortable.’
Also said to be fairly comfortable was travelling marshal
Keith Trubshaw who suffered fractures after sliding
off his machine on a patch of oil at Brandish on Saturday
night.
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