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Isle of Man TT
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Saturday
Practice |
| Practice Report - Martin
Sets the Pace First Practice |
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Practising
for the 2006 Isle of Man TT began, on schedule,
in sunny but blustery conditions on Saturday night
with Guy Martin setting a scorching pace as the
first rider to .......
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| Monday
Practice |
| Practice Report - Practice
Session 2 |
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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.
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| Tuesday
Practice |
| Practice Report - Martin
ups Speed Again |
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Tuesday
night’s practice session for the Isle of Man
TT started off with the fastest lap of the week
so far. Guy Martin took his Superbike Yamaha round
in 18 minutes 14.58 seconds – an average speed
of 124.09 miles an hour. |
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| Wednesday
Practice |
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Highlight
of Wednesday night’s practice session
in the Isle of Man TT meeting was not one, but
two, unofficial lap records. First of all came
news of a lap at 127.81 miles an hour by John
McGuinness, breaking – unofficially –
his own outright record of 127.68 set up two
years ago.
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| Thursday
Practice |
| Practice Report - McGuinness
Tops Windy Session |
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This
afternoon’s practice session for the Isle
of Man TT was halted when a sidecar crashed and
then went on fire. The course was opened to allow
the Fire Brigade to deal with the incident and so
that the sidecar and debris could be removed. |
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| Friday
Practice |
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Conditions
were near-perfect for Friday night’s Isle
of Man TT practice session – the last before
racing commences tomorrow. Most of the leading contenders
for honours were out and any thoughts they might
take it easy in advance of Saturday’s Superbike
race ........
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| Saturday
Races |
| Race Report - Superbike
TT |
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John
McGuinness took his total of Isle of Man TT victories
to nine when he led virtually from start to finish
to win today's Jester Interactive Superbike race
on his Honda Fireblade, in the process setting new
lap and race records as well as a new outright lap
record |
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| Monday
Races |
| Race Report - Superstock
TT |
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New
Zealander Bruce Anstey continued his dominance
of the TT Superstocks when he won the Scottish
Life International-sponsored event in the Isle
of Man today after one of the most exciting races
in the history of the meeting. It was his fifth
TT triumph. |
| Race Report - Sidecar
TT (1) |
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Nick Crowe
and Darren Hope kept the Manx flag flying when
they had a comfortable victory in this afternoon's
VisitIsleofMan.com Sidecar 'A' race in the Isle
of Man TT. It was a second win for the local
crew, after opening their account last ......
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| Wednesday
Races |
| Race Report - Supersport
TT |
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John
McGuinness swept to his second victory of Isle
of Man TT Week today when he won the Isle of Man
Steam Packet Supersport Junior TT on his Honda
after a race-long duel with Ian Hutchinson’s
Kawasaki. McGuinness took the chequered flag,
with only eight seconds in hand over his rival,
to notch-up ........ |
| Race Report Update- Supersport
TT |
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Kawasaki rider Ian Hutchinson was this evening
stripped of his second-place finish in the Isle
of Man TT Supersport race after being disqualified
on a technicality. Scrutineers discovered the
Yorkshireman's ZX6-R machine ........ |
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Race Report -
Sidecar TT (2) |
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Local
residents Nick Crowe and Darren Hope clinched
their third Isle of Man TT victory, and their
second in three days, when they led from start
to finish to win this afternoon's Hilton Hotel
and Casino Sidecar 'B' Race thus completing the
double. |
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| Friday
Races |
| Race Report - Senior
TT |
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Spectators
in the sun-kissed Isle of Man saw the fastest
race in TT history today when John McGuinness
completed his third win of the week, in the 2e2
Group Senior Race, and set up a new outright lap
record - at over 129 miles an hour! |
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