Exxcellent post JJ. Insane race. I know in the past SpeedTV has shown some coverage of the race. Anybody out there know of schedule? I would love to see the race in person some time. I missed the MotoGP race for some reason and now I am pissed.
If only one person dies this year, we're under the average! I always knew the stat was an average of 2 deaths a year, and that figure seems to back it up.:( I think last year 2 riders AND a marshall were killed. Though from reading that story, it's still possible we'll reach the average this year:( Speed: Who knows with those idiots. They might show it. They've dropped WRC though, so who knows... All I care about right now is Le Mans! I just can't get into bike racing outside the TT, which sucks as I've been told, as an F1 fan, I'd probably love MotoGP and WSBK.
In that same interview with Joey Dunlop (which I can't seem to find a transcript of anywhere), he took the interviewer through a lap. At one part of the course he used to take a long chicane at about 170mph and on the exit, he would flick his head to the right to avoid a dry stone wall. "So there, as you're coming out, you just move your head over to one side so you can get in close to that wall and not have to lift off the throttle..." "You do WHAT?! Are you serious? What if you get that wrong?" "*laughing* My cuosin go one wrong the other week in a race, clipped a wall and lost a finger, so I suppose if I got it wrong, I'd lose me head! *laughing more*" He was a quiet man who didn't laugh much - interesting to note what did make him laugh. chuck'n'duck - you're right about it being insane, but if you ever do get to go and see it, you'll discover to your joy that it's not just one race, but a whole week of practice followed by a whole week of racing on all different classes of bike (including sidecars). If any of you really fancy going, here are the dates for coming years. Bring your bikes - they have a day when the circuit is opened up to the amateurs.
"My cuosin go one wrong" was just bad typing, not dialect.
Note that the *really* high fatality rate associated with the TT isn't the race itself, but when they let the general public loose on the course. Turns out a lot of sports bike owners bear the same relationship to shit-hot riders that most Harley owners bear to bad-asses: Only in their minds.
