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Track Inspection cars swoosh past at Creg Ny Baa
The battle royale between Guy Martin (8) and Ian Hutchinson (9). Hutchinson eventually came 3rd, Martin was 4th.
The Grandstand and the Start/Finish line for the IOMTT race. Seating is for about 900 people.
James Hiller flashes past. He came 2nd averaging 130.4 mph (or 209 kmph) over the 4 lap race and completing each lap of 61 km in 17 minutes and 13 seconds on average!
The road as it goes past Creg Ny Baa and towards Brandish.
Michael Rutter screams past on his BMW S1000RR HP4.
Two riders of the Bennets Junior TT battle it out through the curve. th
Michael Russel came in 33rd and yet averaged 121 mph around the course!
Marshals at the mountain course.
Mark Parret on his BMW who came 25th.
Mathew Rees came in 48th and was just 8 minutes behind the race winner McGuinness. He averaged some 115 mph.
The Metzeler Village at the National Sports Center of the Isle of Man.
A tramcar full of people being pulled by a single horse!
A sea gull in full flight over The Nook.
Some 25ft of water comes in at high tide at the Isle of Man. The level rises in some 4 hours, stays for an hour and then recedes in another 4.
The local bus transport there.
Bikers at the Mountain Hill
May Hill with its sharp ascending right hander coming up.
During the race the riders scream through such villages at well over a 150 mph!
Hillberry curve
Visiting riders and their bikes at the town hall square.
Custom bikes on display. It is all a pretty informal affair there.
An impeccably maintained Suzuki 250 2-stroke twin.
Visiting riders enjoying the road, the sun, the weather and the passion.
METZELER and the Isle of Man TT
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The man with his tyre. Guy Martin Special Edition Metzeler RACETEC RR tyre.
RACETECTM RR is the latest road racing competition tyre developed by Metzeler using inputs from multiple successful years of participation in the TT races, especially the IOMTT. A successor of the RACETEC INTERACT, the RACETEC RR has been designed to provide excellent traction, stability and performance across a variety of riding speeds and conditions. Races like the Isle of Man TT are an excellent test-bed for new tyre compounds as the race conditions are just an extreme and highly scaled up version of the usual road conditions a normal rider subjects them to. These tyres are thus excellent for usage by any and every rider across the globe.
The RACETEC RR Guy Martin Edition is for example the exact same tyre that Guy Martin uses during the racing season. It carries the special logo on its tread. This is quite unlike what most other manufacturers do as they provide their riders with custom tyres built to specification for each race. No one can get those very tyres for his/her personal use as the ones from Metzeler.
Gary Johnson during the SuperSport race (photo courtesy Metzeler)
Ian Hutchinson during SuperSport Race 2 (photo courtesy Metzeler)
And they ride to glory.....
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