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Steve Hislop | TT Win #9 | 1992 Isle of Man TT | Senior Race
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They were great friends and even greater rivals. Steve Hislop and Carl Fogarty formed one of the most talented rivalries in TT history. A latter day Agostini and Hailwood. Sometimes team mates, often competing against each other, “Hizzy” and “Foggy” dazzled the crowds and brought a magical mix of excitement, fun and drama into the TT paddock.
Their crowning glory was the 1992 Senior TT Race – voted by the fans as "The Greatest Race" in TT history. Both riders put everything on the line for victory and celebrated the result together late into the night.
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TT 2023 started strong with scorching weather in qualifying week providing the perfect conditions for fast laps and incredible on-track action. With TT legend Michael Dunlop laying down the gauntlet at the end of qualifying with an unofficial outright lap record, the six day race week schedule promised to be one for the history books and it's fair to say to that TT certainly delivered on that promise.
Lap records were broken throughout race week in almost every class with the most surprising coming from Peter Hickman who set a new outright lap record with a 136.358mph lap in the final Superstock race.
In the sidecars, the Birchall’s once again dominated the class taking two comfortable wins whilst Peter Hickman and Michael Dunlop took four wins each on the solos. Dunlop’s four win took his overall total to 25, placing him as the second most successful TT rider ever, just one victory behind his uncle Joey.
The 2023 review will feature all of the best footage from this year's TT+ live stream alongside other footage including some awesome on-bike recordings.
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One of the exciting additions to our Isle of Man TT viewing locations in 2023, the Milntown VIP Grandstand is a must for anyone looking to get up close to the racing. Located on the outskirts of Ramsey on the fast run up to Parliament Square, Milntown offers guests an unforgettable view with riders passing just inches away from the extensive viewing platform at unbelievable speeds.
Apart from bordering over 200 metres of TT Course, Milntown is also one of the Island’s stately homes and guests will have access to the prestigious 15-acre property and grounds with their VIP ticket. All day catering and refreshments are also included in Milntown’s hospitality suite.
It’s worth visiting just to see the Estate’s collection of classic cars and bikes including the Freddie Dixon Banking Sidecar - the first ever winner of the Sidecar TT in 1923.
Ticket Includes:
- Milntown lanyard with ticket pouch and Milntown Estate map
- Buffet style big breakfast roll
- BBQ buffet style lunch
- Assortment of afternoon tea cakes with unlimited tea, coffee and water
- Three inclusive alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages
- Private viewing of Milntown's rare vintage motor vehicles including the Freddie Dixon Banking Sidecar
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free onsite parking for the day
- Milntown VIP Grandstand opens an hour before each session starts, please arrive at the site with your digital ticket prior to road closure.
Milntown can also be accessed by one of the special TT Buses which travel around the course. The nearsest stop is located just 60m further down the main road from the main entrance to the estate grounds.
If you are travelling to the viewing location using your own vehicle, there is plenty of parking available on the estate grounds. Please be aware however that you will not be able to get your vehicle out of the site until the roads reopen after the race session ends.
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At the 1973 Isle of Man TT road races it was not a new star, but rather an old campaigner, Australian Jack Findlay, who was the popular winner of the Senior, riding a Suzuki twin.
Mick Grant made all the early running on the 352cc Yamaha, leading Findlay and Peter Williams's Arter Matchless. On lap three Grant crashed on some oil going into Parliament Square, Ramsey, and his Yamaha was too badly damaged for him to continue. Findlay pulled away from Williams in the letter stages as the Matchless single struck problems, and had over a minutes to spare at the finish, with Charlie Sanby third, riding another Suzuki twin.
Grant's week of bad luck started in the Junior, while he also led on his Yamaha. His chances of a first TT victory were wrecked when he had a 12-minutes pit stop to replace a broken fairing bracket, and Tony Rutter took over to secure his maiden TT win, with Ken Huggett second and John Williams third.
Another first-time TT winner that week was Charlie Williams, who became the latest of the new TT breed by winning the four-lap 250cc race after a tremendous battle with namesake John. At the finish Charlie held a 25-second advantage over John, with Bill Rae third.
Completing the list of new winners was another old campaigner, Tommy Robb. After fifteen year of trying he won a TT in his last race on the Island, triumphing in the 125cc event. He was a late replacement for the injured Chas Mortimer on the Yamaha, but led from start to finish from Dutchman Jan Kostwinder and Lincolnshire-based Neil Tuxworth.
Norton secured their first TT victory for 12 long years in a magnificent five-lap Formula 750 race. Peter Williams, riding the John Player-sponsored monocoque machine, was a brilliant winner, setting the second-fastest TT lap ever at 107.27mph. Jack Findley, riding the fast but unwieldy 750cc Suzuki triple, chased hard, but retired with gearbox trouble on the last lap at Quarterbridge, leaving Mick Grant to complete a Norton one-two in front of Tony Jefferies's Triumph.
The Williams/Norton combination looked the likely winner of the 750cc class of the Production race. Peter had Jefferies by 8.2 seconds going into the third and last lap, but then broke down. Despite torrential rain Jefferies made it to the chequered flag ahead of John Williams and David Nixon.
The heavy rain produced a dramatic last lap in the 500cc class when leader Stan Woods stopped at the Bungalow on his T500 Suzuki. Bill Smith took over, although his Honda was only firing on two cylinders in the deluge. Smith staggered on to win, with Woods drying out to finish second from Kawasaki-mounted Keith Martin. The 250cc class was even closer, with Charlie Williams winning his first TT race after a tremendous scrap with Eddie Roberts, Tommy Robb and Peter Courtney.
The World Championship stars did not turn their backs on the two sidecar races. Klaus Enders and his BMW led both the 500cc and 750cc races from start to finish. BMW teammate Siggi Schauzu was second in both. More significant was the third place of Rolf Steinhausen in the 500cc race aboard a Konig-engined outfit. The two-strokes had arrived in the sidecar class and the end of BMW domination was in sight.
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Following a three year absence, the return of the Isle of Man TT promised to be nothing short of epic, history-making action and no one could argue that the 2022 event didn’t deliver on this promise.
From the awesome on-track battles between Peter Hickman and Michael Dunlop to the controversial tyre issues throughout the fortnight, TT 2022 was filled with plenty of drama and all the action any road racing fan could ask for.
The 2022 TT Review is the most comprehensive review we’ve ever produced, utilising the best footage from the new ‘live’ feed along with other footage of the race including some awesome, heart-stopping on-board recordings. Accompanying this footage, is the expert commentary of the four strong team of Dave Moore and Andrew Coley plus TT star riders Cameron Donald and David ‘Davo’ Johnson.
On top of this action the review also includes a 43-minute long documentary celebrating the Honda Fireblade at the TT featuring John McGuinness MBE, Phil McCallen, Ian Hutchinson and Steve Plater as well a number of pre-race features providing further insight into the background of the 2022 event.
Smart's greatest claim to fame was winning the Imola 200 on a Ducati in 1972, however, he also tasted success at the Isle of Man TT in the late '60s and early 1970s.
His first visit to the TT podium came in 1967 as he took his Norton Dominator to second place to Triumph's John Hartle in that year's 750cc Production race.
He was back on the same step in 1969's edition of the 750cc Production TT, again finishing behind a Triumph, this time piloted by Malcolm Uphill.
The final success at the Isle of Man TT came in 1970's Junior TT, this time finishing ahead of Uphill by over two minutes.
Paul's last TT appearance, in 1974, ended in disappointing retirements from both the Senior and Formula 750 TT Races.
Away from the Isle of Man Paul found great success on short circuits, competing for Triumph in the inaugural years of the Formula 750 championship, as well as tasting the life on the road as part of the 'Continental Circus,' earning seven Grand Prix podium results along the way.
Paul Smart leaves behind wife Maggie and children Scott and Paula.
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The new race meeting will be run under the strict event regulations stipulated by the sports’ governing body, the ACU (Auto Cycle Union), through which all UK motorcycle sport is administered. With road safety at the heart of the Diamond Races, the organisers will strive to highlight the paramount importance of safe road use, with meticulous attention paid to the safety of riders, spectators and officials, whilst incorporating a strategy to promote road safety.
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On an island known for its remarkable coastline and just two hours from central London door to door, the Diamond Races is set to take place on a 12.4 mile-long course in the south of the Isle of Wight. Shining a spotlight on the island’s natural beauty and on roads already acclaimed as being some of the best and most enjoyable in the world, the road-race boasts a course through the picturesque villages of Chale, Kingston, Shorwell and Brighstone as well as a fast 5-mile coastal stretch along the military road.
The new race meeting will be run under the strict event regulations stipulated by the sports’ governing body, the ACU (Auto Cycle Union), through which all UK motorcycle sport is administered. With road safety at the heart of the Diamond Races, the organisers will strive to highlight the paramount importance of safe road use, with meticulous attention paid to the safety of riders, spectators and officials, whilst incorporating a strategy to promote road safety.
This event has been developed in lockstep with the local Isle of Wight council and experts from the motorcycle racing fraternity, and both the Diamond Races team and the Isle of Wight council are excited to confirm the planned road race event will take place from in October 2021, with two practice days on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by the time-trial feature races staged on a Saturday.
The exact event date will be announced after the 2021 British Superbike calendar is published. Planned to become a regular motorcycle race meeting and end-of-season celebration, the event will take place a week after the British Superbike season traditionally wraps up at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, welcoming Superbike, Supersport and lightweight machines, along with a sidecar demonstration and an electric motorcycle category to follow in the future.
In addition to the feature races, there will also be a mass participation event for motorcyclists to take to the Diamond Races course, led by renowned road riders, to experience the thrill of road racing on safe, closed and controlled roads, which will also play a key role in promoting road safety and consideration to the Diamond Races audience.
The Diamond Races has a world-leading team behind it, not only with huge names from the motorcycle road racing industry, but also boasting a globally-experienced business team with notable digital, technology and event management expertise to make the event possible, and working in close conjunction with the Isle of Wight council to host the event with full local support.
Some of the key players include Gary Thompson MBE (Isle of Man TT Clerk of the Course), Steve Plater (past Isle of Man TT Senior winner and ex British Champion), Neil Tuxworth (ex-Honda Racing Manager) as well as James Kaye (ex- British Touring Car Championship driver and Diamond Races co-founder) and Matt Neal (three-time British Touring Car Champion and Honda UK ambassador).
This will be the first time in history that a professional road race has taken place on the Isle of Wight, and being within such easy reach of the 17 million people who are estimated to live in the UK’s heavily- populated London & South East region, the Diamond Races will attract both seasoned racing enthusiasts and first-time road racing spectators to the island.
Away from the course, the Isle of Wight has many other attractions that families and holidaymakers can enjoy whilst visiting. Being held in October - traditionally the end of the tourist season for the Isle of Wight - Britain’s “sunshine island” will certainly benefit from a boost to the local economy with another pillar of entertainment to accompany the popular Isle of Wight Music Festival (June) and the long-established Cowes Week (August).
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Although MV had withdrawn from Grand Prix racing, they provided Gary Hocking with 'private machines' for the Senior and Junior, but incredibly it was the single-cylinder Nortons that stole the glory.
Hocking stormed away early on in the Senior Race on the MV and by the end of the third lap, led the 'singles' brigade headed by Hailwood's Manx Norton. The Rhodesian then made a long pit stop to try and rectify a sticking throttle, returning to the fray down in fifth place.
He was forced to retire at the end of the fifth lap when the throttle stuck wide open again and Hailwood went on to win from Bob McIntyre and the Norton Domiracer twin of Tom Phillis. Mike's stunning race average of 100.60mph was the first at over the hundred mark achieved on a single-cylinder machine.
The 2018 TT races ended in superb fashion as fans were treated to an epic Senior Race duel between Peter Hickman and Dean Harrison. Harrison led the race for five and a half of the six laps and it looked like the race was his, but Hickman had other ideas and on the sixth lap, he was faster over the Mountain section, managing to overturn a 3.7s deficit at Glen Helen into a lead of 0.8s at the Bungalow.
Hickman took the victory by only two seconds from Harrison with Conor Cummins thrid and he also smashed the race record by 48.064s to set a stunning lap record speed of 135.452mph.
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It seems almost unbelievable that Joey can sound so calm as he explains how he maintains such a mind boggling pace. We join Joey as he talks us through his favourite section of the course.
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He briefly lost the lead when Honda-mounted Mick Grant completed a lightning-quick fuel stop, but Dunlop soon redressed the balance, setting the new record on his last lap. Grant was second, with Honda teammate Ron Haslam third.
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In 2018, Peter Hickman claimed his first victory at the Isle of Man TT Races when he took a sensational RL360 Superstock victory by 4.4s from Michael Dunlop with Dean Harrison in third.
The race saw the top three swap positions throughout, but a stunning new lap record from Peter Hickman of 134.403mph on his final lap, just outside Harrison’s outright lap record from Saturday’s RST Superbike race, enabled the Burton upon Trent rider to come home in a new race record, some 58.7s quicker than the old mark.
In this clip we join the race on the final lap as Hickman, Dunlop and Harrison gave it everything they had over the mountain section in pursuit of the race win.
Suzuki's Mick Grant was the early leader, with Haslam pushing him hard until Grant's machine expired on the fifth lap. His demise left Haslam with a comfortable ride to victory ahead of Joey Dunlop and the impressive New Zealander Dave Hiscock aboard a Suzuki.
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In 1978, multiple World Champion Mike Hailwood returned to the iconic 37.73-mile TT course, after a self-imposed 11 year absence from the world famous circuit. Few doubted Hailwood still possessed the legendary skill which had brought him 12 TT wins, but a comeback at 38, after more than a decade away, was still a daunting prospect.
With a fine handling, but under-powered Ducati V-Twin at his disposal, Mike the Bike went head-to-head with fellow great Phil Read, riding the much faster 4 cylinder Honda in the opening race of the TT festival. Amazingly, Hailwood roared to victory in the Formula One race!
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In the 350cc Junior race Phil Read had joined Agostini in the MV team, but dropped out on the second lap with gearbox trouble as the Italian overwhelmed his rivals once again. Tony Rutter, another name for the future, produced his first 100 mph lap to pip Mick Grant, who ran out of petrol on the line, for second place.
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His duel with Giacomo Agostini in the Diamond Jubilee Senior is still regarded by many experts as the greatest TT race of all time. He had met Agostini head on in the Junior race earlier in the week and the stage was set for an epic showdown in the main event.
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Join the teams as they prepare for practice, experience first-hand the mechanical woes and the stomach-churning tension as teams, friends and family wait for riders to return from the fabled 37¾-mile Mountain Circuit. Out on the road, the riders are on their own, but this film allows you to join their personal battles, using staggering on-board and trackside footage.
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Despite a productive practice, Roger's TT was a frustrating affair - DNFs in both the F1 and Senior. It was to be the last TT for the 1986 Senior TT winner.
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The Iain Duffus charge to victory ended at Cronk-ny-Mona on the final lap, leaving David Jefferies to take the chequered flag at a record 119.50mph by 25.7 seconds from Jason Griffiths with Phillip McCallen in third place.
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We join John at Ginger Hall on the very special Chrysalis AMDM720, as he talks us through the very bumpy section of the course heading towards Ramsey and up on to the mountain section of the course.
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In 1951, Bill Lomas gained the first of nine TT Silver Replicas, two of which were coveted winners versions in 1955. Riding machines as diverse as the sedate Royal Enfield to the ‘works’ Velocette and AJS singles to the multi cylinder MV Agusta's and the legendary Guzzi V8, he was to win back to back 350cc world championships in 1955 and 1956 on the Italian Guzzi single cylinder bikes.
His double victory of 1955 was achieved, firstly in the Junior TT, on the single cylinder Guzzi held on the Mountain Course, he had a race long dual with Bob McIntyre on his Joe Potts prepared Norton, and had to break the lap record on his seventh and final circuit to gain what was to be the first Junior win for a foreign make of machine!
This footage from 1998 features the first ever on-bike recording from the rare 1950s 500cc Moto Guzzi V8 motorcycle, which achieved top speeds of nearly 180mph back in 1957!
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We take a look back at the Senior race as John Surtees dominated and took the win from the Norton's of Bob Anderson and Bob Brown at an race average of 98.63 mph.
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Once described as a rider who could ‘win anywhere on anything’ it was on the public road courses that Tony excelled, especially on the Snaefell TT Mountain Course in the Isle of Man where he won seven TT Races between 1973 and 1985. The man from the West Midlands also claimed four Formula Two World Championships that was cut short by a horrific accident in Montoric Park, Spain in 1985 – although he recovered and continued to ride in the TT until 1991.
Current TT star and son, Michael Rutter, has released this statement:
“It is with sadness that after a period of poor health, dad passed away earlier today. I was with him when he died at about 2am and he was very peaceful.
“It makes me smile how dad lived his life exactly how he wanted to and how he got away with so much.
“He will probably be best remembered for winning the world TT-F2 championship four times on a Ducati, as well as seven Isle of Man TT wins, nine North West 200 wins, and two British championship titles during his 22 year career.
“I’d like to say a big thank you to his carers for taking such good care of him and all his fans and supporters.”
We celebrate Tony's wonderful career with this clip from the 1985 Isle of Man TT Formula 2 Race, which he won on the awesome sounding Ducati. May he ride in peace.
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Top motorcycle journalist and commentator Chris Carter, sadly passed away on Thursday 28th November. Chris's witty style and informative commentary became a huge part of motorcycle films over the years as we look back in this clip to the famous 'V Four Victory' film about road racing where Chris interviewed Joey Dunlop.
In 1961 MV failed to win a race and it was Honda who showed great to secure their first TT win with Mike Hailwood who also became the first rider in the history of the TT to win three races in one week.
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The first ever TT race was actually held on the lesser known 'short course' back in 1907, which started and finished in St Johns, just up the road from Ballacraine corner. Here's a classic throwback clip featuring those vintage TT days where it all began!
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Over 37 miles, the course follows a sinuous route along public roads as it loops all the way around – and over – the picturesque Manx countryside.
Racing has taken place on these famous roads for over a century, and once a year the hills and valleys resound to the throb of classic engines.
The official review of the 2019 event includes highlights of all the races, ranging from 500cc GP replicas from the '50s and '60s through to "modern" 750cc superbikes from the 1990s.
Steve Hislop was a major focus of the festivities in 2019, as his incredible legacy was commemorated.
Whatever your favourite era this review will give you a treat for your eyes - and your ears - as the Isle of Man celebrates its rich racing history.
Get set for a nostalgia-laden trip back to the golden-era of motorcycle racing with the Isle of Man Classic TT Presented by Bennetts.
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