McGuinness at the TT

Saturday afternoon practice now cancelled, they are looking at running tonight.

I've just arrived on the Island and to say it's miserable would be understating it.
I'm glad I'm in a Homestay and not camping.

Looks like the racing is off today.

No races but practise is on, roads close at 12.30, weather forecast is for the current dreary conditions to magically change to sunshine, based on previous visits that can happen so fingers crossed.

They have just announced another 30 min delay, it looks like it is closing in on the mountain again. A bit of a disaster really.

The lightweight practice has been cancelled even if they get to run.

McGuiness is out on the SG8 now, I took a video at Signpost but too large to upload unfortunately.

And here we are telling every one that the weather is crap and you post that!! They have just said McPint did a 124mph lap. Poor old Dunlop broke down on the superbike up the mountain and couldn't get back, a bad week for him.

Good pic.

The weather broke while they were preparing the course for action. Just a couple of hours but the course wasn't perfect. They are just desperate for track time. No casualties as far as I know thankfully. More practice tomorrow hopefully.

Keep the updates coming boys !

I need some good news from the sporting world after AJ just got a royal ass whooping from a short fat bloke who looked more like he shudda been grafting on a building site than winning the heavyweight title of the world!

All respect to Ruiz though. He won. Convincingly. And now has 3 world championship belts to his name.

Hmm, that's someones TT ruined.

Parked at the Creg bike park. Luckily the smokes going away from the course.
Now known locally as the Honda Firebrick.

Well it’s easy to be an armchair expert I know, but IMHO there are two things:

1) AJ prepared for the wrong fight. Ruiz came in low and inside and AJ just seemed totally unprepared and unpracticed for this.
2) AJ wasn’t mentally all there. Most likely he just totally underestimated Ruiz and thought it’d be a breeze, but if you watch the clips, he just doesn’t look all there, and even before he got clubbed in the head!

He’ll be back... I hope...!

John is on his second lap of SL practice. It does look and sound good.

Hickman out on one too, looking good though Ramsey.

Pictures?

Videos?

Recordings?

Come on man !!

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But no Norton's

Peter Hickman took the honours in today’s RST Superbike TT Race, which was red-flagged at just over half-distance.

After delays for a non-race medical emergency in Ramsey and an uncooperative fan at Laurel Bank, the flag dropped for Conor Cummins to get the 4-lap RST Superbike TT Race underway.

Although the ‘Ramsey Rocket’ was first on the road Dean Harrison, who led the 2018 Superbike race until his bike expired at Sulby, was the leader by Glen Helen on adjusted timing.

Peter Hickman was off to an almost equally quick start, trailing Harrison by just 1.150 seconds despite a very mixed practice week. Quattro Plant Wicked Coatings ’s James Hillier slotted into third place, ahead of Cummins, who was in turn in front of Michael Dunlop.

Honda RC213V-S mounted Michael Rutter took the exotic Batham’s Racing V-4 machine into sixth spot at Glen Helen on Lap 1.

By Ramsey on lap 1 Cummins had overhauled Hillier trailing Hickman by 3.819 seconds, otherwise the top six remained unchanged.

In very blustery conditions Harrison held his lead through the Bungalow, with a gap of 1.556 seconds over Peter Hickman, although Hickman stretched his cushion over Cummins to 4.176 seconds.

Dean’s first lap of 132.47mph was the fastest recorded lap of TT 2019 so far.

John McGuinness brought the Norton Superbike into the pits at the end of the first lap, walking away from the machine after a brief discussion with the team. Low oil pressure was diagnosed as the problem.

Derek McGee was another early retirement, touring over the line and heading back to the paddock at the end of the first circuit.

Michael Dunlop slipped to sixth, behind Michael Rutter but holding a lead of 6.294seconds over leading privateer Jamie Coward.

On the run from Glen Helen to Ballaugh Bridge – the fast and sinuous West of the TT Mountain Course – Harrison produced a phenomenal performance to extend his lead over Hickman to 4.841 seconds.

It was Hickman’s turn to produce the magic on the climb from Ramsey, by the Bungalow the gap was down to just 0.045 seconds and Cummins regained the lead on the road over Harrison.

Hickman won the race down the mountain, with a lead of 1.782 seconds coming into the pits, and held the lead through to Ballaugh.

Lee Johnston retired at the pit stop.

The race was red-flagged due to an incident at Snugborough and the result was declared shortly afterwards.

Peter Hickman won, Dean Harrison took second place and Conor Cummins held on to third.

Speaking after the race Peter confirmed he'd been riding a 'hybrid' of his Superstock bike frame and engine with Superbike front and rear ends in order to overcome issues experienced during qualifying.

And the reason for the red flag.

ACU Events Ltd regrets to confirm that Daley Mathison, 27, from Stockton on Tees, Durham was killed in an incident during the Superbike Race today at the Isle of Man TT Races. The accident occurred at Snugborough, just over 2 miles into the Course, on the 3rd lap of the race.

Daley was an experienced competitor and was seeded 19th for today’s race. He made his Mountain Course debut in the 2013 Manx Grand Prix Newcomers A Race, finishing fifth. His TT career included three consecutive podiums in the TT Zero electric bike Race in 2016, 2017 and 2018 including the runner up position in the race last year, representing Nottingham University.

He also achieved an 11th place finish in last year’s Superstock Race and a pair of 13th place finishes in the 2017 and 2018 Senior TT Races.

He set his fastest lap of the Mountain Course - 128.054mph - in the 2018 Superstock race which made him the 34th fastest rider of all time. He set the second fastest TT Zero lap ever with lap of 119.294mph in the 2018 race.

In total he started 19 TT Races with 14 finishes and 3 podiums and won 6 silver and 8 bronze replicas

ACU Events Ltd wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to Daley’s wife Natalie, his family and friends.