The UK-based South African rider Hudson Kennaugh will join America’s Mark Miller onboard a pair of Aprilia RSV4s to tackle the world famous road race as it celebrates its Centenary year. Kennaugh will fly out to the island on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon after he contests Round Four of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship [...]
During the traditional Olympic flame tour before the World Games, the symbolic fire will make a stop at the Isle of Man. The flame will head to the Isle of Man on its way to London for the start of the 2012 Olympic Games. Officials have confirmed that torch will burn at the Isle of [...]
The Isle of Man Government Department of Economic Development has confirmed that there will be a ‘Day of Champions’ in the TT Races Paddock as part of the 2011 Mountain Course Centenary celebrations. The event will take place on Thursday 9th June between 12pm and 3pm and will feature a series of interviews with leading [...]
The new Isle of Man TT Documentary, TT3D: Closer to the Edge, had a huge opening weekend. The new TT documentary is the highest grossing documentary in the UK since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. The new TT film, which brought in about £313,000 ($520,000) at the box office this weekend, putting it in the box [...]
Legendary Motorsport commentator Murray Walker, whose father Graham competed in the TT from 1920 to 1934 and won the 1931 Lightweight class, has confirmed that he will be attending the 2011 TT Races, fueled by Monster Energy, as part of the celebrations for the Mountain Course’s Centenary. A collection of some of the most iconic [...]
When motorcycle racing is mentioned, one race which will always come to mind, even with many non-riders, is the Isle of Man TT. The event is legendary in almost every corner of Earth, and maybe beyond if some television shows are to be believed. For many, though, no matter how much they may want to [...]
It should be an exciting year for the sidecar race at the Isle of Man TT. Three former world champions will be participating in the sidecar races this year, including the Birchall brothers, Tim Reeves, and Klaus Klaffenbock. Former World Champions Ben and Tom Birchall will be returning to the mountain course after a year [...]
Rico Penzkofer will be returning to the Isle of Man TT this year after a superb performance in 2010. The German will be embarking on his third year in the TT, and he is aiming for top 10 finishes. Penzkofer came less than a tenth of a second short of lapping at 125 mph around [...]
Ryan Farquhar has already won an Isle of Man TT race, but he wants to have that feeling again in 2011. Farquhar will be racing with his KMR Racing Team this year, and he says that all the pieces are in place for him to take another TT victory. “The last two seasons have been [...]
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