Isle of Man TT: Dan Kneen killed in Superbike qualifying crash
https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/44311030
Isle of Man US TV coverage on Velocity again this year:
https://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/isle-of-man/
Schedule: https://www.iomtt.com/schedule
tag…thanks for sharing.
By far the most exciting motorsports around…crazy how small the interest is in the US with tt & F1.
I agree about TT and moto racing in general. Real racing, lots of passing, and crazy skill in one package. F1 not so much imho. The TT guys are the craziest bastards out there…period.
If you haven’t done so pick up the classic “V-Four Victory” with the late, great Joey Dunlop. Excellent film on the IOM.
Could not find that but did find this:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80079364
And this:
https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Joey-Dunlop-1952-2000/70022682?strackid=f75d85106fc4d04_1_acomplete
Racing starts tomorrow:
12:00 RST Superbike TT Race (6 Laps)
15:00 Locate.im Sidecar TT Race 1 (3 Laps)
Thanks. I enjoyed watching Road tonight.
TV coverage on Velocity channel starts today at 10pm central time nightly tonight thru June 9. Check your local listings.
Interviews and daily recap of days racing activity. Watched it last year and thought it was definitely worth it.
My DVR is set!
Balls of steel… especially the bike riders.
How would you like to be the monkey on one of those sidecars?
Here is a short snippet of the film with Joey running part of the IOM. The full length has some more in depth interviews and an onboard camera while he runs the full course. It’s been years since I first watched it and even today I still sit in awe.
I have that V-Four Victory video on my computer. Its a 35mb MP4. Not sure how I can share it? Let me know and I can try to make it happen.
I used to wear a solid yellow helmet as my bootleg Joey Dunlop replica when I was racing an RC51. I was a Shoei guy and didn’t want to buy his Arai replica. I rarely spend money on “art” but I do have this one of Joey on an RC51/SP1:
http://beachowen.blogspot.com/p/jory-at-man-24-x-18-inch.html
Directv is recording IoMTT 2018 as I type!
A good read:
Ian Hutchinson: This is why TT riders are not like normal people
By Tom Rostance, BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/44083363
Todays motorcycles are stupid fast.
Peter Hickman smashed the record at +135mph average round the course. Amazing!
Clip of his 2017 lap: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOZwHD7nrAY](What the ???)
A lap through VR headsets would be F&*#!n awesome!!!