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COMMENTATOR 1: Peter Hickman
through the Bungalow.

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Dean Harrison has got through.

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Peter Hickman leads!

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Peter Hickman leads

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a tenth of a second
ahead of Dean Harrison.

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He's five seconds
inside the lap record,

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so 135 miles is on.

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COMMENTATOR 2:
I think they've both have
been hurt by lap traffic,

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but now it's down to them.

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They've both got a clear run
off the Mountain.

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How are these cards
going to fall?

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COMMENTATOR 1: I think
it's gonna go at this pace,

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it has to go
135 miles an hour.

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[ENGINE REVVING]

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We count them as fives now,
don't we?

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His lap 120,

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Dave Jefferies 125,

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John McGuinness 130.

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Will it be Dean Harrison?

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Will it be Peter Hickman
with 135 miles an hour?

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Oh!

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COMMENTATOR 2: Dean Harrison
using all the road on the way
into Governor's Dip.

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He can't waste a second.

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He will have his teeth grit,

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he won't be blinking,
he won't be taking a breath

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as he crosses the line
to finish his Senior TT.

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COMMENTATOR 1: Dean Harrison
crosses the line.

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We've got to wait
for Peter Hickman.

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COMMENTATOR 2: Peter Hickman,
traffic again.

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This could cost him dearly.

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COMMENTATOR 1:
Not only just one,
but he's got two.

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This could be
Dean Harrison's race.

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Oh, Hickman out
from under the trees.

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COMMENTATOR 2: Oh, no,
that's a cruel blow
for Pete Hickman.

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COMMENTATOR 1: Here comes Peter Hickman across the line.

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He wins the Senior TT

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at 135.4 miles an hour!

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We've witnessed history!

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NARRATOR:
And history is something

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the Isle of Man TT races
have plenty of.

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Even the names
associated with the course

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have a special ring
about them.

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Bray Hill, Quarterbridge,

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Ballaugh Bridge,
to name but a few.

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As well as the landmarks,

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there are the legends who are
synonymous with the TT.

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Woods,

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Duke,

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Surtees,

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Hailwood,

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Agostini,

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Dunlop,

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Hislop,

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Jefferies,

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and McGuinness.

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The oldest sporting event
on the motorsport calendar,

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it's also one of,
if not the most dangerous.

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At 37.75 miles in length,

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there is nothing else
on the planet quite like it.

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Even the purpose-built
Nurburgring in Germany,

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which was inspired by the TT,

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measures just 14 miles
in comparison.

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With something like 250 bends,

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corners and kinks to negotiate

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at speeds approaching
200 miles an hour,

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it is the ultimate test
of man and motorcycle.

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Creating the most famous
bike race on the planet

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wasn't on the agenda
when the Auto-Cycle Club met

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early in 1907 to lay out
plans for the first TT.

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In Britain at this time,

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the Red Flag Act
had been repealed

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and motorcycles had
the freedom of the highways,

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as long as they didn't go faster than 20 miles per hour.

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Naturally, many motorcyclists,
as well as car drivers,

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wanted to exceed this speed

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and also compete against
each other in races.

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So, apart from a couple
of special racing circuits

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and the use of private land
like airfields,

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most racing took place
on the continent,

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where there were
few restrictions.

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The Isle of Man was already
a popular tourist location,

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but many in
the island believed

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they could attract
even more visitors

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due to the speed rules

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which were in place
across the UK.

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The Manx authorities
had already allowed the RAC

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to hold car races in 1905.

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The tranquility of
Douglas Harbour was disturbed

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by this first invasion
of the racing fraternity.

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These were tests to choose
who would represent Britain

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the international
Gordon Bennett races

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which were to be held
in France.

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The actual circuit used
most of the decent roads

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in the Isle of Man,

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and attracted
the rich and famous.

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The cars at first
were mostly Napiers,

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Wolseleys and Dereks.

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Freddie Straight was
the leading light
of the ACC

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and was one of
the main organizers
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and decided the full course
used by the cars

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would be considered
too tough for the bikes.

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So a shorter layout in the west of the island was chosen.

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Starting at St. John's,

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there would be
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one for
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and one for multi-cylinders.

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That first event attracted
an entry of 18 singles

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and seven twins.

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The single race was a battle

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between the Triumphs
of Hulbert and Marshall,

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and the Collier brothers
on their Matchless machines.

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The multi-race was
a much more open affair.

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It would prove
to be dusty, noisy,

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and accompanied by a series
of falls and breakdowns.

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And when the dirt settled,

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Charlie Collier, one of
the organizers of the event,

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had managed to pedal his way
ahead of the two Triumphs

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who didn't have
this extra foot power.

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There were eight
single finishes,

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but only three twins
managed to finish,

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with Rem Fowler first across the line on his Norton.

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He had to stop to change plugs
on 12 occasions.

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Rembrandt became
quite the celebrity.

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The following year,
pedals were removed

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and because of clashes
with normal traffic
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marshals were sworn in

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as special constables to help with the course safety.

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By 1909, the TT was now
one combined race

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for singles up to 500cc,

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and twins up to 750cc.

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Speeds and reliability
were improving,

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and Harry Bowen
on his BAT twin

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increased the lap record
to 53.15 miles an hour

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before crashing on
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wooden boards at Ballacraine.

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They were
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to help riders
negotiate the bend.

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1911 was a milestone
in TT history

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with the introduction
of the four-inch course

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which saw bikes
race over the Mountain
for the first time.

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Control of the event
was also handed over
to the ACU.

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The following year saw
a number of manufacturers

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threaten to boycott the races

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after the death 12 months
earlier of Victor Surridge.

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However, the riders themselves insisted on racing

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and by 1912, the Scott team

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were just one
of the manufacturers

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realizing the impact
TT results were having
on motorcycle sales.

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Special race shops
were now a feature

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in most factories.

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The works teams were out
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and because of
the previous fatalities,

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crash helmets
were now compulsory.

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The start was moved
to the top of Bray Hill,

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a short distance
from where it starts today.

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That year will also
be remembered

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for Frank Walker being killed

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when he crashed after finishing third in the Junior.

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He turned the corner
onto Ballanard Road

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and bravely laid his bike down

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with fatal consequences

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when he saw the road
blocked by people

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celebrating Cyril Pullin's
victory in the Senior.

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Oliver Godfrey was another star who'd fought many TT battles

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since his first ride
in 1907,

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but now had a much bigger
fight on his hands

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as war was declared.

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Sadly, he was one of the many
brave young men

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who gave their lives
for their country

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in the hell that was
the 1914-18 war.

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Racing resumed in 1920

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with a new Mountain
circuit layout,

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including, for the first time,

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the section from Cronk-ny-Mona

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to the new start-finish line
on Glencrutchery Road

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via Signpost
and Governor's Bridge.

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A telephone link had also
been laid around the course

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to report more accurately
on the riders' progress.

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Cyril Williams,
who had been second in 1914

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looked to have
the race sewn up,

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but lost his transmission
at the top of the Mountain.

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By a combination
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pushing, and sheer guts,

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he still managed to push
over the line to win.

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And, not surprisingly,

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more sprightly
Jack Watson-Bourne was second

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while the Senior was won
by Tommy DeLaHaye

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on a Sunbeam.

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As the Auto-Cycle Union
officials pose for a picture,

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the Sunbeam machines,
one of twelve works teams,

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are busy preparing the bikes
for Alec Bennett.

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1922, and the Scott riders
arrive on the island

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with a new young rider
in the team, Jimmy Simpson.

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This was also the first time

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the circuit we know today
was used.

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Previously, bikes left
Parliament Square
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but now they used May Hill
for the first time

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when the owner of Cruickshank's

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finally allowed racing
through his land.

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Making his TT debut that year

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was Stanley Woods on a Cotton.

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WOODS:
The first year I went there,

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the Mountain Road
from Ramsey

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as far as Creg-ny-Baa
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and gravel.

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And on that upper reach
it was sand only,

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rutted, with grass growing
on the top of the ruts.

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And there was no fencing
on either side of the road.

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I would say it was hardly
more than ten feet wide.

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If two cars met,
it was a job to pass.

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You had to get down
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NARRATOR: Stanley Woods
won the Junior TT of 1923

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while Freddie Dixon,
third in the Senior,

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added a chair,
a wheel and a passenger

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to contest the first-ever
Sidecar TT.

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His Douglas outfit
was a revelation.

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The 14 outfits who competed
were an instant hit

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with the thousands
of spectators who lined
the Mountain Course

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for the three-lap race.

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Victory for Freddie Dixon
and passenger Walter Perry,

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and a celebratory cigarette.

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1925 was the debut year
for Tommy Bullus

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when Wal Handley
became the first rider

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to win two races in a week.

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BULLUS: I came to
know Wal in about 1927

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when we were at Brooklands
together for a long period.

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Hey was a very nice man

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and a very fine rider,

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inclined to break machines
rather than finish.

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He was a very,
very good rider indeed.

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Eventually, of course,

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Wal, he was killed
in an airplane crash

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during the early part
of the war.

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NARRATOR:
The Senior race, 1926,

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and number one Howard Davies,
last year's winner

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on the HRD machine
he designed himself.

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It was the year of the first
serious foreign challenge

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with Bianchi, Garelli,
and Guzzi all taking part.

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The Lightweight race produced

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one of the first major
international incidents
of the TT,

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when Pietro Ghersi
was excluded

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for using an illegal sparkplug.

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The race winner
was Paddy Johnston.

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Tragedy struck in 1927
when Archie Birkin died,

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having collided
with a delivery cart

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at the bends
now named after him.

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So, come the following year,

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the roads were closed
to normal traffic.

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Consequently, practice speeds
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The 1930s began
with total domination
by the Rudge factory,

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while the international
flavor expanded

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with entries
from 20 countries.

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Murray Walker's father,
Graham,

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cleans up winner Tyrell-Smith
before planting a smacker,

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while second man Ernie Nott
keeps well clear.

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It's a Rudge one-two-three.

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The Senior proved
to be a similar story

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with a win for Wal Handley

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from the boisterous
Graham Walker.

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The Lightweight
saw the first TT win

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for popular Scotsman
Jimmy Guthrie.

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Incidentally,
the money on offer

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for winning the Senior
in 1930

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was 200 pounds,

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a figure which didn't increase by a single penny until 1971

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following the formation

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of the Grand Prix
Riders' Association.

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Jimmy Simpson achieved
his own personal record

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by becoming the first man
to lap the island

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at 60, 70,
and 80 miles an hour.

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1932 had a royal visitor

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with Prince George
talking to Wal Handley,

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who was later to crash on the corner named after him.

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He retired from racing
after riding in 28 races

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over a period of 13 years.

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Both Junior and Senior races
fell to the combination

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of Stanley Woods and Norton,

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despite yet another lap record
by the unlucky Jimmy Simpson.

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Here's Woods, 19,

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on the Norton
at Governor's Bridge,

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on his way to completing
the double.

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Woods chose to ride Husqvarna
the following year,

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but Norton continued
their winning ways

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with Jimmy Guthrie
completing his first double.

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Woods had run out of fuel

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while leading just
eight miles from the finish.

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So a great win
for Jimmy Guthrie

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and an even more popular
victory for another Jimmy,

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Simpson, in the 250.

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12 months later,
and Woods was
on a V-twin again,

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this time the Moto Guzzi.

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He trailed Guthrie
by 26 seconds

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after the penultimate lap,

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and it looked like
the race was over.

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However, the Irishman
had gambled with
a one-pitstop strategy,

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and crossed the line
without pulling over
for his final circuit.

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By this point,

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Guthrie was already
halfway around his lap,

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having started with
a much higher number.

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When he finished the race,
he was declared the winner

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as no one could
see him being beaten.

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Woods, though,
had other ideas

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and crossed the line

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with a record speed
of 85.53 miles an hour

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to take victory
by just four seconds.

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It was also the first time
a twin had won

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since Scott in 1913.

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Stanley was a great hero
at the time,

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and a certain
Lancashire comedian

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also turned his attention
to the Isle of Man

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by way of the pictures.

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♪ Coming on the TV

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♪ Riding in the TT races

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♪ Easier than hopscotch

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♪ Meeting all
the top-notch aces

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♪ I've been riding all me life

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♪ I started quite small

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♪ I've ridden...

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NARRATOR: George Formby's film
No Limit

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confirmed the ever-increasing
popularity of the TT,

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which was indisputably

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the world's premier
motorcycle race.

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♪ Down the hill I go

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In 1936, Freddie Frith
and Jimmy Guthrie

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took the Junior and Senior
on their Nortons,

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with roles reversed
the following year,

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as Frith won the Senior
and Guthrie the Junior.

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Sadly, Jimmy was killed
later that year

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at the Sachsenring,

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and such was his popularity,

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a memorial was created
in his honor

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on top of the mountain
he so loved.

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1938 saw Woods win the Junior

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and Harold Daniell,
the Senior.

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And Ewald Kluge took
the German DKW to victory

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in the Lightweight.

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As usual, success was
toasted in the magazines,

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but as the 1939 races
approached,

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a dark shadow was
creeping over Europe.

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The German challenge
in the races was very strong,

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with NSU, DKW,

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and BMW works machines
out in full force,

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as well as a strong
Italian presence.

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Stanley Woods flew the flag
for Britain

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and, of course, Ireland
with a win in the Junior,

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his tenth victory.

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00:15:54,263 --> 00:15:56,058
But Benelli took
the Lightweight honors

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with Ted Mellors.

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while Georg Meier
and Jock West took their
super-charged BMWs

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to first and second place
in the Senior,

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a victory subdued
by the death in practice

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of teammate Karl Gall.

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After the Second World War,

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motorcycles were taken
out of mothballs.

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Petrol was scrounged
from wherever possible

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and as normal service
resumed,

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the thoughts turned to what
lay across the Irish Sea.

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So the Isle of Man
was back in action

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with first,
the Manx Grand Prix in 1946,

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and the following year,
the TT races proper.

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As the 1947 race week started,

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there was a happy mixture
of new and old faces,

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but of course, sadly,
many were missing.

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Low octane petrol,

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which was pooled by all
the major oil companies

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meant lower speeds,

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but no lack of effort,

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with the Clubman's TT introduced for the first time.

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Two years later, and the TT
hosted the British round

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of the newly-formed
world championships.

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1950, and former TT winner
Graham Walker

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was now a racing commentator.

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[GRAHAM SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]

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GRAHAM: And here
is Quarterbridge.

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The bottom of Bray Hill,

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the same long,
long right-hand sweep.

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He tried to take
a slightly different line.

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00:17:30,463 --> 00:17:33,535
The ideal is to just
almost touch the curb...

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on the first section.

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Too late or too early,
and it puts him off his actual cornering line.

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Signpost Corner now.

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00:17:44,235 --> 00:17:45,823
A very tricky point.

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You approach it uphill,

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00:17:47,169 --> 00:17:49,861
and suddenly over the brow,
you start going downhill

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and into this right-hand bend.

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00:17:52,795 --> 00:17:55,350
Yes, that's Cromie McCandless

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on the special built Norton.

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00:17:59,595 --> 00:18:02,081
See how the road is
blackened up there
with the braking.

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00:18:02,115 --> 00:18:05,670
And here's Harry Hinton.
Harry Hinton,
the very hectic Australian.

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Geoff Duke coming
over the line with...

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00:18:08,535 --> 00:18:10,296
There's Gilbert Smith,
managing director of Norton

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00:18:10,330 --> 00:18:11,883
shaking hands with Geoff.

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He's in the one-piece
leather suit.

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Joe Craig standing between
Geoff and Artie Bell there
on the right.

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NARRATOR:
In the Lightweight race,

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Dario Ambrosini won by
just two-tenths of a second

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on his way to becoming
250cc World Champion.

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00:18:28,452 --> 00:18:32,318
1951 saw the beginning of the TT Riders' Association,

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00:18:32,352 --> 00:18:36,598
plus the introduction of a new race for 125cc machines.

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00:18:37,219 --> 00:18:38,427
Over two laps of the course,

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00:18:38,462 --> 00:18:41,430
it was won by Cromie McCandless on a Mondial.

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00:18:43,225 --> 00:18:45,400
He was also third
in the Senior.

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00:18:45,434 --> 00:18:48,196
But will probably
always be remembered

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00:18:48,230 --> 00:18:50,853
for the development work
he carried out for Norton

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00:18:50,888 --> 00:18:52,545
on their new featherbed frame,

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which helped Duke achieve
a Junior-Senior double.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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In 1952, Geoff Duke
made it four wins in a row

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00:19:05,868 --> 00:19:06,938
winning the Junior,

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00:19:06,973 --> 00:19:09,078
but retired after
leading the Senior

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00:19:09,113 --> 00:19:10,804
to allow Reg Armstrong
to hold off

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00:19:10,839 --> 00:19:14,049
Graham's determined challenge
on the MV Agusta.

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00:19:19,572 --> 00:19:22,678
Duke's effort and his
world championships
were rewarded

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00:19:22,713 --> 00:19:25,164
by his becoming
the Sportsman of the Year.

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Cecil Sandford
won the 125 race

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00:19:30,893 --> 00:19:33,689
to give MV another TT victory.

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00:19:33,724 --> 00:19:37,348
Bill Lomas and Cecil Sandford
prepare for the 1953 races

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which boasted many
exotic Italian machines.

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00:19:41,456 --> 00:19:43,043
MVs were to lead the way,

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00:19:43,078 --> 00:19:44,942
providing eight of
the first ten places

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in the 125 race.

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For Guzzi, Fergus Anderson
won the 250

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00:19:50,085 --> 00:19:52,121
and was third in the Junior.

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00:19:52,156 --> 00:19:53,330
But the big talking point

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00:19:53,364 --> 00:19:55,711
as the fans crowded back
to the Isle of Man

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00:19:55,746 --> 00:19:58,162
was the fact that two
of the island's favorites,

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Geoff Duke and Reg Armstrong

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00:20:00,268 --> 00:20:02,097
had been lured by the lira

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00:20:02,131 --> 00:20:05,238
and were to be mounted
on factory Gileras.

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00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:08,483
Ray Amm slid off at Sarah's,

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00:20:08,517 --> 00:20:10,554
breaking a footrest
in the process,

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00:20:10,588 --> 00:20:12,314
but went on
to win the Senior,

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00:20:12,349 --> 00:20:16,836
smashing Duke's 1952 lap record by almost three miles an hour,

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00:20:16,870 --> 00:20:19,114
pushing the figure up to 97.

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00:20:20,460 --> 00:20:22,911
The 125 race
provided Les Graham

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00:20:22,945 --> 00:20:26,017
with his first
and sadly last TT win,

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00:20:26,052 --> 00:20:28,227
as he crashed flat out
in the Senior

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at the bottom of Bray Hill.

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He was the first ever
500cc World Champion in 1949

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00:20:33,715 --> 00:20:36,096
and had been leading
the Senior that year,

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00:20:36,131 --> 00:20:37,822
but broke down
at Cronk-ny-Mona,

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00:20:37,857 --> 00:20:40,308
eventually pushing in
for a tenth place finish.

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00:20:41,447 --> 00:20:43,242
The boats steam
into Douglas Harbour

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at the start of
the 1954 TT fortnight

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with some different
motorcycles in the hold.

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Sidecars were back,

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and along with
the 125cc solo machines,

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they would race around
the new Clypse Course,

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which was less demanding than the full Mountain circuit.

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The Sidecar race was expected
to be a great battle,

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00:21:04,435 --> 00:21:08,267
with world champion Eric Oliver and passenger Les Nutt,

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00:21:08,301 --> 00:21:11,028
pitted against
the German BMW might

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00:21:11,062 --> 00:21:13,168
of Hillebrand, Noll,
and Schneider,

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and that's just what
it turned out to be.

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COMMENTATOR: Lap two,
Willaston Corner,

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No. 12 Hillebrand is harried by Pip Harris for third place.

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00:21:24,662 --> 00:21:27,182
He makes it behind,
the issue in the balance.

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NARRATOR: Restricted to 500cc,

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the sidecars would race around this new layout until 1959.

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The big question
as the riders warmed up

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00:21:40,057 --> 00:21:42,404
for the 125 race
around the Clypse Course was,

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00:21:42,439 --> 00:21:45,165
Could Carlo Ubbiali
on his MV Agusta

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00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,857
stave off
the formidable challenge

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00:21:46,891 --> 00:21:49,653
of Hollaus and Haas
on their NSUs?

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00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:53,622
It turned out to be
one of the closest races

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00:21:53,657 --> 00:21:54,865
the island had ever seen,

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00:21:54,899 --> 00:21:57,454
and the mass start meant
that the main combatants

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were locked in battle
from flag to flag.

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[ENGINE REVVING]

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00:22:17,439 --> 00:22:21,167
After 107 miles of fierce,
no-holds-barred racing,

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00:22:21,201 --> 00:22:23,652
the diminutive German
managed to pip the Italian

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00:22:23,687 --> 00:22:25,482
by a mere four seconds

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00:22:25,516 --> 00:22:28,036
to help Rupert Hollaus
become world champion

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00:22:28,070 --> 00:22:30,521
at the expense
of teammate Haas.

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00:22:34,663 --> 00:22:38,391
1955, and Geoff Duke recorded
his first Senior win

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00:22:38,426 --> 00:22:40,359
since 1951,

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and the first for Gilera.

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00:22:42,499 --> 00:22:44,224
The victory was
helped by the fact

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that both Norton and AJS

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had withdrawn their
works machines.

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[APPLAUSE]

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[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

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00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,408
In the Senior TT of 1956,

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00:22:55,443 --> 00:22:58,722
John Surtees' talents had
been spotted by MV Agusta

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00:22:58,756 --> 00:23:02,035
and a great battle
was hoped for between
the Italian giants,

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00:23:02,070 --> 00:23:03,278
but it didn't happen,

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00:23:03,312 --> 00:23:05,176
as the Gilera riders
were banned

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00:23:05,211 --> 00:23:08,076
after they boycotted
the Dutch TT.

494
00:23:09,871 --> 00:23:13,150
The race was won by Surtees
on his spare machine

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00:23:13,184 --> 00:23:15,048
after he crashed in practice

496
00:23:15,083 --> 00:23:17,257
and unfortunately hit a cow.

497
00:23:18,086 --> 00:23:20,019
John Hartle had a great ride

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00:23:20,053 --> 00:23:22,366
to finish second
on his Norton.

499
00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,333
[APPLAUSE]

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00:23:24,368 --> 00:23:26,094
The newsreel cameras
were out in force

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00:23:26,128 --> 00:23:28,510
for the 1957
Golden Jubilee races,

502
00:23:28,545 --> 00:23:30,823
with Surtees up against
Scot Bob McIntyre

503
00:23:30,857 --> 00:23:34,723
on a four-cylinder Gilera
capable of 10,500 revs,

504
00:23:34,758 --> 00:23:36,932
producing 70 brake horsepower

505
00:23:36,967 --> 00:23:40,971
and a top speed
of 160 miles an hour.

506
00:23:41,005 --> 00:23:42,697
Right from the start,
the huge crowds

507
00:23:42,731 --> 00:23:44,043
basking in perfect weather

508
00:23:44,077 --> 00:23:47,702
could see that
Bob really lived up to
the "Flying Scotsman" tag

509
00:23:47,736 --> 00:23:52,085
as he screamed the Gilera
around the Mountain circuit.

510
00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,226
A 99.99 mile an hour lap
from a standing start

511
00:23:55,261 --> 00:23:58,057
meant everything was set
for that magic first-ever

512
00:23:58,091 --> 00:24:00,715
100 mile an hour lap
next time around.

513
00:24:03,925 --> 00:24:05,616
Down past Signpost,

514
00:24:05,651 --> 00:24:07,100
and the countdown was on.

515
00:24:07,135 --> 00:24:10,449
Seven, six, five, four.

516
00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:12,278
And he'd done it!

517
00:24:12,312 --> 00:24:14,729
101.03 miles an hour

518
00:24:14,763 --> 00:24:17,317
and the noise from the thousands of cheering fans

519
00:24:17,352 --> 00:24:19,665
could probably be heard
on the mainland.

520
00:24:21,563 --> 00:24:24,290
Always modest,
Bob hardly lets his face slip

521
00:24:24,324 --> 00:24:26,499
as he's told the news
at his fuel stop,

522
00:24:26,534 --> 00:24:28,708
and promptly sets off
to do it again...

523
00:24:29,329 --> 00:24:31,435
and again, and again,

524
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:34,645
in fact, four times
at over 100 miles an hour.

525
00:24:39,650 --> 00:24:40,824
On the final two laps,

526
00:24:40,858 --> 00:24:43,274
Surtees had a point of honor
battle with McIntyre.

527
00:24:43,309 --> 00:24:45,104
But with over a minute in hand,

528
00:24:45,138 --> 00:24:48,314
Bob was going to enjoy
his cruise down to victory

529
00:24:48,348 --> 00:24:51,110
and the place forever
in the record books.

530
00:24:51,697 --> 00:24:53,112
At eight laps in length

531
00:24:53,146 --> 00:24:55,666
and over 300 miles
in distance,

532
00:24:55,701 --> 00:24:58,635
it would be the longest-ever
Grand Prix.

533
00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:01,500
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

534
00:25:08,921 --> 00:25:11,510
A year later, and somewhere
amongst all the big names

535
00:25:11,544 --> 00:25:14,443
was a young rider
showing great versatility.

536
00:25:14,478 --> 00:25:17,550
12th in the Junior,
seventh in the 125,

537
00:25:17,585 --> 00:25:20,760
third in the 250
and 13th in the Senior.

538
00:25:20,795 --> 00:25:24,557
Quite a debut for Stanley
Michael Bailey Hailwood.

539
00:25:26,352 --> 00:25:29,010
That year's Senior TT winner
John Surtees,

540
00:25:29,044 --> 00:25:31,737
here congratulated
by teammate Hartle.

541
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,432
1959, and Geoff Duke
started his last TT,

542
00:25:37,466 --> 00:25:40,331
which was to be another
double for Surtees.

543
00:25:40,366 --> 00:25:43,093
But the Senior race was
anything but easy for John.

544
00:25:44,922 --> 00:25:48,029
SURTEES:
'58, '59, when we had
that dreadful weather,

545
00:25:48,063 --> 00:25:51,308
and when the hailstones were
so bad over on the Mountain

546
00:25:51,342 --> 00:25:56,106
that the fairing on the bike
started off as being all red,

547
00:25:56,140 --> 00:25:59,903
and when it came in,
it had been sort of
like shot-peened,

548
00:25:59,937 --> 00:26:02,112
and down to aluminum
in places.

549
00:26:02,146 --> 00:26:05,322
And I couldn't, in fact,
operate any controls

550
00:26:05,356 --> 00:26:08,325
except by using
my hands like this

551
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,017
because I lost the feel
of my fingers.

552
00:26:11,052 --> 00:26:12,950
NARRATOR: The 125 race
saw a debut

553
00:26:12,985 --> 00:26:16,091
by some rather ancient-looking Honda machines.

554
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,473
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

555
00:26:18,507 --> 00:26:20,648
The Japanese
were quick learners

556
00:26:20,682 --> 00:26:22,822
and by 1961, they were back

557
00:26:22,857 --> 00:26:26,032
with a well-organized team
of riders and mechanics

558
00:26:26,067 --> 00:26:28,379
and, just as,
if not more important,

559
00:26:28,414 --> 00:26:31,106
some very quick
and reliable machines.

560
00:26:33,074 --> 00:26:34,696
[ENGINES REVVING]

561
00:26:47,260 --> 00:26:49,642
Those who had laughed
a couple of years before,

562
00:26:49,677 --> 00:26:51,057
and there'd been many,

563
00:26:51,092 --> 00:26:53,094
were forced to wipe
their smiles away

564
00:26:53,128 --> 00:26:54,543
as Honda took
the first five places

565
00:26:54,578 --> 00:26:57,339
in both the 125
and 250 races.

566
00:27:01,861 --> 00:27:05,175
And in each case,
first across the line
had been Mike Hailwood.

567
00:27:05,209 --> 00:27:06,901
But the week didn't end there,

568
00:27:06,935 --> 00:27:08,868
and as Honda didn't yet
have a big bike,

569
00:27:08,903 --> 00:27:11,940
Mike took out
his trusty Norton
for Friday's Senior.

570
00:27:11,975 --> 00:27:15,841
But the hot favorite
was Rhodesian Gary Hocking
on an MV.

571
00:27:26,852 --> 00:27:29,578
McIntyre, Hailwood, Hocking,
at Ballaugh Bridge.

572
00:27:29,613 --> 00:27:31,684
But the extra power
of the MVs

573
00:27:31,719 --> 00:27:34,169
soon pushed Hocking
to the front of the pack.

574
00:27:35,515 --> 00:27:37,379
[ENGINE ROARING]

575
00:27:54,742 --> 00:27:56,088
Hailwood wasn't giving up,

576
00:27:56,122 --> 00:27:59,056
and produced
the fastest lap ever
on a single-cylinder machine

577
00:27:59,091 --> 00:28:00,851
to keep the MV in sight.

578
00:28:07,755 --> 00:28:09,722
At the refueling,
Hocking gives Hailwood

579
00:28:09,757 --> 00:28:11,620
a cheery come-and-get-me wave.

580
00:28:13,174 --> 00:28:16,108
Counting and
chickens spring to mind,

581
00:28:16,142 --> 00:28:17,937
as Hocking's MV
struck trouble,

582
00:28:17,972 --> 00:28:22,010
enabling Hailwood
to press on to his
third TT win of the week,

583
00:28:22,045 --> 00:28:24,254
the first-ever TT hat-trick.

584
00:28:42,134 --> 00:28:44,032
COMMENTATOR: And Hailwood wins.

585
00:28:44,067 --> 00:28:46,310
Only two minutes later,
in comes McIntyre.

586
00:28:47,587 --> 00:28:48,761
[APPLAUSE]

587
00:28:54,698 --> 00:28:58,806
NARRATOR: 1962,
and a new noise echoed
around the island.

588
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:03,017
Tiny 50cc races
which were to amaze everyone.

589
00:29:03,051 --> 00:29:05,226
The Senior race brought a win
for Hocking

590
00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:07,711
and the Junior,
a victory for Hailwood.

591
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,438
And another Honda benefit
in the smaller classes,

592
00:29:10,472 --> 00:29:14,028
with wins for Luigi Taveri
and Derek Minter.

593
00:29:14,062 --> 00:29:15,926
And East Germany's
Ernst Degner

594
00:29:15,961 --> 00:29:17,894
brought a first win
for Suzuki

595
00:29:17,928 --> 00:29:20,344
in the 50cc class.

596
00:29:20,379 --> 00:29:22,830
Start money
was introduced in 1963,

597
00:29:22,864 --> 00:29:24,763
with up to 25 pounds
on offer,

598
00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:27,144
and it was the first year
of the rescue helicopter.

599
00:29:27,179 --> 00:29:29,940
Here's Murray Walker
describing the Senior race.

600
00:29:29,975 --> 00:29:31,942
MURRAY: Next man away,
the much fancied

601
00:29:31,977 --> 00:29:33,530
Mike Hailwood
on his MV.

602
00:29:34,876 --> 00:29:37,499
Ten seconds behind
and a half miles out
at Ramsey.

603
00:29:37,534 --> 00:29:40,364
But look at this. John Hartle, number four on the Gilera

604
00:29:40,399 --> 00:29:42,677
at Ballacraine
and he's leading
on the roads.

605
00:29:42,711 --> 00:29:43,574
Fine road racing.

606
00:29:43,609 --> 00:29:45,818
Up into the Gooseneck
goes the Gilera.

607
00:29:45,853 --> 00:29:47,061
He's... And look
at Hailwood.

608
00:29:47,095 --> 00:29:49,028
Hailwood
right on Hartle's tail.

609
00:29:49,063 --> 00:29:51,030
NARRATOR: The Gileras
were really no match

610
00:29:51,065 --> 00:29:53,481
for the MV of Hailwood
or the Honda of Redman.

611
00:29:57,105 --> 00:29:58,658
And Rhodesian
Jim Redman made it

612
00:29:58,693 --> 00:30:00,833
six wins on the charts
for himself and Honda

613
00:30:00,868 --> 00:30:04,181
in the Lightweight classes
with new lap records.

614
00:30:05,562 --> 00:30:07,495
If all was peace and joy
in the Honda camp,

615
00:30:07,529 --> 00:30:08,737
it was a slightly
different story

616
00:30:08,772 --> 00:30:11,740
over at Yamaha,
where rumors of squabbles,

617
00:30:11,775 --> 00:30:14,882
riding to team orders and not riding to team orders,

618
00:30:14,916 --> 00:30:16,504
somewhat spoiled
the great achievements

619
00:30:16,538 --> 00:30:19,576
of both Phil Read
and his arch rival, Bill Ivy.

620
00:30:19,610 --> 00:30:21,336
You know, I nearly
leapt the Isle of Man

621
00:30:21,371 --> 00:30:25,513
at 100 miles an hour,
but Ivy just topped me there.

622
00:30:25,547 --> 00:30:27,929
NARRATOR: In the
bigger classes,
a new star had emerged

623
00:30:27,964 --> 00:30:29,586
to make his mark
on the island.

624
00:30:29,620 --> 00:30:32,658
The young Italian,
Giacomo Agostini.

625
00:30:32,692 --> 00:30:33,901
AGOSTINI: Isle of Man,
I think is

626
00:30:33,935 --> 00:30:36,351
one of the best
for driving.

627
00:30:36,386 --> 00:30:38,422
But you do
have to think

628
00:30:38,457 --> 00:30:41,080
about the life,
about the safety,

629
00:30:41,115 --> 00:30:42,702
because Isle of Man
is very dangerous.

630
00:30:42,737 --> 00:30:47,052
But for driving it's,
I think it's as much pleasure

631
00:30:47,086 --> 00:30:49,433
you can have
with the motorbike.

632
00:30:49,468 --> 00:30:51,642
NARRATOR: Now one
of the great TT races,

633
00:30:51,677 --> 00:30:53,679
the 1967 Senior

634
00:30:53,713 --> 00:30:55,957
and the undisputed
King of the Mountain

635
00:30:55,992 --> 00:30:59,064
at that time
was Mike Hailwood.

636
00:30:59,098 --> 00:31:01,100
COMMENTATOR: Two world
champions of today.

637
00:31:01,135 --> 00:31:03,137
You have just
created history

638
00:31:03,171 --> 00:31:06,450
by winning 11 TTs
and beating Stanley Woods.

639
00:31:06,485 --> 00:31:08,659
Now what does this
mean to you?

640
00:31:08,694 --> 00:31:09,902
Uh... [CLEARS THROAT]

641
00:31:09,937 --> 00:31:11,145
[CHUCKLES]

642
00:31:11,179 --> 00:31:12,422
Well, I'm very proud
to have done it, naturally,

643
00:31:12,456 --> 00:31:15,770
but, uh, it doesn't
worry me all that much really.

644
00:31:15,804 --> 00:31:18,186
COMMENTATOR: Now, number four,
Mike Hailwood.

645
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,775
A superb start.

646
00:31:20,809 --> 00:31:23,191
[ENGINE REVVING]

647
00:31:25,538 --> 00:31:27,471
Thirty seconds
later, Agostini,

648
00:31:27,506 --> 00:31:28,507
with his MV3,

649
00:31:28,541 --> 00:31:30,336
all tensed up
for one of the most

650
00:31:30,371 --> 00:31:32,062
important races
in his career.

651
00:31:34,685 --> 00:31:36,687
And another
scintillating get-up.

652
00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:42,762
Hailwood rounds
the tricky right hander
in superb style.

653
00:31:42,797 --> 00:31:45,144
But from here on,
he'll have his work cut out

654
00:31:45,179 --> 00:31:48,354
to stave off Agostini's
better handling MV.

655
00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:51,150
And here's Ago
still 30 seconds behind Mike,

656
00:31:51,185 --> 00:31:53,118
but that's with only
a mile gone

657
00:31:53,152 --> 00:31:56,017
and another 225 to go.

658
00:31:56,052 --> 00:31:57,432
The famous
Ballaugh Bridge

659
00:31:57,467 --> 00:31:59,572
and Hailwood
arrives first,

660
00:31:59,607 --> 00:32:02,368
but 23 seconds later,
it's Agostini.

661
00:32:02,403 --> 00:32:04,957
Ramsey, Hailwood
through Parliament Square

662
00:32:04,992 --> 00:32:07,132
to start
the Mountain climb.

663
00:32:08,685 --> 00:32:10,273
Agostini.

664
00:32:16,589 --> 00:32:19,109
Thirty-six miles gone,
and here's Hailwood.

665
00:32:21,353 --> 00:32:23,493
And 19 seconds later,
Agostini.

666
00:32:23,527 --> 00:32:27,152
So Ago's leading Mike
by 11 seconds.

667
00:32:27,186 --> 00:32:30,362
But now, this pit stop's
losing him valuable time.

668
00:32:32,053 --> 00:32:33,227
He's away.

669
00:32:33,261 --> 00:32:35,712
His stop, 47.8 seconds.

670
00:32:35,746 --> 00:32:38,818
Now what about
Agostini's time?
More or less?

671
00:32:40,786 --> 00:32:43,099
He's off
after 37 seconds.

672
00:32:43,133 --> 00:32:45,032
So as he starts his
fourth lap,

673
00:32:45,066 --> 00:32:47,586
Agostini leads Hailwood
by 12 seconds,

674
00:32:47,620 --> 00:32:50,796
but with 113 miles
still to go.

675
00:32:50,830 --> 00:32:52,315
Ramsey Hairpin,

676
00:32:52,349 --> 00:32:55,939
Hailwood absolutely
on the limit,
almost beyond it, in fact.

677
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:57,837
Away up to Waterworks
on the Gooseneck

678
00:32:57,872 --> 00:32:59,218
and Mike's inspired.

679
00:32:59,253 --> 00:33:01,772
Only he could ride
the big Honda like this

680
00:33:01,807 --> 00:33:04,085
on a course
that's tough enough
on any bike.

681
00:33:05,949 --> 00:33:08,848
Agostini, his riding, too,
is inspired.

682
00:33:08,883 --> 00:33:10,471
No one
has ever given Hailwood

683
00:33:10,505 --> 00:33:12,128
such a hard ride
in the Senior.

684
00:33:12,162 --> 00:33:14,371
NARRATOR: Had Ago's chain
not broken on the Mountain,

685
00:33:14,406 --> 00:33:17,547
it would definitely have been
a fight to the finish.

686
00:33:17,581 --> 00:33:19,998
COMMENTATOR:
So it's victory again
for Mike Hailwood,

687
00:33:20,032 --> 00:33:21,585
a magnificent victory,

688
00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:24,795
but victory partly
through the misfortune
of a brilliant rival.

689
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,488
How do you feel now?

690
00:33:28,351 --> 00:33:30,318
-Knackered.
-MAN: Well done, Mike.

691
00:33:32,113 --> 00:33:35,496
NARRATOR: 1968, Suzuki
and Honda pulled out.

692
00:33:35,530 --> 00:33:36,945
Hailwood retired,

693
00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:38,499
so there really was
nothing left

694
00:33:38,533 --> 00:33:42,054
to touch the
Agostini-MV Agusta
combination.

695
00:33:42,089 --> 00:33:44,332
And the Italian
did the Junior-Senior double

696
00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,265
for three years
on the trot.

697
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:55,757
Tony Jefferies was one
of the many riders

698
00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:56,517
to be tempted
to the island

699
00:33:56,551 --> 00:33:58,933
by the popular
Production races,

700
00:33:58,967 --> 00:34:01,349
which had been
introduced in 1967.

701
00:34:01,384 --> 00:34:04,283
It meant racing was within
more people's reach.

702
00:34:04,318 --> 00:34:06,354
JEFFERIES:
The most satisfying win,
without a doubt,

703
00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:09,426
was the Junior
in 1971.

704
00:34:09,461 --> 00:34:11,083
And that was
particularly satisfying

705
00:34:11,118 --> 00:34:13,844
because of
the standard riding was

706
00:34:13,879 --> 00:34:16,744
in that
particular race.

707
00:34:16,778 --> 00:34:19,264
Mainly Giacomo Agostini.

708
00:34:19,298 --> 00:34:22,129
And to beat Ago
in the Isle of Man

709
00:34:22,163 --> 00:34:23,233
was something
that hadn't been done

710
00:34:23,268 --> 00:34:24,338
for a long, long time.

711
00:34:24,372 --> 00:34:25,718
NARRATOR: It also
gave a chance

712
00:34:25,753 --> 00:34:26,892
for the more famous

713
00:34:26,926 --> 00:34:29,964
British manufacturers to
get back into the public eye.

714
00:34:29,998 --> 00:34:33,001
And probably,
the biggest effort
was put in by Triumph,

715
00:34:33,036 --> 00:34:35,211
with three
factory machines.

716
00:34:35,245 --> 00:34:36,867
The scrutineering
which takes place

717
00:34:36,902 --> 00:34:37,972
before every race
on the island

718
00:34:38,006 --> 00:34:40,285
does not merely
monitor regulations,

719
00:34:40,319 --> 00:34:42,770
but acts as
a double safety check

720
00:34:42,804 --> 00:34:44,910
by these expert examiners.

721
00:34:44,944 --> 00:34:46,429
Once given the okay,
the machines

722
00:34:46,463 --> 00:34:48,534
were then kept overnight
in aparc ferme

723
00:34:48,569 --> 00:34:51,468
to be released
just prior to the race.

724
00:34:52,538 --> 00:34:54,057
Prince Philip
was again a visitor

725
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,955
to the island
in 1969

726
00:34:55,990 --> 00:34:57,750
to witness
the Le Mans style start

727
00:34:57,785 --> 00:34:58,924
to the Production race

728
00:34:58,958 --> 00:35:01,099
with the 750s
first away.

729
00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:04,343
Five minutes later,
the 500s

730
00:35:04,378 --> 00:35:07,139
followed at the same interval by the 250s.

731
00:35:09,072 --> 00:35:11,833
The sidecars were now
contested by 500cc

732
00:35:11,868 --> 00:35:13,214
and 750 machines,

733
00:35:13,249 --> 00:35:16,183
with each class
given their own
three-lap race.

734
00:35:20,946 --> 00:35:23,431
Two men on a machine
to several.

735
00:35:23,466 --> 00:35:25,330
The Marines
put on a display

736
00:35:25,364 --> 00:35:27,953
prior to the 1971
Junior race,

737
00:35:27,987 --> 00:35:29,575
which was to bring
a temporary halt

738
00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:32,268
to Agostini's
air of invincibility.

739
00:35:36,582 --> 00:35:38,998
Agostini would take victory
in the Senior

740
00:35:39,033 --> 00:35:40,345
with the prize money
for winning

741
00:35:40,379 --> 00:35:42,519
increased
to 750 pounds,

742
00:35:42,554 --> 00:35:45,660
the first increase
in over 40 years.

743
00:35:47,869 --> 00:35:49,077
The following year,

744
00:35:49,112 --> 00:35:50,631
there were two extra
MV Agustas in the paddock,

745
00:35:50,665 --> 00:35:54,738
one for Alberto Pagani
and the other for Phil Read.

746
00:35:54,773 --> 00:35:56,292
MAN: You've always been
a critic, haven't you,

747
00:35:56,326 --> 00:35:57,845
of the Isle of Man
circuit?

748
00:35:57,879 --> 00:35:58,811
You think
it's rather dangerous?

749
00:35:59,536 --> 00:36:00,434
Yeah. I think so.

750
00:36:00,468 --> 00:36:02,850
Then why do you
keep coming back?

751
00:36:02,884 --> 00:36:04,990
Because it's the racing
for the World Championship.

752
00:36:05,024 --> 00:36:06,750
It's necessary
for the points.

753
00:36:06,785 --> 00:36:09,097
COMMENTATOR: First away
in the 350, Chas Mortimer,

754
00:36:09,132 --> 00:36:10,375
and last year's winner,
Tony Jefferies.

755
00:36:10,409 --> 00:36:11,652
NARRATOR:
As the previous
year's winner,

756
00:36:11,686 --> 00:36:13,964
Tony Jefferies got
the Junior race started,

757
00:36:13,999 --> 00:36:16,070
it was obvious
that conditions today

758
00:36:16,104 --> 00:36:18,210
would be more in favor
of Agostini.

759
00:36:18,245 --> 00:36:19,453
COMMENTATOR: Agostini
pulls away with Jackson...

760
00:36:20,488 --> 00:36:22,697
Phil Read called in
to strengthen the MV team

761
00:36:22,732 --> 00:36:25,390
sets off alone
as Pasolini is a non-starter.

762
00:36:26,287 --> 00:36:27,840
The Isle of Man
Mountain circuit

763
00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:29,532
is 37.75 miles long.

764
00:36:29,566 --> 00:36:33,052
And the 350s have to
cover this five times.

765
00:36:33,087 --> 00:36:35,089
Six miles out,
Greeba Bridge,

766
00:36:35,123 --> 00:36:37,747
and Agostini sweeps through
clipping the banks.

767
00:36:42,924 --> 00:36:44,892
[ENGINE REVVING]

768
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,904
Then the rapid descent
to Signpost

769
00:36:56,938 --> 00:36:58,664
less than two miles
from the finish.

770
00:37:00,563 --> 00:37:02,772
For MV, Read is out
with gearbox trouble,

771
00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:04,152
but Ago presses on.

772
00:37:06,293 --> 00:37:09,088
Governor's Bridge, the last
corner on the circuit.

773
00:37:09,123 --> 00:37:11,505
And Agostini has only
half a mile to go

774
00:37:11,539 --> 00:37:13,092
to win his ninth TT.

775
00:37:18,305 --> 00:37:22,481
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

776
00:37:26,002 --> 00:37:28,038
He crosses the line
with a new five-lap

777
00:37:28,073 --> 00:37:30,455
race record
to his credit.

778
00:37:30,489 --> 00:37:32,422
Finishing in second place
comes Tony Rutter

779
00:37:32,457 --> 00:37:34,079
on a privately entered
Yamaha.

780
00:37:34,113 --> 00:37:37,185
He's clocked his first-ever
100 miles an hour lap.

781
00:37:38,463 --> 00:37:40,050
NARRATOR: Agostini
took the Senior

782
00:37:40,085 --> 00:37:42,190
and Junior races
yet again,

783
00:37:42,225 --> 00:37:45,677
so another win and another
World Championship.

784
00:37:49,094 --> 00:37:52,580
Miserable conditions
for Friday's 125cc race.

785
00:37:52,615 --> 00:37:54,444
Gilberto Parlotti's
Morbidelli

786
00:37:54,479 --> 00:37:56,481
was up against
Chas Mortimer's Yamaha

787
00:37:56,515 --> 00:37:59,691
as they both battled for World Championship points.

788
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,521
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

789
00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:07,250
But with driving rain
and mist on the mountain,

790
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:08,458
it was with
some reluctance

791
00:38:08,493 --> 00:38:10,874
that the riders
pushed off their machines.

792
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,054
COMMENTATOR:
Fifty seconds later,

793
00:38:18,088 --> 00:38:19,366
it's the turn
of his main rival.

794
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,471
Gilberto Parlotti
on the Morbidelli.

795
00:38:31,170 --> 00:38:32,448
NARRATOR: Splashing around
the island,

796
00:38:32,482 --> 00:38:34,139
Mortimer leads
on the road,

797
00:38:34,173 --> 00:38:36,279
but Parlotti, the race.

798
00:38:43,217 --> 00:38:44,839
Up and into the clouds

799
00:38:44,874 --> 00:38:46,496
and definitely
a need for caution

800
00:38:46,531 --> 00:38:47,842
as the mountain echoes

801
00:38:47,877 --> 00:38:49,465
to the sounds
of exhausts.

802
00:38:59,992 --> 00:39:01,546
[ENGINE REVVING]

803
00:39:19,115 --> 00:39:21,911
Down out of the mist
comes Chas Mortimer.

804
00:39:21,945 --> 00:39:23,291
But the unfortunate
Parlotti

805
00:39:23,326 --> 00:39:25,259
lost his way
on the Verandah,

806
00:39:25,293 --> 00:39:26,674
and, sadly, his life

807
00:39:26,709 --> 00:39:29,297
as he crashed
in the swirling mist.

808
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:31,507
Mortimer carried on,

809
00:39:31,541 --> 00:39:34,544
aware that Parlotti was out
of the race, but not why.

810
00:39:34,579 --> 00:39:36,650
The word victory
was rather meaningless

811
00:39:36,684 --> 00:39:38,445
to someone
who'd lost a good friend

812
00:39:38,479 --> 00:39:41,206
in such
tragic circumstances.

813
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:43,381
Parlotti's crash
prompted many riders

814
00:39:43,415 --> 00:39:45,935
to vow never to race
on the island again,

815
00:39:45,969 --> 00:39:49,145
and some were openly
critical of the TT.

816
00:39:51,699 --> 00:39:54,495
As the fans arrived
for the 1973 races,

817
00:39:54,530 --> 00:39:57,429
there were many of the
Grand Prix stars missing.

818
00:39:57,464 --> 00:39:59,431
Any fears
by the Manx tourist trade

819
00:39:59,466 --> 00:40:01,709
that visitors would be down
were soon calmed,

820
00:40:01,744 --> 00:40:05,368
as record attendances
were the order of the day.

821
00:40:05,403 --> 00:40:07,853
Hotels and boarding houses
were full

822
00:40:07,888 --> 00:40:09,407
and spectators
squeezed into

823
00:40:09,441 --> 00:40:12,099
all the favorite points
around the island.

824
00:40:15,930 --> 00:40:17,311
And the racing
was as close

825
00:40:17,345 --> 00:40:19,278
and exciting as ever.

826
00:40:22,281 --> 00:40:24,318
Peter Williams won
the increasingly popular

827
00:40:24,352 --> 00:40:27,183
Formula 750 race
on the John Player Norton.

828
00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:34,328
Enders and Schauzu
was first and second

829
00:40:34,362 --> 00:40:36,882
in both Sidecar races.

830
00:40:36,917 --> 00:40:38,850
Tony Rutter
took the Junior honors,

831
00:40:38,884 --> 00:40:40,403
Charlie Williams,
the 250

832
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:44,303
andContinental Circus star,
Jack Findlay, won the Senior.

833
00:40:44,338 --> 00:40:46,167
And he was one
of the riders to benefit

834
00:40:46,202 --> 00:40:48,100
from the TT's
new payment structure.

835
00:40:49,895 --> 00:40:51,966
It has been done
by taking away

836
00:40:52,001 --> 00:40:53,381
the assistance
to every rider

837
00:40:53,416 --> 00:40:55,038
that up to now
has been given.

838
00:40:55,073 --> 00:40:56,971
So it will mean
the top riders

839
00:40:57,006 --> 00:40:58,456
will have
enhanced earnings

840
00:40:58,490 --> 00:41:01,976
and the beginners,
shall we say, much less so.

841
00:41:02,011 --> 00:41:03,702
MAN: So the beginners
are getting nothing,

842
00:41:03,737 --> 00:41:04,979
the winners
are getting more,

843
00:41:05,014 --> 00:41:06,118
-is that the case?
-Yes.

844
00:41:06,153 --> 00:41:07,361
MAN: Geoff, could I come
to you on this one?

845
00:41:07,395 --> 00:41:09,570
How do you view this,
as a former rider,

846
00:41:09,605 --> 00:41:11,848
the fact that the youngsters
now, up and coming boys,

847
00:41:11,883 --> 00:41:13,160
are not going
to get anything at all

848
00:41:13,194 --> 00:41:14,851
for starting
in the race?

849
00:41:14,886 --> 00:41:17,060
Well, I think
this is a pity in a way,

850
00:41:17,095 --> 00:41:18,855
but I think
it will tend to improve

851
00:41:18,890 --> 00:41:20,270
the quality
of the race, you know.

852
00:41:20,305 --> 00:41:22,652
I think
we were getting

853
00:41:22,687 --> 00:41:23,688
quite a lot of riders

854
00:41:23,722 --> 00:41:25,690
whose place really
was either

855
00:41:25,724 --> 00:41:27,346
in lesser
important events

856
00:41:27,381 --> 00:41:28,762
or in the Manx Grand Prix,
you know.

857
00:41:29,659 --> 00:41:31,834
NARRATOR: 1975,
and a new finale

858
00:41:31,868 --> 00:41:33,629
to the week,
the TT Classic.

859
00:41:33,663 --> 00:41:36,252
I'm confident.Look, on paper, I should win it,

860
00:41:36,286 --> 00:41:39,531
but so far around
the thing's so unpredictable

861
00:41:39,566 --> 00:41:41,499
that I would never be
very confident.

862
00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:43,673
NARRATOR: Mick Grant certainly
had a capable machine

863
00:41:43,708 --> 00:41:45,054
in the big Kawasaki

864
00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:47,953
and the necessary skill
to handle that power

865
00:41:47,988 --> 00:41:49,955
as he shattered
Mike Hailwood's

866
00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:52,061
eight-year-old lap record

867
00:41:52,095 --> 00:41:53,372
before his chain broke,

868
00:41:53,407 --> 00:41:55,133
leaving John Williams
to win the race

869
00:41:55,167 --> 00:41:56,859
on his Yamaha.

870
00:41:56,893 --> 00:42:00,379
COMMENTATOR: ...course record.
Mike Hailwood's
eight-year-old record

871
00:42:00,414 --> 00:42:04,901
has been beaten,
20 minutes 36.8,

872
00:42:04,936 --> 00:42:08,629
109.82 miles an hour,

873
00:42:08,664 --> 00:42:11,529
a new course record
by Mick Grant.

874
00:42:12,668 --> 00:42:14,186
NARRATOR: Williams
was the man on form,

875
00:42:14,221 --> 00:42:15,533
and the following year
he was able

876
00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:18,777
to repeat his victory,
this time on a Suzuki.

877
00:42:18,812 --> 00:42:20,538
And also raised
the lap record

878
00:42:20,572 --> 00:42:23,506
to over 110 miles
an hour.

879
00:42:24,334 --> 00:42:26,336
The TT
was under threat

880
00:42:26,371 --> 00:42:28,269
with a move by the world body of the sport,

881
00:42:28,304 --> 00:42:31,100
the FIM,
backed by many top riders

882
00:42:31,134 --> 00:42:32,480
and manufacturers

883
00:42:32,515 --> 00:42:35,760
to strip the TT of its
World Championship status.

884
00:42:36,899 --> 00:42:40,143
Clifford Irving was pleading
the Isle of Man's case.

885
00:42:40,178 --> 00:42:41,731
There has been
a suggestion

886
00:42:41,766 --> 00:42:44,044
by the FIM,

887
00:42:44,078 --> 00:42:45,390
which is the world body

888
00:42:45,424 --> 00:42:47,392
controlling
motorcycle racing,

889
00:42:47,426 --> 00:42:49,187
that perhaps
the TT should not

890
00:42:49,221 --> 00:42:51,465
have World Championship
status.

891
00:42:51,499 --> 00:42:53,847
I don't think,
even if we lose the points,

892
00:42:53,881 --> 00:42:56,297
don't think it's going to stop people coming to the races.

893
00:42:56,332 --> 00:42:57,678
This last year,
for example,

894
00:42:57,713 --> 00:43:01,337
we had more people at the TT
than ever before.

895
00:43:01,371 --> 00:43:04,064
Now we, we may lose
the championship points,

896
00:43:04,098 --> 00:43:08,033
but they'll still be
the greatest
free show in the world,

897
00:43:08,068 --> 00:43:10,173
and there will be
thousands of people come.

898
00:43:10,208 --> 00:43:12,037
Certain riders
at the time,

899
00:43:12,072 --> 00:43:14,039
many of them
were a bit more interested

900
00:43:14,074 --> 00:43:15,178
in starting money

901
00:43:15,213 --> 00:43:17,111
than the safety
of the course.

902
00:43:23,428 --> 00:43:25,464
NARRATOR: Despite
their best efforts
to stop the TT

903
00:43:25,499 --> 00:43:27,466
from losing its World Championship status,

904
00:43:27,501 --> 00:43:30,366
the FIM got its way,
and the British Grand Prix

905
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,472
was switched to Silverstone,
in Northamptonshire.

906
00:43:33,507 --> 00:43:35,854
The Isle of Man
increased its race budget

907
00:43:35,889 --> 00:43:37,269
to £150,000,

908
00:43:37,304 --> 00:43:39,478
with two thirds going
to teams and riders,

909
00:43:39,513 --> 00:43:42,930
making it the richest
motorcycling event
in the world.

910
00:43:42,965 --> 00:43:44,932
Plus, they began
their own series,

911
00:43:44,967 --> 00:43:46,658
the Formula
World Championships

912
00:43:46,693 --> 00:43:51,042
for F1, F2 and F3
road-based machines.

913
00:43:51,076 --> 00:43:52,837
As the current
King of the Mountain,

914
00:43:52,871 --> 00:43:54,390
Mick Grant
prepared for practice,

915
00:43:54,424 --> 00:43:56,599
there was
a familiar helmet alongside,

916
00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:59,498
one of the TT's biggest
critics, Phil Read.

917
00:43:59,533 --> 00:44:02,501
REED: I refused to ride
because not only did

918
00:44:02,536 --> 00:44:04,400
Count Agusta say that MVs
wouldn't race there again,

919
00:44:04,434 --> 00:44:07,852
but I felt there was
a lack of support

920
00:44:07,886 --> 00:44:10,475
and consideration
for the riders,

921
00:44:10,509 --> 00:44:12,511
and just the attitude
of the organizers

922
00:44:12,546 --> 00:44:13,789
was, you know,
"This is it.

923
00:44:13,823 --> 00:44:15,342
"Take it or leave it,
it's a mountain circuit.

924
00:44:15,376 --> 00:44:17,171
"The throttle
goes both ways."

925
00:44:17,206 --> 00:44:20,485
Anyway, I didn't
ride then for five years.

926
00:44:20,519 --> 00:44:24,282
And then the TT lost
its World Championship status

927
00:44:25,007 --> 00:44:27,319
and, uh,
I understood

928
00:44:27,354 --> 00:44:29,459
that they were paying
a lot better,

929
00:44:29,494 --> 00:44:33,463
sort of start money,
or expense money.

930
00:44:33,498 --> 00:44:35,051
NARRATOR: Phil Read's return
may have been

931
00:44:35,086 --> 00:44:36,328
clouded by controversy,

932
00:44:36,363 --> 00:44:39,469
but the 1978 return
of the island's favorite son

933
00:44:39,504 --> 00:44:41,057
was sensational.

934
00:44:41,092 --> 00:44:45,268
Mike Hailwood back
after an 11-year gap.

935
00:44:45,303 --> 00:44:46,960
HAILWOOD: I was asked
by so many people
why didn't I

936
00:44:46,994 --> 00:44:49,238
ride again in the Isle of Man
and they were saying,

937
00:44:49,272 --> 00:44:50,549
"I think you ought
to have another go."

938
00:44:50,584 --> 00:44:52,103
And I thought,
"Well, why not?"

939
00:44:52,137 --> 00:44:55,658
So we got things rolling
and there we are.

940
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:58,488
NARRATOR: Mike's machine
was a Ducati
of unknown quality.

941
00:44:58,523 --> 00:45:00,042
And Phil Read
was expected

942
00:45:00,076 --> 00:45:01,560
to take the honors
on the Honda.

943
00:45:01,595 --> 00:45:03,183
From the start line,
Mike shows

944
00:45:03,217 --> 00:45:04,322
he's in a class
of his own.

945
00:45:04,356 --> 00:45:05,461
As the race progressed,

946
00:45:05,495 --> 00:45:08,360
the fans began
to believe in fairy tales,

947
00:45:08,395 --> 00:45:10,880
as Mike "The Bike"
gradually closed the gap

948
00:45:10,915 --> 00:45:12,295
on his
old adversary

949
00:45:12,330 --> 00:45:14,608
until he had him
in his sights.

950
00:45:32,143 --> 00:45:33,731
Next he was ahead
on the road

951
00:45:33,765 --> 00:45:34,939
and the fans
were ecstatic.

952
00:45:34,973 --> 00:45:36,492
But would
the machine hold out?

953
00:45:51,403 --> 00:45:54,786
COMMENTATOR:
Mike Hailwood...
Can he have this win?

954
00:45:54,821 --> 00:45:55,994
NARRATOR:
The answer was yes.

955
00:45:56,029 --> 00:45:57,927
And the dream return
was complete

956
00:45:57,962 --> 00:46:00,171
as Hailwood stood
on the winner's rostrum

957
00:46:00,205 --> 00:46:02,242
he last saw in 1967

958
00:46:02,276 --> 00:46:04,278
when he then
beat Agostini.

959
00:46:05,693 --> 00:46:07,903
Another popular win
was in the Senior

960
00:46:07,937 --> 00:46:09,801
by unassuming Irishman
Tom Herron.

961
00:46:10,906 --> 00:46:12,666
But sadly,
serious injuries

962
00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:14,875
to American Grand Prix
star Pat Hennen,

963
00:46:14,910 --> 00:46:17,050
and the deaths
of Mac Hobson,

964
00:46:17,084 --> 00:46:19,259
Kenny Birch
and Ernst Trachsel

965
00:46:19,293 --> 00:46:21,571
cast a gray cloud
over the proceedings.

966
00:46:21,606 --> 00:46:24,057
Around this time,
another top name rider

967
00:46:24,091 --> 00:46:26,818
was invited
to try his hand at the TT.

968
00:46:26,853 --> 00:46:30,063
The new 500cc
World Champion,
Kenny Roberts.

969
00:46:30,097 --> 00:46:31,409
Bike's better
with the gas shock

970
00:46:31,443 --> 00:46:32,513
or with
the other one?

971
00:46:32,548 --> 00:46:35,585
ROBERTS: This bike
is not so fast.

972
00:46:35,620 --> 00:46:37,449
This bike seems to be
running better today.

973
00:46:37,484 --> 00:46:40,245
NARRATOR: The American ace
was keen to have a go,

974
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,730
but was talked out of it
by his right-hand man,

975
00:46:42,765 --> 00:46:46,665
another ex-champion
and TT racer, Kel Carruthers.

976
00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:49,185
CARRUTHERS: The people from
the Isle of Man came to Kenny

977
00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:51,325
and offered him
a whole bunch of money,

978
00:46:52,430 --> 00:46:54,328
and Jan and I
sat him down

979
00:46:54,363 --> 00:46:55,847
and said,
"Kenny, you're not going.

980
00:46:55,882 --> 00:46:58,194
"Right. They'll
expect you to win.

981
00:46:58,229 --> 00:47:00,196
"There's no way you'll win,
like, some guy

982
00:47:00,231 --> 00:47:03,475
"you never heard of
is gonna beat you easy."

983
00:47:03,510 --> 00:47:04,269
MAN: Yeah.

984
00:47:04,304 --> 00:47:06,168
And I said,
"You just come in.

985
00:47:06,202 --> 00:47:08,549
"You shouldn't go.
It's just..."

986
00:47:08,584 --> 00:47:12,070
So he took some notes
and we didn't come...

987
00:47:13,347 --> 00:47:14,659
NARRATOR: Snaefell
echoes the sound

988
00:47:14,693 --> 00:47:15,867
of early morning practice,

989
00:47:15,902 --> 00:47:19,112
and the fans were back again
in force and in good humor,

990
00:47:19,146 --> 00:47:23,530
for 1979,
the Isle of Man
millennium year.

991
00:47:23,564 --> 00:47:26,878
I would say
brilliant atmosphere. Superb.

992
00:47:26,913 --> 00:47:28,190
Couldn't ask for anything more.

993
00:47:28,224 --> 00:47:31,779
Motorbikes, women,
everything, great.

994
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,233
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

995
00:47:39,097 --> 00:47:40,892
NARRATOR: Hailwood
was back for more.

996
00:47:43,688 --> 00:47:46,277
The Senior race was made
a little easier for him

997
00:47:46,311 --> 00:47:49,107
by the fact that Mick Grant
was riding in great pain

998
00:47:49,142 --> 00:47:52,145
from injuries received
two weeks earlier.

999
00:47:52,179 --> 00:47:54,112
COMMENTATOR: Chas Mortimer
and Mike Hailwood.

1000
00:48:00,705 --> 00:48:02,258
NARRATOR: Grant was
allowed a pusher

1001
00:48:02,293 --> 00:48:03,639
as the race
got under way.

1002
00:48:09,645 --> 00:48:11,509
As Hailwood
charged over the Mountain,

1003
00:48:11,543 --> 00:48:14,063
Grant appeared to show
no sign of his injuries

1004
00:48:14,098 --> 00:48:15,685
and lead the race
by three seconds

1005
00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:18,136
and was closing in
on Hailwood on the road.

1006
00:48:18,171 --> 00:48:22,209
COMMENTATOR: Mike Hailwood
and Mick Grant.

1007
00:48:25,937 --> 00:48:29,147
Alex George,
Tony Rutter.

1008
00:48:29,182 --> 00:48:32,150
Grant leads the race
from George and Hailwood,

1009
00:48:32,185 --> 00:48:34,497
with Charlie Williams
in fourth place.

1010
00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:41,608
Guthrie.

1011
00:48:44,852 --> 00:48:45,750
Hailwood.

1012
00:48:47,407 --> 00:48:48,442
Grant.

1013
00:48:53,896 --> 00:48:55,518
Denis Ireland,
Joey Dunlop

1014
00:48:55,553 --> 00:48:57,555
and Ian Richards
in close company.

1015
00:49:00,385 --> 00:49:02,353
But it's Hailwood,
the race leader.

1016
00:49:02,387 --> 00:49:04,320
Hailwood, who first
raced in the island

1017
00:49:04,355 --> 00:49:07,806
back in 1961,
is in magnificent form.

1018
00:49:07,841 --> 00:49:09,463
No one
can stay with him,

1019
00:49:09,498 --> 00:49:11,327
and this time
he cracks the lap record

1020
00:49:11,362 --> 00:49:14,882
at a speed of 114.02
miles an hour.

1021
00:49:14,917 --> 00:49:16,884
[INDISTINCT TALKING]

1022
00:49:16,919 --> 00:49:18,886
NARRATOR: As the race reaches
the closing stages,

1023
00:49:18,921 --> 00:49:22,062
Hailwood begins to pull away
from the tiring Grant,

1024
00:49:22,097 --> 00:49:24,444
who eventually has to give up
due to the pain.

1025
00:49:24,478 --> 00:49:26,170
But his brave efforts
were appreciated

1026
00:49:26,204 --> 00:49:28,103
by a sympathetic crowd.

1027
00:49:31,830 --> 00:49:34,247
COMMENTATOR: Hailwood really quick through Hillberry.

1028
00:49:34,281 --> 00:49:36,352
NARRATOR: So for Mike,
it's down through Hillberry

1029
00:49:36,387 --> 00:49:39,700
and onto the finish
for win number 14.

1030
00:49:43,497 --> 00:49:45,741
COMMENTATOR: Mike has
made it 14 wins now

1031
00:49:45,775 --> 00:49:47,260
and the crowd go wild.

1032
00:49:47,294 --> 00:49:49,572
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

1033
00:49:49,607 --> 00:49:51,919
-MAN: You know you've
done the lap record.
-Really?

1034
00:49:51,954 --> 00:49:53,576
-MAN: 114. Yeah.
-No!

1035
00:49:53,611 --> 00:49:55,682
-You're joking.
-MAN: No, you did it.

1036
00:49:55,716 --> 00:49:57,615
HAILWOOD: I wasn't
even trying very hard.

1037
00:49:59,686 --> 00:50:03,034
NARRATOR: Despite another
race start delay,
this time in the F2,

1038
00:50:03,069 --> 00:50:04,967
Charlie Williams
is a man in a hurry,

1039
00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:06,693
and in no mood
to hang about.

1040
00:50:10,041 --> 00:50:13,148
COMMENTATOR:
He's already gained
20 seconds by Ballacraine.

1041
00:50:21,501 --> 00:50:22,881
By the end
of Cronk-y-Voddy,

1042
00:50:22,916 --> 00:50:24,711
Charlie leads
the field.

1043
00:50:25,643 --> 00:50:27,300
[ENGINES ROARING]

1044
00:50:31,338 --> 00:50:32,270
Charlie.

1045
00:50:37,586 --> 00:50:40,382
A winning debut
for the new Yamaha.

1046
00:50:41,762 --> 00:50:44,489
Charlie gets his just rewards
from his wife Anne.

1047
00:50:46,491 --> 00:50:48,148
A quick change
of machine

1048
00:50:48,183 --> 00:50:49,667
and Charlie's away again.

1049
00:50:49,701 --> 00:50:52,083
NARRATOR: The Formula 2 event
was merely a dress rehearsal

1050
00:50:52,118 --> 00:50:53,740
for the 250 race
in the afternoon,

1051
00:50:53,774 --> 00:50:57,364
where the Yamaha,
with the extra special
racing bits added,

1052
00:50:57,399 --> 00:50:59,194
was around
seven miles an hour

1053
00:50:59,228 --> 00:51:01,092
a lap faster
than the Production bike,

1054
00:51:01,127 --> 00:51:05,027
and provided Williams
with his second win
in the same day,

1055
00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:07,202
a rare occurrence
on the island.

1056
00:51:30,501 --> 00:51:33,780
COMMENTATOR: To win two TTs
in a week is remarkable.

1057
00:51:33,814 --> 00:51:35,161
To win two
on the same day

1058
00:51:35,195 --> 00:51:37,404
is a fantastic
achievement.

1059
00:51:37,439 --> 00:51:39,924
NARRATOR: Two months
before TT 1981

1060
00:51:39,958 --> 00:51:41,926
and the world of motor sport
was rocked

1061
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:43,686
when Mike Hailwood
was killed

1062
00:51:43,721 --> 00:51:46,068
in a car crash
near his home.

1063
00:51:46,103 --> 00:51:50,141
It's a double tragedy
as his young daughter
loses her life as well.

1064
00:51:53,558 --> 00:51:55,146
Controversy at the TT,

1065
00:51:55,181 --> 00:51:56,872
this time involving
Suzuki and Honda,

1066
00:51:56,906 --> 00:51:58,598
with Graeme Crosby,
the rider,

1067
00:51:58,632 --> 00:52:00,151
feeling he'd been
hard done by.

1068
00:52:00,186 --> 00:52:01,670
It just goes without saying
that anybody

1069
00:52:01,704 --> 00:52:04,466
that goes around here,
you race against the clock.

1070
00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:06,088
You know, and, uh,
whenever you start

1071
00:52:06,123 --> 00:52:08,401
and whenever you finish,
that's the time.

1072
00:52:08,435 --> 00:52:11,300
And I went around
in, I think, two minutes faster

1073
00:52:11,335 --> 00:52:12,991
than everybody else
and got the lap record,

1074
00:52:13,026 --> 00:52:16,754
so I don't see
anybody can argue
against a win like that.

1075
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:20,654
NARRATOR: As a result, Honda
carried out what became known

1076
00:52:20,689 --> 00:52:23,519
as the Black Team Protest,
when their objections

1077
00:52:23,554 --> 00:52:26,108
to Crosby's race times
were overruled.

1078
00:52:28,110 --> 00:52:30,285
Ron Haslam
took the Formula One honors

1079
00:52:30,319 --> 00:52:33,184
in 1982, but in '83,

1080
00:52:33,219 --> 00:52:35,186
the hot favorite,
as the bikes lined up

1081
00:52:35,221 --> 00:52:36,981
along
the Glencrutchery Road,

1082
00:52:37,015 --> 00:52:39,086
was the Ulsterman
Joey Dunlop,

1083
00:52:39,121 --> 00:52:40,571
riding number three
for Honda.

1084
00:52:46,197 --> 00:52:48,234
COMMENTATOR: Hiscock at
Braddan Bridge.

1085
00:53:09,910 --> 00:53:11,291
[ENGINE REVVING]

1086
00:53:12,913 --> 00:53:15,399
NARRATOR: The big, powerful
machines were thirsty beasts,

1087
00:53:15,433 --> 00:53:19,299
and fuel stops by now
were of major importance
to the outcome.

1088
00:53:20,231 --> 00:53:21,819
A few vital seconds
dropped here

1089
00:53:21,853 --> 00:53:25,374
could totally eliminate
miles of flat-out riding.

1090
00:53:25,409 --> 00:53:28,860
But nothing ever
seems to worry Joey.

1091
00:53:28,895 --> 00:53:30,448
The TT, this year,
believe it or not,

1092
00:53:30,483 --> 00:53:32,070
I had
no trouble at all,

1093
00:53:32,105 --> 00:53:35,073
especially the Formula One race.I could've rode around all day,
I think.

1094
00:53:35,108 --> 00:53:36,730
[CHUCKLES] That was perfect.

1095
00:53:45,325 --> 00:53:46,947
NARRATOR: No trouble either
at the start of the week

1096
00:53:46,982 --> 00:53:50,192
in '84 for Joey
in the Formula One race.

1097
00:53:50,227 --> 00:53:51,469
But it was
a different story

1098
00:53:51,504 --> 00:53:53,540
in the Senior
and classic races

1099
00:53:53,575 --> 00:53:56,716
where Suzuki rider
Rob McElnea
did the double.

1100
00:54:27,056 --> 00:54:29,196
Oh, fantastic. Thanks, mate.

1101
00:54:30,474 --> 00:54:32,096
Yeah. Yeah.

1102
00:54:32,130 --> 00:54:33,684
It's nice to beat Honda
now and then.

1103
00:54:35,237 --> 00:54:36,480
NARRATOR: Honda had
their own cause

1104
00:54:36,514 --> 00:54:38,275
for celebration
the following year

1105
00:54:38,309 --> 00:54:39,379
as they chased the win

1106
00:54:39,414 --> 00:54:42,244
that had eluded them
since 1967.

1107
00:54:43,383 --> 00:54:45,074
Junior race
saw Joey Dunlop

1108
00:54:45,109 --> 00:54:48,215
on an unfamiliar
250cc machine.

1109
00:54:55,361 --> 00:55:00,124
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON PA]

1110
00:55:09,098 --> 00:55:10,168
INTERVIEWER: Well,
you've taken the title

1111
00:55:10,203 --> 00:55:11,273
for Honda for the first time

1112
00:55:11,308 --> 00:55:13,171
since, what, 1967?

1113
00:55:13,206 --> 00:55:14,276
That must feel good.

1114
00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:17,279
I don't reckon if I ever
knew that.

1115
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:18,832
It really went in the 250.

1116
00:55:20,006 --> 00:55:21,490
I'm really pleased.

1117
00:55:21,525 --> 00:55:22,905
INTERVIEWER: You were
looking for the Senior
on Friday as well?

1118
00:55:22,940 --> 00:55:24,355
I hope it's easy.

1119
00:55:24,390 --> 00:55:25,494
[MAN LAUGHS]

1120
00:55:25,529 --> 00:55:27,738
NARRATOR: Easy or not,
he won it.

1121
00:55:27,772 --> 00:55:30,499
And the Formula One race
on the RVF Honda,

1122
00:55:30,534 --> 00:55:32,501
which was
a real handful.

1123
00:55:32,536 --> 00:55:34,227
By now,
the big bike classes

1124
00:55:34,261 --> 00:55:35,746
were no longer
the domain

1125
00:55:35,780 --> 00:55:37,989
of two-stroke
500cc machines

1126
00:55:38,024 --> 00:55:40,440
with the Honda RVF
750 BForce

1127
00:55:40,475 --> 00:55:43,547
the bike to beat
in the hands of Joey Dunlop,

1128
00:55:43,581 --> 00:55:47,585
and Senior race winner
in 1986, Roger Burnett.

1129
00:55:47,620 --> 00:55:51,002
1987 and the Senior
reduced to four laps,

1130
00:55:51,037 --> 00:55:53,073
but still plenty of time
for Joey Dunlop

1131
00:55:53,108 --> 00:55:55,352
to prove
his superiority.

1132
00:55:56,525 --> 00:55:59,666
However, a newcomer
was waiting in the wings.

1133
00:55:59,701 --> 00:56:01,875
A young Scotsman
called Steve Hislop,

1134
00:56:01,910 --> 00:56:03,981
who was to win
the Formula 2 race

1135
00:56:04,015 --> 00:56:06,363
and prove he was
a quick learner.

1136
00:56:12,817 --> 00:56:18,167
1988 was yet to be another
record year for Joey Dunlop.

1137
00:56:18,202 --> 00:56:21,205
It all started with a win
in the Formula One race.

1138
00:56:24,104 --> 00:56:25,899
Win number two
came in the Junior.

1139
00:56:34,632 --> 00:56:37,773
And to round the week off,
a win in Friday's Senior,

1140
00:56:37,808 --> 00:56:41,536
a new lap record
and another
hat-trick of victories.

1141
00:56:44,711 --> 00:56:46,506
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

1142
00:56:49,509 --> 00:56:51,649
1989, and the Honda tradition

1143
00:56:51,684 --> 00:56:54,065
is proudly carried on
by Steve Hislop,

1144
00:56:54,100 --> 00:56:55,412
who became
one of the elite

1145
00:56:55,446 --> 00:56:57,759
to win three TTs
in a week,

1146
00:56:57,793 --> 00:56:59,864
which as often happens
in the Isle of Man,

1147
00:56:59,899 --> 00:57:01,659
started off brightly

1148
00:57:01,694 --> 00:57:03,661
and finished in darkness.

1149
00:57:03,696 --> 00:57:07,596
Hislop's new record
of 121.34 miles an hour

1150
00:57:07,631 --> 00:57:10,668
will be remembered by all
who saw and witnessed it.

1151
00:57:10,703 --> 00:57:13,084
The dark side
of racing, too, was evident,

1152
00:57:13,119 --> 00:57:15,293
as five more riders
lost their lives,

1153
00:57:15,328 --> 00:57:17,675
including two
of the island's favorites,

1154
00:57:17,710 --> 00:57:19,988
Phil Mellor and Steve Henshaw.

1155
00:57:20,022 --> 00:57:21,265
The deaths stunned everyone,

1156
00:57:21,299 --> 00:57:24,061
but many believe Phil, Steve
and others before them

1157
00:57:24,095 --> 00:57:27,305
would want their friends
to continue racing
in the sport

1158
00:57:27,340 --> 00:57:29,480
and the place they all loved.

1159
00:57:30,930 --> 00:57:35,279
Into the 1990s
and Norton are back.

1160
00:57:35,313 --> 00:57:37,902
This year, a number of things
had changed.

1161
00:57:37,937 --> 00:57:39,594
There were
no Production races.

1162
00:57:39,628 --> 00:57:42,493
The sidecars conform to
Formula 2 standards

1163
00:57:42,528 --> 00:57:45,772
and the Senior was
for Formula One machines.

1164
00:57:45,807 --> 00:57:47,464
[ENGINES REVVING]

1165
00:57:49,776 --> 00:57:52,503
The second year for
the Supersport 400 race

1166
00:57:52,538 --> 00:57:55,368
and an expected clash between
Carl Fogarty

1167
00:57:55,402 --> 00:57:58,164
and a far from confident,
Steve Hislop.

1168
00:57:58,198 --> 00:57:59,786
Yeah, I'm very happy now.
I got the...

1169
00:57:59,821 --> 00:58:02,168
I've won the main one
of the week, so I'll just be

1170
00:58:02,202 --> 00:58:03,514
sitting back
and have a good ride,

1171
00:58:03,549 --> 00:58:04,515
I think, in this one.

1172
00:58:04,550 --> 00:58:07,414
Ah, I'll see how it goes.
I hope it's quick enough.

1173
00:58:07,449 --> 00:58:08,968
I doubt it, but we'll see.

1174
00:58:09,002 --> 00:58:11,591
COMMENTATOR: And there's an
amazing sight
for the spectators.

1175
00:58:11,626 --> 00:58:15,388
Carl Fogarty,
Jefferies, Leach and Hislop,

1176
00:58:15,422 --> 00:58:19,530
all together through the bend, with Leach starting to move up through the group.

1177
00:58:19,565 --> 00:58:21,152
[ENGINE REVVING]

1178
00:58:23,638 --> 00:58:26,537
And that order on the road
and in the race remains

1179
00:58:26,572 --> 00:58:29,713
as the leaders pass
through Ramsey
on the final lap.

1180
00:58:29,747 --> 00:58:33,061
Carl Fogarty,
Jefferies, Leach and Hislop,

1181
00:58:33,095 --> 00:58:36,547
with just 14 miles of the race left to run.

1182
00:58:36,582 --> 00:58:38,549
[ENGINE REVVING]

1183
00:58:38,584 --> 00:58:40,862
It's over the final time,
they come out of Governor's

1184
00:58:40,896 --> 00:58:42,519
into view of the Grandstand.

1185
00:58:42,553 --> 00:58:44,797
And as they take the checkered flag, it's Fogarty

1186
00:58:44,831 --> 00:58:46,281
first over the line.

1187
00:58:46,315 --> 00:58:50,181
But Leach takes the title
on the Yamaha by 8.2 seconds.

1188
00:58:50,216 --> 00:58:51,769
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

1189
00:58:51,804 --> 00:58:54,082
NARRATOR:
Next chance for Fogarty
was the Junior,

1190
00:58:54,116 --> 00:58:58,293
which had now reverted
to its original upper limits
of 350ccs,

1191
00:58:58,327 --> 00:59:02,469
but still dominated
by the super quick
and easier-to-handle 250s.

1192
00:59:03,712 --> 00:59:07,060
The first Junior TT was held
here in 1911,

1193
00:59:07,095 --> 00:59:08,303
but 14 years ago,

1194
00:59:08,337 --> 00:59:11,064
the capacity was reduced
to 250cc.

1195
00:59:11,099 --> 00:59:14,171
Well, that decision
was reversed in 1987.

1196
00:59:14,205 --> 00:59:15,931
Well, ironically,
every Junior since

1197
00:59:15,966 --> 00:59:19,279
has been won
by a 250 machine.

1198
00:59:19,314 --> 00:59:22,179
No.17, Ian Lougher,
with a flying Yamaha

1199
00:59:22,213 --> 00:59:25,285
over Ballaugh Bridge
and towards Sulby,

1200
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:28,392
and another bridge and tight
right-hander combined.

1201
00:59:31,222 --> 00:59:32,292
COMMENTATOR: It's Hislop.

1202
00:59:32,327 --> 00:59:34,087
He's just about to break
the lap record

1203
00:59:34,122 --> 00:59:38,160
with a scorching 114.93 mph.

1204
00:59:38,195 --> 00:59:41,060
Hislop is flying as he passes through Brandywell

1205
00:59:41,094 --> 00:59:42,786
on the way down
off the mountain.

1206
00:59:42,820 --> 00:59:45,892
Another lap record less than
20 minutes old.

1207
00:59:45,927 --> 00:59:47,687
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

1208
00:59:47,722 --> 00:59:49,862
NARRATOR: Lougher too
was really going for it

1209
00:59:49,896 --> 00:59:52,243
and isn't about to say,
"After you."

1210
00:59:56,213 --> 00:59:59,216
On a flying last lap,
Lougher takes the lap record

1211
00:59:59,250 --> 01:00:00,562
and the race from Hislop

1212
01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:02,944
and was pleasantly surprised
at the finish.

1213
01:00:02,978 --> 01:00:07,431
I'm not sure if I'd won it
when I came in, I just...
[INDISTINCT]

1214
01:00:07,465 --> 01:00:09,191
Just kept going hard at it,
you know.

1215
01:00:09,226 --> 01:00:11,021
NARRATOR: Hislop was naturally
disappointed

1216
01:00:11,055 --> 01:00:12,574
to have been
pipped at the post.

1217
01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:14,403
It's the way it goes.

1218
01:00:14,438 --> 01:00:17,406
I think, uh,
I had a two-second lead

1219
01:00:17,441 --> 01:00:18,960
until I came into the pit.

1220
01:00:18,994 --> 01:00:21,100
They dropped the filler cap
and that was it.

1221
01:00:21,134 --> 01:00:22,273
I'm never getting that.

1222
01:00:22,308 --> 01:00:23,758
I couldn't even get
that two seconds back,

1223
01:00:24,103 --> 01:00:25,069
so...

1224
01:00:25,104 --> 01:00:27,416
[ENGINE REVVING]

1225
01:00:27,451 --> 01:00:31,489
NARRATOR:
The Sidecar boys have had two races to go at since 1969,

1226
01:00:31,524 --> 01:00:34,907
and the current
super chair men,
Dave Saville and Nick Roche

1227
01:00:34,941 --> 01:00:37,461
with their 350cc
powered Yamaha.

1228
01:00:41,154 --> 01:00:43,501
I tried to go as hard
as I could to start with.

1229
01:00:43,536 --> 01:00:46,953
I wanted to be first to do
a 100 mph lap officially,
you know.

1230
01:00:46,988 --> 01:00:49,369
So... I know I got a signal

1231
01:00:49,404 --> 01:00:52,303
at Glen Helen on second lap
and it said 100.

1232
01:00:52,338 --> 01:00:54,927
So, I was quite happy.

1233
01:00:54,961 --> 01:00:56,342
NARRATOR:
The Supersport 600 race

1234
01:00:56,376 --> 01:00:58,068
and Steve Cull
leads Johnny Rea,

1235
01:00:58,102 --> 01:01:01,865
Brian Morrison
and Nick Jefferies
around Ballacraine.

1236
01:01:01,899 --> 01:01:03,349
[ENGINE REVVING]

1237
01:01:07,215 --> 01:01:08,699
But away on his own
over the Mountain

1238
01:01:08,734 --> 01:01:10,356
is race leader, Brian Reid,

1239
01:01:10,390 --> 01:01:13,221
like the others
on a 600 Yamaha.

1240
01:01:13,255 --> 01:01:15,637
Around Governor's
for the last time

1241
01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:17,432
and across the line
for Brian Reid

1242
01:01:17,466 --> 01:01:20,504
to notch up his first win
since 1986.

1243
01:01:20,538 --> 01:01:22,748
It was really good because, uh,

1244
01:01:22,782 --> 01:01:24,784
-you know,
the first lap I was...
-[KISSES]

1245
01:01:24,819 --> 01:01:27,338
I was eight seconds
or something behind and...

1246
01:01:27,373 --> 01:01:29,478
And, you know,
having to put in a big effort

1247
01:01:29,513 --> 01:01:31,515
to try and stay in contention,

1248
01:01:31,549 --> 01:01:33,379
but, uh, then after that
I got a signal.

1249
01:01:33,413 --> 01:01:35,484
I was 33 seconds in front

1250
01:01:35,519 --> 01:01:37,383
and after that it was really
just a matter of

1251
01:01:37,417 --> 01:01:39,557
trying to keep
your concentration in.

1252
01:01:39,592 --> 01:01:40,697
[CLANKING]

1253
01:01:40,731 --> 01:01:42,353
NARRATOR: On now to 1991

1254
01:01:42,388 --> 01:01:44,183
and Joey Dunlop
looks pensively over.

1255
01:01:44,217 --> 01:01:47,773
It's Steve Hislop's Honda out
for another three wins.

1256
01:01:47,807 --> 01:01:50,603
[ENGINE REVVING]

1257
01:01:50,637 --> 01:01:52,570
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1258
01:01:52,605 --> 01:01:55,125
I have to get the first lap overpretty well.

1259
01:01:55,159 --> 01:01:57,472
First lap was...

1260
01:01:57,506 --> 01:01:58,922
but it's gonna take a wee bit
getting used to.

1261
01:01:58,956 --> 01:02:02,684
Everybody's thinking, "Oh, yeah,he's gonna kick off this one

1262
01:02:02,719 --> 01:02:04,065
"and get his three wins."

1263
01:02:04,099 --> 01:02:06,101
But it'll still be a hard race,
I think.

1264
01:02:08,379 --> 01:02:10,968
NARRATOR:
The Mountain, and a fantastic
sight for the fans,

1265
01:02:11,003 --> 01:02:12,383
as two of the island's
experts show

1266
01:02:12,418 --> 01:02:15,732
just what racing on the TT circuit is all about.

1267
01:02:17,388 --> 01:02:18,735
-[ENGINES REVVING]
-[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1268
01:02:22,669 --> 01:02:26,087
Across the line together,
but it's a win for Hislop.

1269
01:02:26,121 --> 01:02:27,709
Yeah, it's nice to have
settled in

1270
01:02:27,744 --> 01:02:30,677
and won... Like, that's
my second hat-trick here

1271
01:02:30,712 --> 01:02:35,130
and I've equaled the late
Mike Hailwood
and Joey's doubles.

1272
01:02:35,165 --> 01:02:36,683
It was brilliant.

1273
01:02:36,718 --> 01:02:40,066
NARRATOR: 1992 and, as usual,
a great week's racing,

1274
01:02:40,101 --> 01:02:41,792
culminating in Friday's Senior

1275
01:02:41,827 --> 01:02:45,382
and the clash between Carl Fogarty and Steve Hislop.

1276
01:02:45,416 --> 01:02:47,694
As always,
both have time
for their fans,

1277
01:02:47,729 --> 01:02:49,558
then it's down to business.

1278
01:02:53,908 --> 01:02:57,808
COMMENTATOR:
So Fogarty gets underway
on the 1992 Senior TT

1279
01:02:57,843 --> 01:02:59,637
on the 750 Yamaha.

1280
01:02:59,672 --> 01:03:03,331
Hislop knows he's got a lot of work to do to keep up with him,

1281
01:03:03,365 --> 01:03:05,747
but the Scot holds
the lap record
around this circuit

1282
01:03:05,782 --> 01:03:08,094
and in theory he is
the quicker rider,

1283
01:03:08,129 --> 01:03:10,303
and in these perfect
conditions for road racing,

1284
01:03:10,338 --> 01:03:13,444
it'll be interesting to see
if that lap record goes.

1285
01:03:13,962 --> 01:03:15,343
As lap one progresses,

1286
01:03:15,377 --> 01:03:17,794
Fogarty is beginning to pull
away from Hislop's Norton.

1287
01:03:17,828 --> 01:03:20,382
The two have started
two-and-a-half minutes apart,

1288
01:03:20,417 --> 01:03:22,695
and it's not long
before Fogarty at No.4

1289
01:03:22,729 --> 01:03:25,491
has passed everyone
in front of him on the road.

1290
01:03:25,525 --> 01:03:28,494
The Yamaha's going sweetly after the problems on Saturday,

1291
01:03:28,528 --> 01:03:32,291
and the crowd are being treated
to a real duel of champions.

1292
01:03:32,325 --> 01:03:34,189
By the end of lap 1,
the gap has opened out

1293
01:03:34,224 --> 01:03:35,570
to 1.2 seconds.

1294
01:03:35,604 --> 01:03:39,160
First is Fogarty, second Hislop and third Robert Dunlop.

1295
01:03:39,194 --> 01:03:41,818
But Hizzy is settling in
much better on the Norton

1296
01:03:41,852 --> 01:03:43,820
this time round.

1297
01:03:43,854 --> 01:03:46,512
The tension around the course
is unbearable now.

1298
01:03:46,546 --> 01:03:48,790
Fogarty is beginning
to close the gap

1299
01:03:48,825 --> 01:03:51,344
and Norton can see
the possibility of victory

1300
01:03:51,379 --> 01:03:55,279
being snatched from them
at the very last moment.

1301
01:03:55,314 --> 01:03:58,904
So Foggy crosses the line
and the stopwatches start.

1302
01:04:00,146 --> 01:04:02,183
And then Hizzy's
distinctive helmet

1303
01:04:02,217 --> 01:04:04,737
appears up the rise
out of Governor's Bridge,

1304
01:04:04,771 --> 01:04:06,877
and it's the win that
both Hislop and Norton

1305
01:04:06,912 --> 01:04:08,120
had been waiting for.

1306
01:04:08,154 --> 01:04:11,123
Hislop takes
the Senior TT title.

1307
01:04:11,157 --> 01:04:14,609
Brilliant. It's a grand finale
in my TT career.

1308
01:04:14,643 --> 01:04:18,268
We went in on the British bike
and it's just brilliant.

1309
01:04:18,302 --> 01:04:20,511
NARRATOR: Meanwhile, a little bit of history is made

1310
01:04:20,546 --> 01:04:22,893
in the 125 race
with Joey Dunlop

1311
01:04:22,928 --> 01:04:25,413
squirting the Honda
to another win.

1312
01:04:29,969 --> 01:04:32,558
Well, it was a long time after
I got hurt before... To get it.

1313
01:04:32,592 --> 01:04:35,216
[INDISTINCT]
Now I got it, I'm quite happy.

1314
01:04:35,802 --> 01:04:37,735
I'm glad it's finished.

1315
01:04:37,770 --> 01:04:40,290
NARRATOR:
Joey celebrates the fact
he's now equaled

1316
01:04:40,324 --> 01:04:43,465
Mike Hailwood's record
of 14 TT wins.

1317
01:04:45,674 --> 01:04:47,090
Now to see if a Dunlop

1318
01:04:47,124 --> 01:04:49,092
could beat the record
in the Junior.

1319
01:04:50,196 --> 01:04:51,266
As the race progressed,

1320
01:04:51,301 --> 01:04:53,268
Joey latched on
to brother Robert

1321
01:04:53,303 --> 01:04:55,374
and things looked promising.

1322
01:04:55,408 --> 01:04:57,617
But out to spoil the party
was Brian Reid,

1323
01:04:57,652 --> 01:04:59,274
and when he reached
the Gooseneck,

1324
01:04:59,309 --> 01:05:01,414
the board told him
what he wanted to see.

1325
01:05:01,449 --> 01:05:03,830
He was leading by 12 seconds.

1326
01:05:06,833 --> 01:05:08,456
Oh, man.

1327
01:05:08,939 --> 01:05:11,390
I'm pleased. Oh.

1328
01:05:11,424 --> 01:05:14,600
I got a signal on the Mountain
that it was down to me

1329
01:05:14,634 --> 01:05:16,153
and my second, too.

1330
01:05:16,188 --> 01:05:18,500
I really got to finger it
coming down the Mountain.

1331
01:05:18,535 --> 01:05:21,503
Uh, I thought I had an oil leak
'cause my foot kept slipping

1332
01:05:21,538 --> 01:05:24,299
off the foot rest
and the gear change

1333
01:05:24,334 --> 01:05:26,957
and I was a bit afraid of oil,

1334
01:05:26,992 --> 01:05:28,717
but I just had
to forget about it.

1335
01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:33,653
[ENGINE REVVING]

1336
01:05:40,384 --> 01:05:41,903
NARRATOR: We move to 1993,

1337
01:05:41,938 --> 01:05:43,905
and the start of the much
postponed Senior race,

1338
01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:46,873
which took place after many fans had left the island.

1339
01:05:48,151 --> 01:05:49,566
Things were still not ideal

1340
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,740
as the race eventually
got underway,

1341
01:05:51,775 --> 01:05:54,191
and from the start, it was obvious Phillip McCallen

1342
01:05:54,226 --> 01:05:57,091
was also in a hurry
to leave the island.

1343
01:05:59,300 --> 01:06:01,578
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

1344
01:06:06,824 --> 01:06:09,206
COMMENTATOR:
He stopped. Is it a penalty?
But he stopped.

1345
01:06:09,241 --> 01:06:11,415
NARRATOR:
Consolation for No.3,
Joey Dunlop.

1346
01:06:11,450 --> 01:06:13,383
His earlier win
in the 125 race

1347
01:06:13,417 --> 01:06:15,074
had meant he was now
the proud holder

1348
01:06:15,109 --> 01:06:17,594
of the record number
of wins on the island.

1349
01:06:17,628 --> 01:06:20,148
But today's winner
was most definitely McCallen

1350
01:06:20,183 --> 01:06:22,633
as he celebrated
with Jefferies and Ward.

1351
01:06:25,222 --> 01:06:27,707
1994 and a familiar face
in the paddock,

1352
01:06:27,742 --> 01:06:29,778
one of the Isle of Man's
newer residents

1353
01:06:29,813 --> 01:06:31,815
and a great fan of the races.

1354
01:06:31,849 --> 01:06:33,023
Oh, very much.

1355
01:06:33,058 --> 01:06:35,267
I love the race thing
no matter what day it is.

1356
01:06:35,301 --> 01:06:38,408
But on a wonderful, sunny,
glorious day like this,

1357
01:06:38,442 --> 01:06:41,756
anybody who doesn't enjoy
themselves is raving mad.

1358
01:06:41,790 --> 01:06:44,276
NARRATOR: The 125 race
is now run in conjunction

1359
01:06:44,310 --> 01:06:47,106
with a special race
for single-cylinder machines.

1360
01:06:47,141 --> 01:06:48,142
And fastest in practice

1361
01:06:48,176 --> 01:06:50,075
has been New Zealander
Rob Holden,

1362
01:06:50,109 --> 01:06:53,078
who's No.4
on the 560cc Ducati,

1363
01:06:53,112 --> 01:06:55,114
one number ahead of big rival,

1364
01:06:55,149 --> 01:06:58,255
Glasgow's Jim Moodie,
on a 660 Yamaha.

1365
01:07:01,155 --> 01:07:04,054
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

1366
01:07:04,089 --> 01:07:05,331
As they streak
around the island,

1367
01:07:05,366 --> 01:07:07,368
there's little to choose
between the pair,

1368
01:07:07,402 --> 01:07:10,164
except that Moodie's
extra 100cc's

1369
01:07:10,198 --> 01:07:13,995
may just give him the edge
on the straights.

1370
01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:17,585
Next, the 125s and Mr. Dunlop
is in a winning frame of mind

1371
01:07:17,619 --> 01:07:20,312
as he sets off in pursuit
of Mick Lofthouse.

1372
01:07:25,386 --> 01:07:27,905
As Moodie and Holden
catch up a slower rider,

1373
01:07:27,940 --> 01:07:29,562
things are a bit hectic.

1374
01:07:34,740 --> 01:07:38,675
Yeah, the pit stop
definitely made the...

1375
01:07:38,709 --> 01:07:40,021
That made the race...

1376
01:07:40,056 --> 01:07:42,472
up until I was, uh...
I was holding position

1377
01:07:42,506 --> 01:07:44,715
but I was trying to catch him
on the road.

1378
01:07:44,750 --> 01:07:46,027
NARRATOR: A win for Moodie.

1379
01:07:46,062 --> 01:07:47,787
What about that
coming together?

1380
01:07:47,822 --> 01:07:49,824
Yeah, we came up
across a 125

1381
01:07:49,858 --> 01:07:51,101
in the middle of Governor's

1382
01:07:51,136 --> 01:07:53,414
and he bumped into Jim
and then Jim hit me mid-shift.

1383
01:07:53,448 --> 01:07:54,898
I thought he was going to
fall off for a second,

1384
01:07:54,932 --> 01:07:56,279
but he managed to save it.

1385
01:07:56,313 --> 01:07:57,832
It's just one of those things. Luckily, we both stayed on.

1386
01:07:57,866 --> 01:07:59,351
There's no hard feelings.

1387
01:07:59,385 --> 01:08:00,386
NARRATOR: The 125 race.

1388
01:08:00,421 --> 01:08:02,285
And yes, you've guessed it.

1389
01:08:02,319 --> 01:08:05,115
Win number 16 for Joey Dunlop.

1390
01:08:05,150 --> 01:08:06,185
I really enjoyed that.

1391
01:08:06,220 --> 01:08:07,738
Today's race was good.

1392
01:08:07,773 --> 01:08:10,016
INTERVIEWER:
Did you think you were going
to win by such a margin?

1393
01:08:10,051 --> 01:08:11,535
No, but once
I pulled it a wee back,

1394
01:08:11,570 --> 01:08:14,262
I just sat there and looked
at everybody else

1395
01:08:14,297 --> 01:08:16,678
and wait and see
what was happening.

1396
01:08:16,713 --> 01:08:18,922
NARRATOR: Next away,
the 250s in the Junior race

1397
01:08:18,956 --> 01:08:22,650
again combined, this time
with the Supersport 400s.

1398
01:08:24,307 --> 01:08:27,793
Jim Moodie gets the 400s away, and he's in a class of his own

1399
01:08:27,827 --> 01:08:30,623
with a minute to spare
over his nearest rival.

1400
01:08:31,383 --> 01:08:33,557
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

1401
01:08:37,975 --> 01:08:39,839
Joey presses on
towards the finish,

1402
01:08:39,874 --> 01:08:43,429
unaware that McCallen has
run out of petrol behind him.

1403
01:08:43,464 --> 01:08:46,156
So it's a happy
and somewhat relieved Joey

1404
01:08:46,191 --> 01:08:48,952
who answers the question
he's always asked:

1405
01:08:48,986 --> 01:08:50,333
"What next?"

1406
01:08:50,367 --> 01:08:52,473
I'll retire. [CHUCKLES]

1407
01:08:52,507 --> 01:08:54,475
[LAUGHTER]

1408
01:08:54,509 --> 01:08:56,477
NARRATOR: And Production bike specialist Jim Moodie

1409
01:08:56,511 --> 01:08:59,307
takes his second win
of the week.

1410
01:08:59,342 --> 01:09:01,620
Once I slowed down,
I started feeling the pain
in my hand,

1411
01:09:01,654 --> 01:09:03,173
in the back and everything,
you know,

1412
01:09:03,208 --> 01:09:04,485
but while I was trying hard
and concentrating

1413
01:09:04,519 --> 01:09:06,038
I couldn't really feel anything.

1414
01:09:06,072 --> 01:09:08,730
NARRATOR: 1996,
and Shaun Harris

1415
01:09:08,765 --> 01:09:10,146
gets us right up to date

1416
01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:12,631
as he's first away
in the F1 race.

1417
01:09:12,665 --> 01:09:15,530
Phillip McCallen
with four wins to his name

1418
01:09:15,565 --> 01:09:16,945
and out for more.

1419
01:09:19,914 --> 01:09:21,122
A mile to go

1420
01:09:21,157 --> 01:09:23,400
and McCallen
has the race in the bag.

1421
01:09:28,543 --> 01:09:31,995
It started to cut out
after Ramsey.

1422
01:09:32,029 --> 01:09:33,755
I'd have thought
it was running out of fuel,

1423
01:09:33,790 --> 01:09:34,929
so I thought, "Oh, no."

1424
01:09:34,963 --> 01:09:36,482
So I coasted
and I changed up gear

1425
01:09:36,517 --> 01:09:39,140
really early and coasted
just back in till we get
the fuel.

1426
01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:41,107
Each time the bike
cut out in stop box,

1427
01:09:41,142 --> 01:09:42,695
we sure knew
there was something wrong,

1428
01:09:42,730 --> 01:09:44,110
but that wasn't me
stalling the bike,

1429
01:09:44,145 --> 01:09:45,733
like people say.
It just was cutting out

1430
01:09:45,767 --> 01:09:47,044
and wouldn't go again.

1431
01:09:47,079 --> 01:09:49,323
NARRATOR: Now the Lightweight
and Joey's in a serious mood

1432
01:09:49,357 --> 01:09:51,394
and out to repeat
last year's victory.

1433
01:09:56,053 --> 01:09:57,572
Behind Dunlop,
Phillip McCallen

1434
01:09:57,607 --> 01:09:59,471
has got the bit
between his teeth,

1435
01:09:59,505 --> 01:10:02,370
and there's little
to separate them on time.

1436
01:10:02,405 --> 01:10:05,304
So it's still anyone's race.

1437
01:10:05,925 --> 01:10:07,272
And every second counts.

1438
01:10:07,306 --> 01:10:10,206
McCallen's frustration
can be understood.

1439
01:10:10,240 --> 01:10:11,828
McCALLEN:
Ah, shit, not again!

1440
01:10:16,729 --> 01:10:18,144
[ENGINE ROARING]

1441
01:10:20,008 --> 01:10:23,184
NARRATOR:
Joey is super smooth
as he flies out of Ramsey

1442
01:10:23,219 --> 01:10:25,151
to start the climb
up the Mountain.

1443
01:10:29,639 --> 01:10:31,951
He gets a welcome sign
at Ramsey Hairpin,

1444
01:10:31,986 --> 01:10:34,230
telling him
he has a five-second lead.

1445
01:10:34,264 --> 01:10:37,198
But easing off is not
in Joey's book of racing.

1446
01:10:38,751 --> 01:10:40,891
So it's flat out to the finish

1447
01:10:40,926 --> 01:10:42,721
and win number 20.

1448
01:10:43,963 --> 01:10:46,103
Two Sidecar races
were testimony

1449
01:10:46,138 --> 01:10:48,692
to the skill and local
knowledge of Manxman

1450
01:10:48,727 --> 01:10:49,797
Dave Molyneux.

1451
01:10:58,323 --> 01:11:00,497
Veteran Mick Boddice,
who had a second

1452
01:11:00,532 --> 01:11:03,673
and third place last year,
is out of luck this time.

1453
01:11:03,707 --> 01:11:06,607
And a bang and a puff of smoke tells passenger, Dave Wells,

1454
01:11:06,641 --> 01:11:09,610
he can relax and take things
easy for a change.

1455
01:11:16,237 --> 01:11:18,239
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

1456
01:11:20,345 --> 01:11:22,174
A final dash to the flag

1457
01:11:22,208 --> 01:11:24,935
and another celebration
for Molyneux and Hill.

1458
01:11:27,559 --> 01:11:29,112
Now the smallest bikes
of the week,

1459
01:11:29,146 --> 01:11:30,734
the 125s are in action.

1460
01:11:30,769 --> 01:11:34,359
Again, Joey at the remarkable
age of 44 years,

1461
01:11:34,393 --> 01:11:36,464
throws the bike around
like a teenager

1462
01:11:36,499 --> 01:11:39,364
as he chases yet another win
for the record books.

1463
01:11:50,409 --> 01:11:51,617
With thick mist
on the Mountain,

1464
01:11:51,652 --> 01:11:53,723
Joey's probably the only man
in the race

1465
01:11:53,757 --> 01:11:57,243
who could possibly say
he could ride around
blindfolded.

1466
01:12:02,007 --> 01:12:05,390
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

1467
01:12:08,151 --> 01:12:09,497
Some mist on the Mountain

1468
01:12:09,532 --> 01:12:12,880
and in many people's eyes,
as Joey makes it 21 wins

1469
01:12:12,914 --> 01:12:16,366
in 21 years of island racing.

1470
01:12:16,401 --> 01:12:19,818
And it's hard to see how anyone will ever beat that record.

1471
01:12:25,444 --> 01:12:27,481
The singles race
was another win
for Jim Moodie,

1472
01:12:27,515 --> 01:12:29,759
who, once, he'd caught up
with second man, Dave Morris,

1473
01:12:29,793 --> 01:12:33,210
on the BMW,
decided to keep him company.

1474
01:12:40,770 --> 01:12:42,703
The Junior race was cut
to three laps

1475
01:12:42,737 --> 01:12:43,911
because of the weather.

1476
01:12:43,945 --> 01:12:47,017
And hot favorite was that other Irish ace, Phillip McCallen,

1477
01:12:47,052 --> 01:12:48,743
on a 600cc Honda.

1478
01:12:50,193 --> 01:12:54,818
[ENGINE REVVING]

1479
01:12:57,407 --> 01:13:00,099
In no time at all, McCallen
was threading his way

1480
01:13:00,134 --> 01:13:01,722
through those who'd started
ahead of him

1481
01:13:01,756 --> 01:13:04,932
in that ceaseless quest
to be first past the post,

1482
01:13:04,966 --> 01:13:08,522
the will to win that all great riders have above all else.

1483
01:13:12,457 --> 01:13:15,736
Up to the Gooseneck and past
a startled Michael Rutter.

1484
01:13:21,327 --> 01:13:22,915
McCallen has things
under control

1485
01:13:22,950 --> 01:13:26,540
and takes his second win
of the week by 19 seconds.

1486
01:13:28,127 --> 01:13:29,612
Onto the big production
machines now

1487
01:13:29,646 --> 01:13:31,579
and here comes Iain Duffus,
Bob Jackson,

1488
01:13:31,614 --> 01:13:33,754
Michael Rutter
and Ian Lougher.

1489
01:13:37,723 --> 01:13:39,829
Jim Moodie, one of the few
Suzuki riders,

1490
01:13:39,863 --> 01:13:41,175
wobbles out of Kirk Michael,

1491
01:13:41,209 --> 01:13:43,798
followed by McCallen
on the Honda.

1492
01:13:43,833 --> 01:13:47,250
On the Mountain, second man, Iain Duffus has caught Moodie.

1493
01:13:47,284 --> 01:13:49,494
And you don't want a close
dice with a slower man

1494
01:13:49,528 --> 01:13:51,703
when every second counts.

1495
01:13:51,737 --> 01:13:54,084
McCallen now counting
the miles to the finish

1496
01:13:54,119 --> 01:13:56,466
as he circulates
for the last time,

1497
01:13:56,501 --> 01:13:58,157
and crosses the line
to join the elites

1498
01:13:58,192 --> 01:13:59,573
for his third win of the week,

1499
01:13:59,607 --> 01:14:02,748
and then tells us
he was taking things easy.

1500
01:14:02,783 --> 01:14:05,302
We didn't really mind
as long as we were like within

1501
01:14:05,337 --> 01:14:07,477
two or three seconds of...
of the leader

1502
01:14:07,512 --> 01:14:08,685
in the lead, in the first lap.

1503
01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:11,032
Then we could wind up
the pace after that.

1504
01:14:11,067 --> 01:14:13,207
You've also got to be careful
not to use up all your energy,

1505
01:14:13,241 --> 01:14:16,693
because we've another six laps
to go in the Senior today.

1506
01:14:16,728 --> 01:14:19,938
NARRATOR: And now,
the climax of the week,
the Senior.

1507
01:14:19,972 --> 01:14:23,217
And if anyone could deny McCallen his place in history,

1508
01:14:23,251 --> 01:14:27,083
it's fellow countryman,
Joey Dunlop.

1509
01:14:27,117 --> 01:14:28,671
Number 12, Phillip McCallen.

1510
01:14:28,705 --> 01:14:32,433
And the question on everyone's lips is, "Can he do it?"

1511
01:14:32,468 --> 01:14:34,780
No one has ever won
four races in a week,

1512
01:14:34,815 --> 01:14:37,300
and the pressure, both mentally and physically,

1513
01:14:37,334 --> 01:14:40,199
must be tremendous.

1514
01:14:40,234 --> 01:14:43,513
Well, in under two hours,
we'll all know the answer.

1515
01:14:43,548 --> 01:14:45,757
As McCallen nears the end
of his first lap,

1516
01:14:45,791 --> 01:14:47,034
Phil's intentions are plain

1517
01:14:47,068 --> 01:14:50,106
as he closes on
Pullen and Jackson.

1518
01:14:50,140 --> 01:14:54,524
In the pit, Joey gets away
as McCallen manages to stall.

1519
01:14:54,559 --> 01:14:57,216
Maybe those nerves
are beginning to tell.

1520
01:14:58,459 --> 01:14:59,909
Joey Dunlop in second place,

1521
01:14:59,943 --> 01:15:03,360
and soon McCallen
is breathing down his neck.

1522
01:15:03,395 --> 01:15:07,019
Phillip, now ahead, and there's nothing Joey can do about it.

1523
01:15:07,054 --> 01:15:08,331
Or is there?

1524
01:15:21,862 --> 01:15:26,418
With a wise head
on young shoulders
and nearly a minute in hand,

1525
01:15:26,452 --> 01:15:28,213
McCallen lets him go
to make sure

1526
01:15:28,247 --> 01:15:30,387
of a clear run back
to the finish

1527
01:15:30,422 --> 01:15:32,735
and a place
in the TT Hall of Fame.

1528
01:15:33,736 --> 01:15:34,875
And he does it,

1529
01:15:34,909 --> 01:15:37,498
to join all those other fine
riders who've experienced

1530
01:15:37,533 --> 01:15:39,293
one of the greatest thrills
on offer

1531
01:15:39,327 --> 01:15:41,191
to a racing motorcyclist.

1532
01:15:42,020 --> 01:15:43,884
1997, and the opening

1533
01:15:43,918 --> 01:15:46,231
of another chapter
in TT racing.

1534
01:15:47,543 --> 01:15:50,131
Phillip McCallen sets off in the first event of the week,

1535
01:15:50,166 --> 01:15:51,305
the Formula One race,

1536
01:15:51,339 --> 01:15:54,515
and soon shows
he means business.

1537
01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:55,585
COMMENTATOR 1:
Here's the man, McCallen.

1538
01:15:55,620 --> 01:15:56,897
He doesn't look relaxed,
does he?

1539
01:15:56,931 --> 01:15:59,209
I mean, he's definitely
got his race face on.

1540
01:15:59,244 --> 01:16:00,348
COMMENTATOR 2:
Yeah, Phillip's got

1541
01:16:00,383 --> 01:16:02,385
one of those real
aggressive styles

1542
01:16:02,419 --> 01:16:05,526
with his elbows always out.

1543
01:16:05,561 --> 01:16:08,564
NARRATOR: On the Mountain,
Joey tracks Michael Rutter.

1544
01:16:17,020 --> 01:16:19,402
Joey eventually slows,
leaving Michael

1545
01:16:19,436 --> 01:16:21,749
to finish second
to a philosophical McCallen.

1546
01:16:23,820 --> 01:16:26,512
McCALLEN:
Different races you approach
in different ways,

1547
01:16:26,547 --> 01:16:31,621
but I think yesterday my bike
was the best bike out there.

1548
01:16:31,656 --> 01:16:34,244
and, uh, or equally the best,
and, uh...

1549
01:16:34,279 --> 01:16:36,419
So I thought there couldn't be too many people

1550
01:16:36,453 --> 01:16:39,525
could go at a hot pace
the whole way.

1551
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:42,736
NARRATOR: The 250 now,
and perhaps Joey's
best chance of a win.

1552
01:16:46,947 --> 01:16:48,880
But there's one big problem,

1553
01:16:48,914 --> 01:16:51,158
number 11, McCallen.

1554
01:16:58,441 --> 01:17:01,755
Another rider who's been flying in practice, Ian Lougher.

1555
01:17:06,449 --> 01:17:09,348
The marshals stand aside
as Joey screams through.

1556
01:17:09,383 --> 01:17:11,592
But as the stopwatches
click around the island,

1557
01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:14,560
there's little to split
these two supermen.

1558
01:17:14,595 --> 01:17:17,011
As Joey Dunlop
goes across the mountain,

1559
01:17:17,046 --> 01:17:18,668
unofficially from Ramsey,
they're saying

1560
01:17:18,703 --> 01:17:21,809
Dunlop is 51 seconds
to the good over.

1561
01:17:21,844 --> 01:17:23,362
Gary Dynes in second place.

1562
01:17:23,397 --> 01:17:26,642
John McGuinness third,
and Ian Lougher
in fourth place.

1563
01:17:26,676 --> 01:17:29,299
Phillip McCallen
has gone missing.

1564
01:17:29,334 --> 01:17:31,888
McCallen has fallen
at Quarry Bends.

1565
01:17:31,923 --> 01:17:35,478
Fortunately, the only serious damage is to the bike.

1566
01:17:38,412 --> 01:17:40,103
So now there's nothing
to stop Joey

1567
01:17:40,138 --> 01:17:42,002
taking his 22nd win

1568
01:17:42,036 --> 01:17:44,556
in his 22nd year
on the island.

1569
01:17:46,489 --> 01:17:48,733
As usual, the sidecars
have two races

1570
01:17:48,767 --> 01:17:50,735
in which to enjoy themselves.

1571
01:17:50,769 --> 01:17:53,599
And Rob Fisher nips by
Roy Hanks at Ballacraine,

1572
01:17:53,634 --> 01:17:56,257
to lead on the road
and in the race.

1573
01:18:00,468 --> 01:18:03,299
Mick Boddice has found a way back in front of Kenny Howles,

1574
01:18:03,333 --> 01:18:05,301
and now he leads going over
the mountain.

1575
01:18:05,335 --> 01:18:08,994
This private battle going on
for about 30 miles now,

1576
01:18:09,029 --> 01:18:10,755
but Howles has got other ideas.

1577
01:18:15,829 --> 01:18:17,658
But up front is Roy Hanks,

1578
01:18:17,693 --> 01:18:21,179
as Fisher retires and
Roy gets his first victory

1579
01:18:21,213 --> 01:18:24,423
in 31 years of trying
to win a TT.

1580
01:18:27,806 --> 01:18:29,290
Rob Fisher and Rick Long

1581
01:18:29,325 --> 01:18:31,361
make no mistake
in the second race though,

1582
01:18:31,396 --> 01:18:33,985
and prove that without
Dave Molyneux on the island

1583
01:18:34,019 --> 01:18:35,745
they're in a class
of their own.

1584
01:18:41,855 --> 01:18:43,719
[EXCLAIMS]

1585
01:18:43,753 --> 01:18:47,757
Back to two wheels now
and the 125cc
Ultra-Lightweights.

1586
01:18:51,934 --> 01:18:53,521
50 seconds after Joey,

1587
01:18:53,556 --> 01:18:55,972
Brother, Robert Dunlop,
squirts the little Honda

1588
01:18:56,007 --> 01:18:57,594
off towards Bray Hill.

1589
01:19:02,565 --> 01:19:04,291
Denis McCullough
is leading Robert Dunlop

1590
01:19:04,325 --> 01:19:06,224
on time over the Mountain.

1591
01:19:09,986 --> 01:19:12,230
But up ahead,
and going even quicker

1592
01:19:12,264 --> 01:19:15,164
and setting a new lap record
is the eventual winner,

1593
01:19:15,198 --> 01:19:16,337
Ian Lougher.

1594
01:19:19,340 --> 01:19:21,998
Phil McCallen
being chased and caught

1595
01:19:22,033 --> 01:19:23,620
by Scotsman, Ian Simpson.

1596
01:19:23,655 --> 01:19:26,175
McCallen is not one
to take things lightly,

1597
01:19:26,209 --> 01:19:29,005
and pride's at stake
as he repasses Ian.

1598
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:31,111
But Simpson has the clock
on his side,

1599
01:19:31,145 --> 01:19:33,389
but if he keeps Phillip
in sight, he's won.

1600
01:19:33,423 --> 01:19:37,117
Yeah, I knew I had to really go
for it the first ten miles,

1601
01:19:37,151 --> 01:19:40,396
'cause you can
make or lose the race there.

1602
01:19:40,430 --> 01:19:42,294
So I went for it absolutely
as hard as I could

1603
01:19:42,329 --> 01:19:44,572
from the word go and
it paid off.

1604
01:19:44,607 --> 01:19:46,505
NARRATOR: Line astern
becomes line abreast

1605
01:19:46,540 --> 01:19:48,335
as Friday's shortened
Production race

1606
01:19:48,369 --> 01:19:50,406
finally gets under way.

1607
01:19:50,440 --> 01:19:52,822
Mark Flynn,
a little cross-threaded.

1608
01:19:59,242 --> 01:20:01,727
An almost fully fit
McCallen shows true form

1609
01:20:01,762 --> 01:20:03,833
as he reverses
Wednesday's positions

1610
01:20:03,868 --> 01:20:07,457
and pushes Ian Simpson's
Ducati back to second place

1611
01:20:07,492 --> 01:20:09,563
and feels he's proved a point.

1612
01:20:11,116 --> 01:20:12,393
It was a bit of a let down
on Wednesday.

1613
01:20:12,428 --> 01:20:15,293
It was even more of a let down
on Monday by sliding off,

1614
01:20:15,327 --> 01:20:18,089
so I think I've repaid them all
a little bit this morning.

1615
01:20:18,123 --> 01:20:22,196
NARRATOR:
TT '98 was said to be a huge
festival of entertainment

1616
01:20:22,231 --> 01:20:25,717
as Honda celebrated
its 50th birthday.

1617
01:20:25,751 --> 01:20:26,683
And it's Ian Simpson,

1618
01:20:26,718 --> 01:20:28,962
No.12 at the start of
the Formula One race

1619
01:20:28,996 --> 01:20:32,448
that heralded a wet week
on Motors Isle.

1620
01:20:32,482 --> 01:20:34,105
The race was reduced
to four laps

1621
01:20:34,139 --> 01:20:37,142
and just about everyone
has treaded tires.

1622
01:20:37,177 --> 01:20:39,800
In the pit, Simpson changes
wheels and helmet

1623
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:42,216
as the team tells him
he's lying second,

1624
01:20:42,251 --> 01:20:44,218
a position
which is to improve

1625
01:20:44,253 --> 01:20:46,807
as he goes on to win
the opening race.

1626
01:20:54,815 --> 01:20:58,129
Now, just look at
the changing conditions
for the Lightweights.

1627
01:21:02,374 --> 01:21:04,860
In some of the worst ever
racing conditions,

1628
01:21:04,894 --> 01:21:06,723
who would you put
your money on?

1629
01:21:06,758 --> 01:21:09,381
Of course, none other
than Joey Dunlop,

1630
01:21:09,416 --> 01:21:12,350
who knows this circuit
better than anyone.

1631
01:21:13,903 --> 01:21:16,492
[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT]

1632
01:21:22,463 --> 01:21:24,189
But even Joey
can't be enjoying this

1633
01:21:24,224 --> 01:21:26,433
as he splashes past
at the end of lap one,

1634
01:21:26,467 --> 01:21:29,125
deciding not to refuel
this time around.

1635
01:21:30,402 --> 01:21:34,303
Joey, gingerly, around Quarter and Braddan Bridges,

1636
01:21:34,337 --> 01:21:37,927
and his decision not to stop
at the pits is justified,

1637
01:21:37,962 --> 01:21:40,930
as the organizers
cut the race to two laps.

1638
01:21:40,965 --> 01:21:44,106
And with Joey out on his own
by some 42 seconds,

1639
01:21:44,140 --> 01:21:46,729
it means
he's got his 23rd win,

1640
01:21:46,763 --> 01:21:48,731
thanks, in part,
to the conditions.

1641
01:21:48,765 --> 01:21:52,597
I had a wee bit of trouble
when I got in... it slides

1642
01:21:52,631 --> 01:21:54,944
and no way
you could get in the wet.

1643
01:21:54,979 --> 01:21:57,153
You know, I was afraid
to lose me hand,

1644
01:21:57,188 --> 01:21:58,430
but it was all right.

1645
01:21:58,465 --> 01:22:01,364
[CROWD CHEERING]

1646
01:22:01,399 --> 01:22:04,333
NARRATOR:
A happy family moment
before returning to work.

1647
01:22:07,577 --> 01:22:10,580
Better conditions at last
for the Ultra-Lightweight.

1648
01:22:13,687 --> 01:22:16,793
Joey heads a Dunlop sandwich
with Bill Hutchinson,

1649
01:22:16,828 --> 01:22:18,243
the meat in the middle.

1650
01:22:28,598 --> 01:22:30,324
No hint
of brotherly love here

1651
01:22:30,359 --> 01:22:33,603
as the two injured Dunlops
battle it out.

1652
01:22:33,638 --> 01:22:37,090
On this occasion, it's Robert
who comes out on top.

1653
01:22:37,124 --> 01:22:39,230
And I spoke to Joey
before the race,

1654
01:22:39,264 --> 01:22:40,783
and I said, "Would you get out of Robert's way?"

1655
01:22:40,817 --> 01:22:43,165
And he said, " Absolutely
out of the question."

1656
01:22:43,199 --> 01:22:45,098
ROBERT: I knew that broken right tibia

1657
01:22:45,132 --> 01:22:46,962
was the biggest problem
in there.

1658
01:22:46,996 --> 01:22:49,550
I knew that riding the bike
wouldn't be as critical,

1659
01:22:49,585 --> 01:22:51,242
you know,
as your upper body,

1660
01:22:51,276 --> 01:22:52,760
if something was wrong
with that.

1661
01:22:52,795 --> 01:22:55,211
So my collarbone
was only a hairline fracture,

1662
01:22:55,246 --> 01:22:56,523
which was very good,

1663
01:22:56,557 --> 01:22:58,732
and I got a lot of fuzzy on,
a lot of laser treatment

1664
01:22:58,766 --> 01:23:02,632
on both me collarbone
and me broken legs,

1665
01:23:02,667 --> 01:23:04,324
so it really has paid off.

1666
01:23:05,187 --> 01:23:06,291
NARRATOR:
Because of the weather,

1667
01:23:06,326 --> 01:23:08,086
there's only one Sidecar race
this week,

1668
01:23:08,121 --> 01:23:09,501
so there's a lot at stake,

1669
01:23:09,536 --> 01:23:11,710
not least,
double the prize money,

1670
01:23:11,745 --> 01:23:14,161
as Dave Molyneux,
an absentee last year,

1671
01:23:14,196 --> 01:23:16,232
sets off towards
Braddan Bridge.

1672
01:23:17,958 --> 01:23:19,511
Dave and passenger,
Doug Jewell,

1673
01:23:19,546 --> 01:23:22,342
are soon throwing themselves
into the action at Braddan.

1674
01:23:27,588 --> 01:23:30,419
Tom Hanks with Steve Wilson
in the chair,

1675
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:32,766
and out of it.

1676
01:23:32,800 --> 01:23:35,769
No doubt thinking up
a friendly remark for Tom,

1677
01:23:35,803 --> 01:23:37,564
if he ever catches him up.

1678
01:23:38,944 --> 01:23:40,360
There may be only one race,

1679
01:23:40,394 --> 01:23:42,603
but what a race
it would prove to be.

1680
01:23:47,470 --> 01:23:49,921
Dave Molyneux
with virtually
a brand-new bike

1681
01:23:49,955 --> 01:23:51,164
and a new passenger,

1682
01:23:51,198 --> 01:23:54,098
used the first lap
to run them both in,

1683
01:23:54,132 --> 01:23:56,997
and then just went
faster and faster

1684
01:23:57,032 --> 01:23:59,310
to come from 6th to 1st,

1685
01:23:59,344 --> 01:24:01,415
eventually winning
by over a minute

1686
01:24:01,450 --> 01:24:04,660
from Kenny Howles
and Gary Horspole.

1687
01:24:04,694 --> 01:24:06,731
Honda's party week
was slightly spoiled

1688
01:24:06,765 --> 01:24:09,768
by Dave Morris' BMW
in the singles.

1689
01:24:15,360 --> 01:24:17,086
But things were soon
back to normal

1690
01:24:17,121 --> 01:24:19,330
in the wet and shortened
Junior race.

1691
01:24:20,848 --> 01:24:23,610
COMMENTATOR: Through Ramsey,
Michael Rutter is the man.

1692
01:24:24,645 --> 01:24:25,577
Rutter is the leader,

1693
01:24:25,612 --> 01:24:26,923
and I think you're right,
Steve,

1694
01:24:26,958 --> 01:24:30,168
that Ian Simpson has definitely been held up with that

1695
01:24:30,203 --> 01:24:32,170
by racing the people
around him

1696
01:24:32,205 --> 01:24:34,345
instead of racing
his signboards

1697
01:24:34,379 --> 01:24:35,760
and his stopwatch.

1698
01:24:38,694 --> 01:24:40,627
NARRATOR: Paul Dedman
is the best of the rest,

1699
01:24:40,661 --> 01:24:44,907
but at the finish, it's Rutter by a mere six seconds.

1700
01:24:44,941 --> 01:24:46,426
I can't believe
I won one at last.

1701
01:24:46,460 --> 01:24:48,773
You know, I've always
wanted to win a TT
and I've finally done it.

1702
01:24:48,807 --> 01:24:52,121
So I'm just so happy for
Motorcycle City and Honda

1703
01:24:52,156 --> 01:24:54,434
and everyone
who's helped me, really.

1704
01:24:54,468 --> 01:24:56,332
NARRATOR: Now he's won one,
he wants more,

1705
01:24:56,367 --> 01:24:58,403
but Jim Moodie
has other ideas

1706
01:24:58,438 --> 01:25:00,957
as Friday's Production race
gets into gear.

1707
01:25:05,169 --> 01:25:07,964
David Jefferies
on the leading Yamaha,

1708
01:25:07,999 --> 01:25:12,624
but it's Honda's 100th win
as Moodie sweeps
the CBR900 to victory.

1709
01:25:14,971 --> 01:25:16,663
[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

1710
01:25:19,148 --> 01:25:21,219
Six laps,
220 miles, the Senior,

1711
01:25:21,254 --> 01:25:24,774
and Phillip McCallen
takes his role as manager
too seriously

1712
01:25:24,809 --> 01:25:27,122
as he tries to hold back
Michael Rutter.

1713
01:25:32,472 --> 01:25:33,852
As Bob Jackson gets away,

1714
01:25:33,887 --> 01:25:37,028
he has a noticeably
bigger tank
on the Kawasaki,

1715
01:25:37,062 --> 01:25:38,961
aiming for
a single-stop strategy.

1716
01:25:46,244 --> 01:25:49,627
Simpson, Moodie, Rutter.

1717
01:25:51,422 --> 01:25:54,045
In the pits, Bob Jackson
plays his ace card,

1718
01:25:54,079 --> 01:25:56,358
but sadly, there's
a joker in the pack

1719
01:25:56,392 --> 01:25:59,637
as the filler cap
refuses to play the game.

1720
01:25:59,671 --> 01:26:02,502
COMMENTATOR: Oh, no.
The cap won't go in
on the fuel tank.

1721
01:26:02,536 --> 01:26:04,745
And it's getting away.
Oh, no.

1722
01:26:05,746 --> 01:26:07,162
NARRATOR: Simpson through.

1723
01:26:07,196 --> 01:26:08,922
And the precious lead
has disappeared.

1724
01:26:08,956 --> 01:26:10,786
What terrible luck
for Jackson.

1725
01:26:12,408 --> 01:26:16,171
-[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
-MAN: Go, go!

1726
01:26:16,757 --> 01:26:19,174
[ENGINE REVVING]

1727
01:26:22,246 --> 01:26:25,387
NARRATOR: Try as he might,
it's impossible
to make up lost time,

1728
01:26:25,421 --> 01:26:28,044
and Simpson
crosses the line to win.

1729
01:26:28,079 --> 01:26:30,115
While Bob tells us
what we can do

1730
01:26:30,150 --> 01:26:31,324
with this filler cap.

1731
01:26:31,358 --> 01:26:32,877
[INDISTINCT TALKING]

1732
01:26:34,948 --> 01:26:39,401
A great sight looking down
on the start of
the Formula One race in 1999,

1733
01:26:39,435 --> 01:26:41,196
as the riders
set off for Bray Hill.

1734
01:26:41,230 --> 01:26:44,509
An early reminder
of the dangers
facing these brave riders

1735
01:26:44,544 --> 01:26:47,063
as Paul Orritt
gets into a real
tank slapper.

1736
01:26:47,098 --> 01:26:48,962
COMMENTATOR 1: Oh!
COMMENTATOR 2:
John, look at this!

1737
01:26:48,996 --> 01:26:50,860
COMMENTATOR 1: This is
Paul Orritt! Paul Orritt
in a big tank slapper

1738
01:26:50,895 --> 01:26:54,174
at the bottom of Bray Hill
and into the bank at the
side of Bray Hill

1739
01:26:54,209 --> 01:26:56,176
and the marshals ducking
out of the way there.

1740
01:26:57,453 --> 01:26:58,627
NARRATOR:
The marshals act quickly,

1741
01:26:58,661 --> 01:27:00,249
and with so much
debris around,

1742
01:27:00,284 --> 01:27:02,562
the race is stopped.

1743
01:27:02,596 --> 01:27:05,841
Happily, Orritt's got away
with a few broken bones.

1744
01:27:08,015 --> 01:27:11,743
A pensive Joey Dunlop
awaits the restart,
but it's not so long.

1745
01:27:14,436 --> 01:27:18,163
As he aviates into view,
the race is definitely on.

1746
01:27:21,443 --> 01:27:23,272
Iain Duffus on the V&M Honda.

1747
01:27:23,307 --> 01:27:24,860
He's quickly followed
by David Jefferies.

1748
01:27:24,894 --> 01:27:30,141
Both riders, eager
to prove a point
to the Honda factory.

1749
01:27:30,175 --> 01:27:34,283
The finish now,
and it's David Jefferies
for his first TT win.

1750
01:27:34,318 --> 01:27:36,009
The first for Yamaha
for some time,

1751
01:27:36,043 --> 01:27:38,908
and probably a more personal satisfaction...

1752
01:27:38,943 --> 01:27:41,359
A win over a certain
Joey Dunlop.

1753
01:27:41,394 --> 01:27:42,395
JEFFERIES: Unbelievable.

1754
01:27:42,429 --> 01:27:44,293
I'm just over the moon.
[LAUGHS]

1755
01:27:44,328 --> 01:27:45,570
MAN: And you've beaten
the best, too.

1756
01:27:45,605 --> 01:27:47,503
I mean, that was
the top man, the king.

1757
01:27:47,538 --> 01:27:49,919
Oh, yeah, that was, uh
that was pretty special.

1758
01:27:49,954 --> 01:27:51,576
This is pretty special.

1759
01:27:51,611 --> 01:27:54,510
NARRATOR: The king is
soon back in his kingdom.

1760
01:27:54,545 --> 01:27:56,857
Joey fights it out
with Gary Dynes.

1761
01:28:00,413 --> 01:28:04,140
But out front
is John McGuinness,
number four,

1762
01:28:04,175 --> 01:28:07,247
being trailed by Gavin Lee,
number one.

1763
01:28:16,670 --> 01:28:20,433
Second spot in this 250 race
goes to Jason Griffiths.

1764
01:28:21,951 --> 01:28:23,401
Sunshine and sidecars,

1765
01:28:23,436 --> 01:28:26,128
a perfect combination
as last year's winner,
Dave Molyneux

1766
01:28:26,162 --> 01:28:27,336
flies into view.

1767
01:28:28,613 --> 01:28:30,546
It's thumbs up
from Craig Hallam,

1768
01:28:30,581 --> 01:28:32,376
but perhaps
a little premature,

1769
01:28:32,410 --> 01:28:35,448
as an oil filter
is about to end their race.

1770
01:28:38,692 --> 01:28:42,696
This leaves Fisher and Long
overall winners
from Bell and Carpenter.

1771
01:28:47,943 --> 01:28:51,015
A smaller bike,
a higher pitch,
with the same determination

1772
01:28:51,049 --> 01:28:56,261
as Ian Lougher screams
the 125 Honda
away from the start line.

1773
01:28:56,296 --> 01:29:02,129
And Joey Dunlop's bad luck
continues as he desperately
fiddles with his fuel cap.

1774
01:29:02,164 --> 01:29:05,270
Brother Robert
provides Ian Lougher
with the perfect slipstream,

1775
01:29:05,305 --> 01:29:07,169
but Ian's not hanging around,

1776
01:29:07,203 --> 01:29:08,964
and shoots by to win.

1777
01:29:12,588 --> 01:29:16,247
Another victor, Dave Morris
on the BMW single.

1778
01:29:17,938 --> 01:29:21,356
It's all go,
as we quickly move
to the Junior TT.

1779
01:29:25,946 --> 01:29:27,707
COMMENTATOR:
This is the battle in.

1780
01:29:27,741 --> 01:29:30,330
Not that it counts too much,
because Moodie's in front,
not on the road.

1781
01:29:30,365 --> 01:29:33,713
Iain Duffus has just gone past, but Moodie on bike number 5

1782
01:29:33,747 --> 01:29:35,162
starting way behind.

1783
01:29:35,197 --> 01:29:36,509
Duffus on the road.

1784
01:29:36,543 --> 01:29:39,650
So, therefore, he is the man
that leads this race.

1785
01:29:39,684 --> 01:29:42,549
NARRATOR: So as Iain Duffus
and Jim Moodie
head for the finish line,

1786
01:29:42,584 --> 01:29:44,344
it's going to be
a win for Moodie.

1787
01:29:44,379 --> 01:29:46,933
But an incredible last lap
by David Jefferies

1788
01:29:46,967 --> 01:29:49,314
moves him up from sixth
to second.

1789
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:54,768
Jefferies, number four,
at the start of
the Production race.

1790
01:29:54,803 --> 01:29:57,875
This time, he's not
going to leave it
to the last minute.

1791
01:30:03,363 --> 01:30:06,953
In the pits, and mum Pauline
cleans and counts for Dave,

1792
01:30:06,987 --> 01:30:10,474
the latest
in a long line of Jefferies
to grace the TT circuit.

1793
01:30:12,165 --> 01:30:16,825
Granddad Allan, Father Tony,
and Uncle Nick,
a few bays down.

1794
01:30:18,965 --> 01:30:20,345
Back to the action.

1795
01:30:20,380 --> 01:30:23,279
Dave Jefferies is having fun,
if you can call it that,

1796
01:30:23,314 --> 01:30:25,903
with his V&M teammate
Iain Duffus.

1797
01:30:29,182 --> 01:30:34,429
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

1798
01:30:41,263 --> 01:30:43,472
At the line,
Jefferies is on his own,

1799
01:30:43,507 --> 01:30:46,164
Duffus, out of fuel,
a mile from the flag

1800
01:30:46,199 --> 01:30:48,373
to give Dave
his second win of the week.

1801
01:30:53,309 --> 01:30:55,035
Now, he's out for a third.

1802
01:30:55,070 --> 01:30:57,072
And the Yamaha
looks jet propelled

1803
01:30:57,106 --> 01:30:59,315
as Dave powers up Ago's Leap.

1804
01:31:03,630 --> 01:31:05,701
On the Mountain, another rider who's really flying,

1805
01:31:05,736 --> 01:31:08,946
Jim Moodie on the aging
RC45 Honda.

1806
01:31:08,980 --> 01:31:12,363
It doesn't stop him
from breaking
the outright TT lap record

1807
01:31:12,397 --> 01:31:15,539
as he hits 124 miles an hour,

1808
01:31:15,573 --> 01:31:19,508
then hits trouble on lap two
and retires.

1809
01:31:19,543 --> 01:31:23,408
David Jefferies, looking
as though he's ridden here
all his life,

1810
01:31:23,443 --> 01:31:26,204
and the fans have
a new hero to worship.

1811
01:31:26,239 --> 01:31:28,275
Teammate Duffus
is lying second

1812
01:31:28,310 --> 01:31:31,313
and number ten is Ian Lougher
on the leading Honda.

1813
01:31:33,591 --> 01:31:37,043
As Dave Jefferies comes
off the Mountain,
he's already celebrating.

1814
01:31:37,077 --> 01:31:40,667
And that front wheel,
looks like it's staying up
until the finish line.

1815
01:31:41,806 --> 01:31:43,567
[CROWD APPLAUDING]

1816
01:31:43,601 --> 01:31:45,534
I didn't have a rep counter
the whole race, either.

1817
01:31:45,569 --> 01:31:48,192
Pulled up on the start line.
The rep counter just sat
in that position

1818
01:31:48,226 --> 01:31:49,538
the whole race. Didn't move.

1819
01:31:49,573 --> 01:31:52,334
So, I was guessing
gear changes and things.

1820
01:31:52,368 --> 01:31:53,922
But it's worked well.

1821
01:31:53,956 --> 01:31:55,406
NARRATOR:
Into the year 2000,

1822
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:59,168
and Joey Dunlop looking fit
and ready for yet another TT.

1823
01:32:04,622 --> 01:32:06,141
COMMENTATOR 1:
There's Joey's board.

1824
01:32:06,175 --> 01:32:07,832
[COMMENTATOR 2 CHUCKLING]

1825
01:32:07,867 --> 01:32:10,628
COMMENTATOR 2: It gets
two points for being that far
ahead, obviously.

1826
01:32:10,663 --> 01:32:12,043
COMMENTATOR 1:
We are on lap six.

1827
01:32:12,078 --> 01:32:13,942
This is Ramsey Hairpin.

1828
01:32:13,976 --> 01:32:15,426
Nice and gentle, Joey.

1829
01:32:15,460 --> 01:32:16,910
-Don't burn it out.
-COMMENTATOR 2: He doesn't...

1830
01:32:16,945 --> 01:32:20,362
No need. He makes up his time
on the fast no-name corner.

1831
01:32:22,019 --> 01:32:24,815
NARRATOR:
The legend goes on and on,

1832
01:32:24,849 --> 01:32:28,543
as wins 25 and 26
were quick to follow.

1833
01:32:29,751 --> 01:32:32,063
First, the 250,

1834
01:32:32,098 --> 01:32:34,307
and now, the 125.

1835
01:32:38,449 --> 01:32:40,278
With victory comes honor.

1836
01:32:40,313 --> 01:32:43,178
This time, it's the Ireland
Sword of State.

1837
01:32:45,042 --> 01:32:46,491
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1838
01:32:47,872 --> 01:32:49,771
[ENGINE REVS]

1839
01:32:49,805 --> 01:32:52,463
Someone else who's
becoming a familiar face
on the rostrum

1840
01:32:52,497 --> 01:32:55,777
is three-wheel ace
Rob Fisher,
and his passenger, Rick Long.

1841
01:33:05,303 --> 01:33:07,236
Once again, they're
in a class of their own,

1842
01:33:07,271 --> 01:33:09,584
winning both Sidecar races.

1843
01:33:13,173 --> 01:33:15,244
Wonderful.
What more can I say?

1844
01:33:15,279 --> 01:33:16,763
A double at TT 2000.

1845
01:33:18,489 --> 01:33:21,043
NARRATOR:
From a man with two wins
to a man with three already,

1846
01:33:21,078 --> 01:33:25,185
as Joey sets off
in the Junior TT
on the CBR Honda.

1847
01:33:30,950 --> 01:33:34,436
Here's the Yamaha challenge,
and Dave Jefferies
is all aggression

1848
01:33:34,470 --> 01:33:37,163
as he forces more speed
from the machine,

1849
01:33:37,197 --> 01:33:41,374
and nothing's gonna stop him
notching up
his first win of the week.

1850
01:33:45,447 --> 01:33:48,657
It's still raining
as the thrice-delayed
Production race,

1851
01:33:48,692 --> 01:33:52,178
now reduced to just two laps,
finally gets under way.

1852
01:33:53,731 --> 01:33:55,975
Number one, Richard "Milky Bar Kid" Quayle,

1853
01:33:56,009 --> 01:33:58,978
sets off on the demon
Vimto Honda,

1854
01:33:59,012 --> 01:34:00,773
where, just look at
what awaits him.

1855
01:34:03,154 --> 01:34:05,570
The oil flag is
somewhat superfluous.

1856
01:34:13,578 --> 01:34:15,719
Dave Jefferies
splashes into the lead.

1857
01:34:15,753 --> 01:34:17,375
But it's a nightmare
for the riders

1858
01:34:17,410 --> 01:34:19,550
who must be hoping
for the red flag,

1859
01:34:19,584 --> 01:34:20,482
but no.

1860
01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:29,560
Just look what it's like
for the riders.

1861
01:34:33,219 --> 01:34:36,774
Aquaplaning
at 150 miles an hour
isn't fun,

1862
01:34:36,809 --> 01:34:40,295
as Jefferies launches,
literally, into lap two.

1863
01:34:42,573 --> 01:34:44,575
[CROWD APPLAUDING]

1864
01:34:44,609 --> 01:34:47,543
Mercifully, DJ circulates
safely once more,

1865
01:34:47,578 --> 01:34:50,374
and the wheelie is more
one of relief
than celebration.

1866
01:34:52,756 --> 01:34:57,208
JEFFERIES: Yeah, it was fairly scary, that race, I must admit it.

1867
01:34:57,243 --> 01:34:58,762
The conditions are
absolutely horrendous.

1868
01:34:58,796 --> 01:35:00,522
A lot of standing water about.

1869
01:35:00,556 --> 01:35:04,353
I mean, certain, by the end
of the Mountain Mile, that lap
was getting wheelspins.

1870
01:35:04,388 --> 01:35:06,148
You know, the speed
of 140 miles an hour

1871
01:35:06,183 --> 01:35:08,116
and the back wheel's
still spinning.

1872
01:35:08,150 --> 01:35:10,118
So, it's pretty scary.

1873
01:35:10,152 --> 01:35:14,363
NARRATOR: But now it's
sunshine and smiles before the final race of 2000,

1874
01:35:14,398 --> 01:35:15,813
the postponed Senior.

1875
01:35:19,714 --> 01:35:20,853
COMMENTATOR:
Well, we're gonna be
counting this,

1876
01:35:20,887 --> 01:35:22,233
now we're in the Governor's.

1877
01:35:22,268 --> 01:35:24,270
It's all about
if Dave Jefferies
gets this right.

1878
01:35:24,304 --> 01:35:25,478
This could be
a new lap record.

1879
01:35:25,512 --> 01:35:26,755
He's looking
so very quick now,

1880
01:35:26,790 --> 01:35:28,550
and he's coming down
the Glencrutchery Road.

1881
01:35:28,584 --> 01:35:30,690
The clock is ticking,
and I can tell you,
it's so close!

1882
01:35:30,725 --> 01:35:33,900
David Jefferies over the line
and he gets a new lap record,

1883
01:35:33,935 --> 01:35:37,317
and it's 125 miles an hour.

1884
01:35:37,352 --> 01:35:39,250
Eighteen minutes
to get around here.

1885
01:35:39,285 --> 01:35:41,770
What a hero
David Jefferies is.

1886
01:35:41,805 --> 01:35:44,359
To be the fastest man around
and the first man at 125,

1887
01:35:44,393 --> 01:35:47,189
it's... it's pretty special.

1888
01:35:48,570 --> 01:35:51,331
NARRATOR:
Hardly had the last few fans
left the island

1889
01:35:51,366 --> 01:35:55,473
when the racing world
was shocked to hear
of the death of Joey Dunlop,

1890
01:35:55,508 --> 01:35:58,545
killed whilst racing
in Estonia.

1891
01:35:58,580 --> 01:36:02,170
Much has been said
and written in tribute
to Joey.

1892
01:36:02,204 --> 01:36:05,587
Suffice to say, the legend
will live forever.

1893
01:36:09,246 --> 01:36:11,248
No TT races in 2001.

1894
01:36:11,282 --> 01:36:15,217
The island's restrictions against foot-and-mouth disease, which was sweeping Britain,

1895
01:36:15,252 --> 01:36:16,909
meant the cancelation
of the event,

1896
01:36:16,943 --> 01:36:19,359
but the following year saw
the return of racing

1897
01:36:19,394 --> 01:36:23,329
And TT hero, Dave Jefferies,
on a new powerful machine.

1898
01:36:23,363 --> 01:36:25,020
COMMENTATOR: David Jefferies.

1899
01:36:25,055 --> 01:36:27,989
Well, the TAS Suzuki
has got to be the bike
to beat, I reckon, Julian,

1900
01:36:28,023 --> 01:36:31,337
because that machine
has absolutely been flying
throughout the world

1901
01:36:31,371 --> 01:36:32,821
on the road courses.

1902
01:36:32,856 --> 01:36:35,479
JULIAN: We shall see.
Will it survive
the unique rigors

1903
01:36:35,513 --> 01:36:37,343
of the Isle of Man
Mountain circuit?

1904
01:36:37,377 --> 01:36:40,070
It's the GSX-R1000 that he's talking about there.

1905
01:36:40,104 --> 01:36:43,349
And DJ, he won here
with a Yamaha
the last time we came here.

1906
01:36:43,383 --> 01:36:46,766
This time it's a Suzuki,
effectively a factory Suzuki.

1907
01:36:46,801 --> 01:36:49,769
COMMENTATOR: And those weren't
his prizes, should he win
this particular race.

1908
01:36:49,804 --> 01:36:51,909
The number one bike
gets the Union Jack,

1909
01:36:51,944 --> 01:36:54,256
and away goes David Jefferies
off the line.

1910
01:36:54,291 --> 01:36:56,569
He was fastest
in qualifying practice.

1911
01:36:56,603 --> 01:36:58,640
Second place man,
Jim Moodie, on the line.

1912
01:36:58,674 --> 01:37:00,193
That's going to be a battle
on the V&M Yamaha,

1913
01:37:00,228 --> 01:37:02,817
especially considering
the toing and froing
between these men.

1914
01:37:02,851 --> 01:37:05,750
David Jefferies started
signing for the V&M team,

1915
01:37:05,785 --> 01:37:06,924
ends up with the TAS Suzuki.

1916
01:37:06,959 --> 01:37:08,339
There goes
Adrian Archibald now.

1917
01:37:08,374 --> 01:37:10,548
This is our curve cam at
the bottom of Bray Hill.

1918
01:37:10,583 --> 01:37:11,929
JULIAN: Whoa.

1919
01:37:11,964 --> 01:37:16,244
COMMENTATOR: Guess it's a...
Ah, what a sight!
DJ on his way.

1920
01:37:16,278 --> 01:37:19,316
And how this track changes
as you change elevation,

1921
01:37:19,350 --> 01:37:22,733
and start on the flat
of the Mountain, they're up
on the top part of it now.

1922
01:37:22,767 --> 01:37:25,253
We're watching David Jefferies.

1923
01:37:25,287 --> 01:37:27,634
JULIAN: Leading the way in all senses.

1924
01:37:27,669 --> 01:37:30,051
COMMENTATOR:
Dave Jefferies, when he's got
his act together here,

1925
01:37:30,085 --> 01:37:31,742
he's just absolutely majestic.

1926
01:37:31,776 --> 01:37:35,194
Lougher has gone through
eight seconds
adrift of McGuinness.

1927
01:37:35,228 --> 01:37:37,990
So McGuinness is
11 seconds down on

1928
01:37:38,024 --> 01:37:42,753
Jefferies' the race leader,
Ian Lougher eight seconds
further down.

1929
01:37:42,787 --> 01:37:46,412
Well, looking at lap record,
TT Formula One lap record

1930
01:37:46,446 --> 01:37:48,138
still held by Steve Hislop...

1931
01:37:48,172 --> 01:37:50,105
JULIAN:
That's gonna go if he walks.

1932
01:37:50,140 --> 01:37:51,900
COMMENTATOR:
Well, that's exactly right.

1933
01:37:51,935 --> 01:37:55,214
Back in 1991,
over 10 years ago.

1934
01:37:59,149 --> 01:38:01,047
JULIAN:
DJ comes into the pits again.

1935
01:38:01,082 --> 01:38:03,118
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1936
01:38:03,153 --> 01:38:04,395
A quick drink.

1937
01:38:04,430 --> 01:38:06,259
COMMENTATOR: He's asked
if everything's all right.

1938
01:38:06,294 --> 01:38:07,812
Jefferies looking good.

1939
01:38:07,847 --> 01:38:09,400
JEFFERIES: Thank you.

1940
01:38:09,435 --> 01:38:11,540
COMMENTATOR: Will you ease off
now when you've got
a 64-second advantage,

1941
01:38:11,575 --> 01:38:13,473
or you're still going
to rev the back side of it?

1942
01:38:13,508 --> 01:38:16,166
Oh, just keep going
like we normally go.

1943
01:38:16,200 --> 01:38:17,443
COMMENTATOR:
Technical term there
from Dave.

1944
01:38:17,477 --> 01:38:19,790
More than that,
rev the back side of it.

1945
01:38:19,824 --> 01:38:22,793
He has a massive, massive lead at the moment over McGuinness.

1946
01:38:24,208 --> 01:38:26,762
JULIAN:
Here's the checkered flag.

1947
01:38:26,797 --> 01:38:30,835
COMMENTATOR:
Now, it's only a question about how much he beat them by.

1948
01:38:30,870 --> 01:38:34,184
NARRATOR:
In the end, it was 35 seconds
over John McGuinness.

1949
01:38:34,218 --> 01:38:36,151
Jefferies' Suzuki
sticking in third gear

1950
01:38:36,186 --> 01:38:38,222
for the final run
from Ramsey.

1951
01:38:38,257 --> 01:38:41,156
Despite that, he set
a new race record.

1952
01:38:41,191 --> 01:38:44,849
Win number two
for the week came in
the Production 1000cc race,

1953
01:38:44,884 --> 01:38:49,854
setting the fastest lap of
more than 124 miles an hour.

1954
01:38:49,889 --> 01:38:51,995
He completed
the hat-trick in the Senior

1955
01:38:52,029 --> 01:38:54,411
to take his total
of TT wins to nine,

1956
01:38:54,445 --> 01:38:56,206
equaling that of Agostini,

1957
01:38:56,240 --> 01:38:59,312
who presented him
with the trophy.

1958
01:38:59,347 --> 01:39:04,214
He also upped the lap record
to 127.29 miles an hour.

1959
01:39:04,628 --> 01:39:06,664
[ALL CHEERING]

1960
01:39:09,081 --> 01:39:10,427
Dave Molyneux
and Colin Hardman

1961
01:39:10,461 --> 01:39:13,361
started the first Sidecar race as number one.

1962
01:39:14,500 --> 01:39:16,536
But it was Rob Fisher
and Rick Long,

1963
01:39:16,571 --> 01:39:18,469
who took over the position
on the road.

1964
01:39:26,063 --> 01:39:29,377
Molyneux's passenger Hardman
was carrying a hand injury,

1965
01:39:29,411 --> 01:39:31,793
and it was obvious
it was slowing them down.

1966
01:39:44,219 --> 01:39:45,945
Fisher took the win,
his ninth,

1967
01:39:45,980 --> 01:39:49,190
equaling the all-time-record
of Sidecar victories

1968
01:39:49,224 --> 01:39:51,951
and his chance to make it ten
came a few days later.

1969
01:39:51,986 --> 01:39:55,196
Conditions were perfect,
and so too was the Cumbrian,

1970
01:39:55,230 --> 01:39:58,164
as he crossed the line
14 seconds ahead of Molyneux,

1971
01:39:58,199 --> 01:40:01,271
to make it five TT triumphs
in a row.

1972
01:40:01,305 --> 01:40:04,412
The fans have been thrilled
by the sight
of the two machines

1973
01:40:04,446 --> 01:40:06,379
as they tussled
around the course.

1974
01:40:13,766 --> 01:40:18,357
Undoubtedly, the top two
TT Sidecar drivers
of modern times.

1975
01:40:18,391 --> 01:40:20,152
I can't believe it.
Like, I said before

1976
01:40:20,186 --> 01:40:22,982
the first race, I thought Ian
was going to be the man.

1977
01:40:23,017 --> 01:40:25,226
And again, before this race,

1978
01:40:25,260 --> 01:40:27,469
but they said to get me
head down and go for it.

1979
01:40:27,504 --> 01:40:29,368
And plus,
Molyneux stuck with it,

1980
01:40:29,402 --> 01:40:30,541
so it made it
for a bit of a spot,

1981
01:40:30,576 --> 01:40:31,784
so that was
kind of interesting.

1982
01:40:31,818 --> 01:40:34,821
But all in all,
a very good race,
enjoyed it.

1983
01:40:34,856 --> 01:40:38,135
NARRATOR: In the solos,
a heart-stopping moment
for Nigel Davies

1984
01:40:38,170 --> 01:40:40,241
in the Production 1000 race.

1985
01:40:44,590 --> 01:40:47,317
He escaped
relatively unscathed.

1986
01:40:47,351 --> 01:40:50,251
Meanwhile, Jim Moodie
racked up TT win number eight

1987
01:40:50,285 --> 01:40:51,838
in the Junior race.

1988
01:40:51,873 --> 01:40:53,944
Jefferies and McGuinness,
his nearest challengers,

1989
01:40:53,978 --> 01:40:58,638
both retired early on, but Jim had it in the bag by then.

1990
01:40:58,673 --> 01:41:00,606
Ian Lougher took the honors
in the 125,

1991
01:41:00,640 --> 01:41:03,126
grabbing the lead
on lap three of the race
from James Crumpton,

1992
01:41:03,160 --> 01:41:06,715
who was hoping to celebrate
his 33rd birthday in style.

1993
01:41:09,580 --> 01:41:11,893
Meanwhile, Lougher made it
win number two for the week,

1994
01:41:11,927 --> 01:41:14,206
smashing the lap record
on his way to victory

1995
01:41:14,240 --> 01:41:16,277
in the Production 600 race.

1996
01:41:20,143 --> 01:41:22,110
And the last ever 250 TT race

1997
01:41:22,145 --> 01:41:24,112
was won by a Kiwi,
Bruce Anstey,

1998
01:41:24,147 --> 01:41:26,080
his first win
around the island.

1999
01:41:26,114 --> 01:41:30,256
While there was no bigger smile than that of Richard "Milky Bar Kid" Quayle,

2000
01:41:30,291 --> 01:41:32,016
winner of the 400 class

2001
01:41:32,051 --> 01:41:35,019
and the first Manxman
to win a TT

2002
01:41:35,054 --> 01:41:36,642
since Neil Kelly in 1967.

2003
01:41:36,676 --> 01:41:40,887
From one of the high points
of TT racing
to one of its lowest.

2004
01:41:40,922 --> 01:41:44,615
Practice week 2003,
and David Jefferies sets off

2005
01:41:44,650 --> 01:41:47,653
for what would be
the last time
on a motorcycle.

2006
01:41:48,757 --> 01:41:51,001
The session was stopped
for almost half an hour,

2007
01:41:51,035 --> 01:41:53,383
following an accident
at Crosby.

2008
01:41:53,417 --> 01:41:55,316
As the riders returned
to the Grandstand,

2009
01:41:55,350 --> 01:41:57,766
it became apparent
motorcycle racing had lost

2010
01:41:57,801 --> 01:42:00,355
one of its best
and most loved characters.

2011
01:42:01,115 --> 01:42:02,564
The sport had been rocked.

2012
01:42:02,599 --> 01:42:04,946
But while some question
the need to go on,

2013
01:42:04,980 --> 01:42:06,706
most felt they had to.

2014
01:42:08,639 --> 01:42:11,953
I have to go back out,
you know, I mean...

2015
01:42:11,987 --> 01:42:15,405
Obviously, Dave would
want me to be back
out there, 100%,

2016
01:42:15,439 --> 01:42:17,752
hanging out and doing
what we all love, you know.

2017
01:42:17,786 --> 01:42:19,961
And, uh...

2018
01:42:19,995 --> 01:42:22,308
You know, I've got
big commitments
towards my team,

2019
01:42:22,343 --> 01:42:24,931
and I'm sure if I told them
I was pulling out,

2020
01:42:24,966 --> 01:42:26,726
you know,
they'd accept it.

2021
01:42:26,761 --> 01:42:28,176
But I'm going to carry on.

2022
01:42:28,211 --> 01:42:30,765
You know, I was
having fun out there,
and everything was going great.

2023
01:42:30,799 --> 01:42:33,837
When racing's going great,
it's fantastic.

2024
01:42:33,871 --> 01:42:36,184
When it's going bad, it's...

2025
01:42:36,219 --> 01:42:38,600
It's terrible. And...

2026
01:42:38,635 --> 01:42:41,672
You know, and our thoughts
can only go out
to Dave and his family.

2027
01:42:41,707 --> 01:42:43,226
Um...

2028
01:42:43,260 --> 01:42:44,710
And everything else.

2029
01:42:54,375 --> 01:42:55,617
NARRATOR: Somewhat fittingly,

2030
01:42:55,652 --> 01:42:57,447
Jefferies' Suzuki teammate,
Adrian Archibald,

2031
01:42:57,481 --> 01:43:00,622
won both the Formula One
and Senior races.

2032
01:43:07,871 --> 01:43:12,600
2003 saw the return of
a famous British manufacturer
to the TT...

2033
01:43:15,223 --> 01:43:19,952
Triumph, had three riders
gunning for glory
in the Junior race.

2034
01:43:19,986 --> 01:43:22,541
COMMENTATOR:
What is this man's time
going to be on his way in?

2035
01:43:22,575 --> 01:43:24,025
We'll have to wait and see.

2036
01:43:24,059 --> 01:43:26,821
But it's gonna be
Bruce Anstey's race,
and no mistake.

2037
01:43:26,855 --> 01:43:29,410
Out of Governor's Dip,
onto the Glencrutchery Road,

2038
01:43:29,444 --> 01:43:33,759
Bruce Anstey is going to win
his first TT

2039
01:43:33,793 --> 01:43:36,382
and the Junior race here.

2040
01:43:36,417 --> 01:43:39,247
2003, it belongs to
Bruce Anstey.

2041
01:43:39,282 --> 01:43:42,043
Well, what a superb race.

2042
01:43:42,077 --> 01:43:46,668
Triumph are back
after 27 years.

2043
01:43:46,703 --> 01:43:51,639
NARRATOR: In 2004, a new
TT legend was about
to emerge in the Isle of Man.

2044
01:43:51,673 --> 01:43:54,952
John McGuinness had three wins to his name prior to this year,

2045
01:43:54,987 --> 01:43:58,611
and he was about
to add to that
in dominating fashion.

2046
01:44:00,924 --> 01:44:04,410
COMMENTATOR:
Here's the man who was quick
in practice, John McGuinness.

2047
01:44:04,445 --> 01:44:05,998
McGuinness is
absolutely flying already.

2048
01:44:06,032 --> 01:44:08,138
He said he's going to try and get a cracking lap in here

2049
01:44:08,172 --> 01:44:09,208
if he can,
straight from the start.

2050
01:44:09,243 --> 01:44:10,727
As soon as he rode
that motorcycle,

2051
01:44:10,761 --> 01:44:12,936
he couldn't ride it
on the Saturday,
he didn't arrive

2052
01:44:12,970 --> 01:44:14,386
in time
for Saturday's practice.

2053
01:44:14,420 --> 01:44:16,042
They had to wait
until he rode it on Monday,

2054
01:44:16,077 --> 01:44:18,286
but he had a smile
right across his face.

2055
01:44:18,321 --> 01:44:19,977
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

2056
01:44:23,809 --> 01:44:26,743
John McGuinness, 17:43,

2057
01:44:26,777 --> 01:44:30,540
127, under the lap record
from a standing start.

2058
01:44:30,574 --> 01:44:33,853
So McGuinness
is riding this Yamaha,
racing this Yamaha

2059
01:44:33,888 --> 01:44:35,579
for the very first time.

2060
01:44:39,065 --> 01:44:42,345
NARRATOR: McGuinness broke the lap record set by close pal Jefferies,

2061
01:44:42,379 --> 01:44:46,314
recording a speed
of 127.68 miles an hour,

2062
01:44:46,349 --> 01:44:48,282
and more was to come.

2063
01:44:50,836 --> 01:44:52,182
In the Sidecar races,

2064
01:44:52,216 --> 01:44:54,805
Dave Molyneux and Dan Sayle
dominated both events.

2065
01:44:54,840 --> 01:44:58,947
They broke the lap record,
pushing the limit
to 111 miles an hour,

2066
01:44:58,982 --> 01:45:02,882
while Moly equaled
Rob Fisher's record
of ten TT victories.

2067
01:45:04,401 --> 01:45:06,783
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

2068
01:45:11,615 --> 01:45:15,654
Meanwhile, it was
the end of the road
for the 125s at the TT.

2069
01:45:16,689 --> 01:45:19,589
Robert, this could be
your very last ever TT race.

2070
01:45:19,623 --> 01:45:23,731
Yeah, I would say it will be.With the demise of the 125s now,I won't be back, you know,

2071
01:45:23,765 --> 01:45:26,181
to race anyway.

2072
01:45:26,216 --> 01:45:29,599
NARRATOR:
What followed was to prove
to be a fascinating race

2073
01:45:29,633 --> 01:45:32,774
between Dunlop
and Chris Palmer, who was
on bike number one.

2074
01:45:37,400 --> 01:45:40,057
Four of Dunlop's
five previous TT victories

2075
01:45:40,092 --> 01:45:41,542
had come in this category,

2076
01:45:41,576 --> 01:45:44,338
and he was certainly
many people's tip
to win this one.

2077
01:45:50,654 --> 01:45:54,313
In the same race,
it was also the final outing
for the 400s.

2078
01:45:57,420 --> 01:45:59,422
John McGuinness was
the pre-race favorite

2079
01:45:59,456 --> 01:46:02,873
and looked very much on it
as he made his way
down Bray Hill.

2080
01:46:16,680 --> 01:46:19,062
Robert Dunlop's hopes
of signing off from the TT
with a win

2081
01:46:19,096 --> 01:46:21,409
were dashed,
as he had to settle
for second place

2082
01:46:21,444 --> 01:46:25,931
behind former
British 125 champion,
Chris Palmer.

2083
01:46:25,965 --> 01:46:28,830
And John McGuinness
made it win number two
for the week.

2084
01:46:28,865 --> 01:46:33,456
The man from Morecambe
also fancied his chances in the 1000cc Production race.

2085
01:46:34,767 --> 01:46:37,805
COMMENTATOR:
It is Bruce Anstey
in the lead.

2086
01:46:37,839 --> 01:46:41,602
Ian Lougher there is third with Jason Griffiths.

2087
01:46:41,636 --> 01:46:46,469
John McGuinness
is in second place
by one second.

2088
01:46:47,780 --> 01:46:49,920
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

2089
01:46:57,169 --> 01:47:01,760
NARRATOR: The pit stop's
proving to be just as crucial
in the outcome of the race.

2090
01:47:11,563 --> 01:47:14,151
COMMENTATOR:
Front man already
at Governor's,

2091
01:47:14,186 --> 01:47:17,465
and just unwinding
the last few hundred yards

2092
01:47:17,500 --> 01:47:21,849
of this three-lap,
112-mile race.

2093
01:47:21,883 --> 01:47:25,542
So it is John McGuinness
that's going to take the checkered flag on the road

2094
01:47:25,577 --> 01:47:27,441
from Ian Lougher
and Bruce Anstey.

2095
01:47:27,475 --> 01:47:33,343
But it's gonna be Bruce Anstey, who wins the 2004
1000cc Production race today.

2096
01:47:35,379 --> 01:47:38,037
NARRATOR: Further drama
was to come in the Junior TT.

2097
01:47:38,072 --> 01:47:41,731
McGuinness and Moodie
were teammates at Triumph
for this race last year,

2098
01:47:41,765 --> 01:47:45,182
but now, the wily Scot was
John's mentor at Yamaha.

2099
01:47:48,565 --> 01:47:51,741
Steady with the fuel, lads.
Seventeen seconds on Anstey.

2100
01:47:51,775 --> 01:47:54,191
COMMENTATOR:
Another new lap record.

2101
01:47:54,226 --> 01:47:57,954
It was 18:30, did 18:29
from a standing start

2102
01:47:57,988 --> 01:48:01,544
and foot down in the box,
18:25.

2103
01:48:01,578 --> 01:48:04,719
NARRATOR: McGuinness made it a hat-trick, and with two races still to go,

2104
01:48:04,754 --> 01:48:08,827
not many were
backing against him
from making it five.

2105
01:48:08,861 --> 01:48:10,484
Junior TT celebration time,

2106
01:48:10,518 --> 01:48:13,176
Bruce Anstey
and Jason Griffiths
also on the podium.

2107
01:48:15,972 --> 01:48:19,872
Win number four didn't come
in the Production 600 race.

2108
01:48:19,907 --> 01:48:24,290
Instead, that went
to Ryan Farquhar,
his first ever TT victory.

2109
01:48:26,189 --> 01:48:28,571
-[FARQUHAR LAUGHS]
-[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

2110
01:48:31,125 --> 01:48:32,471
Absolutely brilliant.

2111
01:48:32,506 --> 01:48:34,542
You know, I'm saying that
it hasn't really sunk in yet.

2112
01:48:34,577 --> 01:48:38,201
You know, so far, it's better
than the disappointments
I've had all week.

2113
01:48:38,235 --> 01:48:39,547
You know,
I just can't believe it,

2114
01:48:39,582 --> 01:48:41,791
getting my first TT win
after the bad luck we've had,

2115
01:48:41,825 --> 01:48:43,586
but this makes up for it.

2116
01:48:43,620 --> 01:48:47,037
NARRATOR:
Finally, the big one, the Senior TT, a strong field,

2117
01:48:47,072 --> 01:48:48,660
but the favorite was
John McGuinness,

2118
01:48:48,694 --> 01:48:51,801
still looking
for a record-equaling
fourth win in a week.

2119
01:48:53,043 --> 01:48:54,562
I really, really
want it, you know,

2120
01:48:54,597 --> 01:48:56,460
uh, that's from
the side of the week,

2121
01:48:56,495 --> 01:48:57,945
you know, I really want to win
the big one.

2122
01:48:57,979 --> 01:49:00,464
Senior is always
the blue ribbon race,

2123
01:49:00,499 --> 01:49:03,053
you know, uh...
Bike's capable of doing it.

2124
01:49:03,088 --> 01:49:06,643
Condition's a little bit windy,
but I'm gonna be off like...

2125
01:49:06,678 --> 01:49:10,371
startled rabbit in the beginningand try and do
the business, yeah.

2126
01:49:10,405 --> 01:49:12,166
NARRATOR:
Adrian Archibald was
the first bike away

2127
01:49:12,200 --> 01:49:13,788
and the winner of this race
the year before,

2128
01:49:13,823 --> 01:49:16,032
but he'd had
a disappointing week so far,

2129
01:49:16,066 --> 01:49:18,862
and there were few
who fancied his chances
in this one,

2130
01:49:18,897 --> 01:49:22,210
especially with
the red-hot form
of many of his rivals.

2131
01:49:27,975 --> 01:49:31,219
COMMENTATOR 1: And I think
this is John McGuinness
reeling in, isn't it?

2132
01:49:31,254 --> 01:49:33,083
Is he catching Ian Lougher...

2133
01:49:33,118 --> 01:49:35,603
COMMENTATOR 2: There's Lougher,
and Lougher in the breaking
area at the moment.

2134
01:49:35,638 --> 01:49:37,847
Wait for McGuinness to come
slithering in behind him.

2135
01:49:37,881 --> 01:49:40,021
COMMENTATOR 1:
Oh, "slithering"
is the right word.

2136
01:49:40,056 --> 01:49:41,644
Oh, well. Very deep.

2137
01:49:41,678 --> 01:49:45,199
At Sulby John McGuinness
out-braked himself
a little bit there.

2138
01:49:56,969 --> 01:50:00,041
Meanwhile, flip-flopping
the best of the day...

2139
01:50:00,076 --> 01:50:01,629
COMMENTATORS:
John McGuinness...

2140
01:50:01,664 --> 01:50:04,943
COMMENTATOR 1:
Well, what a fantastic view
of John McGuinness,

2141
01:50:04,977 --> 01:50:07,842
and the circuit
which he has conquered

2142
01:50:07,877 --> 01:50:11,225
three times already this week.

2143
01:50:11,259 --> 01:50:13,848
Absolutely breathtaking,
and picturesque view.

2144
01:50:13,883 --> 01:50:17,300
That's what
the Isle of Man TT challenge
is really all about.

2145
01:50:17,334 --> 01:50:19,751
McGuinness leads it
by some 21 seconds

2146
01:50:19,785 --> 01:50:21,787
from Adrian Archibald
and Ian Lougher.

2147
01:50:22,995 --> 01:50:24,652
As they come into the pit,

2148
01:50:24,687 --> 01:50:27,966
but it's all very relaxed here for all of them.

2149
01:50:28,000 --> 01:50:31,590
Archibald gets away first,
and that's John McGuinness
coming to a halt.

2150
01:50:31,625 --> 01:50:33,799
That is John McGuinness
in Kirk Michael

2151
01:50:33,834 --> 01:50:36,353
and he is looking
for somewhere
to park the Yamaha.

2152
01:50:36,388 --> 01:50:39,563
COMMENTATOR 2: While I just
wonder whether his pit stop
is indicative of that,

2153
01:50:39,598 --> 01:50:41,186
I wonder whether they had
some kind of a problem,

2154
01:50:41,220 --> 01:50:43,671
and that's why they were
a few seconds longer
in the pits,

2155
01:50:43,706 --> 01:50:45,431
they were trying
to cure something perhaps,

2156
01:50:45,466 --> 01:50:47,019
but he looks upset there.

2157
01:50:47,054 --> 01:50:50,229
Did you see
that little bit of emotion
from John McGuinness?

2158
01:50:50,264 --> 01:50:52,680
Blisters on his hands,
and he can see our chopper.

2159
01:50:56,373 --> 01:50:58,272
COMMENTATOR 1:
It's Archibald, Anstey,

2160
01:50:58,306 --> 01:51:00,343
Carswell, Chris Heath,
Martin Finnegan,

2161
01:51:00,377 --> 01:51:03,380
and then, Mark Parrett,
so it's all changed

2162
01:51:03,415 --> 01:51:06,176
in the final few miles
of this TT course,

2163
01:51:06,211 --> 01:51:07,695
and they're waving
to Adrian Archibald

2164
01:51:07,730 --> 01:51:09,214
as he comes down
off the hill.

2165
01:51:09,904 --> 01:51:10,974
Here's the flag.

2166
01:51:11,768 --> 01:51:14,460
Archibald then.

2167
01:51:14,495 --> 01:51:18,706
NARRATOR: However,
everything fell into place
for the Northern Irishman.

2168
01:51:20,397 --> 01:51:24,160
Glorious weather again
greeted the competitors
for 2005,

2169
01:51:24,194 --> 01:51:27,991
and John McGuinness
was poised to add to his collection of TT trophies.

2170
01:51:29,027 --> 01:51:30,166
The first race of the week,

2171
01:51:30,200 --> 01:51:32,271
the Formula One had
undergone a facelift,

2172
01:51:32,306 --> 01:51:34,998
and was now known
as TT Superbike.

2173
01:51:35,033 --> 01:51:37,725
No prizes for guessing
who won this one.

2174
01:51:37,760 --> 01:51:41,142
COMMENTATOR 1:
He may not have had much luck
on short circuits this year,

2175
01:51:41,177 --> 01:51:43,144
but he's made up for it
this afternoon

2176
01:51:43,179 --> 01:51:45,802
as he carries the front wheel
of the Yamaha

2177
01:51:45,837 --> 01:51:47,562
towards the checkered flag

2178
01:51:47,597 --> 01:51:51,808
to win the first ever
TT Superbike race.

2179
01:51:51,843 --> 01:51:55,018
He won this race last year
when it was the Formula One,

2180
01:51:55,053 --> 01:51:57,849
and he's done it again
this year.

2181
01:52:00,990 --> 01:52:02,992
[ENGINE REVVING]

2182
01:52:05,028 --> 01:52:08,376
NARRATOR: McGuinness
had dominated practice
for the Superstock race,

2183
01:52:08,411 --> 01:52:09,964
but it wasn't to be his day.

2184
01:52:09,999 --> 01:52:12,173
He failed to finish
the four laps.

2185
01:52:16,660 --> 01:52:20,009
That left Suzuki teammates,
Bruce Anstey
and Adrian Archibald

2186
01:52:20,043 --> 01:52:21,700
to battle it out.

2187
01:52:21,735 --> 01:52:23,633
A lap record
and a quick pit stop

2188
01:52:23,667 --> 01:52:26,947
gave Archibald
a 14-second advantage.

2189
01:52:26,981 --> 01:52:29,984
But as they started
the final lap,
this happened.

2190
01:52:31,606 --> 01:52:34,886
COMMENTATOR: Adrian Archibald!
It could only be petrol.

2191
01:52:36,508 --> 01:52:38,786
NARRATOR: He ran out of fuel
just a few miles from home,

2192
01:52:38,821 --> 01:52:39,683
and that left Bruce Anstey

2193
01:52:39,718 --> 01:52:42,721
to cruise to TT
career win number four.

2194
01:52:48,037 --> 01:52:51,040
The popular
and highly competitive
600cc class

2195
01:52:51,074 --> 01:52:53,249
got two races this year.

2196
01:52:55,596 --> 01:52:59,427
An the first was
a real cliffhanger.

2197
01:52:59,462 --> 01:53:02,154
Ryan Farquhar
headed a procession
of half a dozen riders

2198
01:53:02,189 --> 01:53:05,364
separated by just
a few seconds
on the opening lap,

2199
01:53:05,399 --> 01:53:08,057
with Ian Lougher leading.

2200
01:53:08,091 --> 01:53:09,886
By the fuel stops
at the end of lap two,

2201
01:53:09,921 --> 01:53:11,577
it was advantage Farquhar.

2202
01:53:11,612 --> 01:53:14,373
But then his Kawasaki
began to overheat.

2203
01:53:14,408 --> 01:53:16,203
He was out,
and Lougher celebrated

2204
01:53:16,237 --> 01:53:18,792
21 years at the TT
in style.

2205
01:53:22,381 --> 01:53:24,590
COMMENTATOR:
He's on course now
for TT win number seven,

2206
01:53:24,625 --> 01:53:27,386
and it's gonna be
a very popular one as well.

2207
01:53:28,629 --> 01:53:30,596
NARRATOR: Race 2
was another thriller.

2208
01:53:30,631 --> 01:53:33,185
First, Adrian Archibald,
began to slow.

2209
01:53:33,910 --> 01:53:35,394
John McGuinness retired,

2210
01:53:35,429 --> 01:53:37,189
then Bruce Anstey,

2211
01:53:37,603 --> 01:53:38,984
Ian Lougher...

2212
01:53:39,019 --> 01:53:40,848
and Richard Britton,

2213
01:53:40,883 --> 01:53:43,713
leaving Farquhar
with an 18-second advantage

2214
01:53:43,747 --> 01:53:45,232
over Jason Griffiths.

2215
01:53:47,199 --> 01:53:49,305
[CROWD CHEERING]

2216
01:53:49,961 --> 01:53:52,549
-Hey...
-[LAUGHS]

2217
01:53:52,584 --> 01:53:54,551
NARRATOR: In the sidecars,
Dave Molyneux and Dan Sayle

2218
01:53:54,586 --> 01:53:57,934
recorded the first ever
three-wheel lap
below 20 minutes

2219
01:53:57,969 --> 01:54:01,938
with an average speed of more
than 115 miles an hour.

2220
01:54:01,973 --> 01:54:04,596
They smashed the lap record
twice in practice.

2221
01:54:07,668 --> 01:54:09,946
And even though their dominance was ended with engine problems

2222
01:54:09,981 --> 01:54:13,087
in the first race
won by Nick Crowe
and Darren Hope,

2223
01:54:13,122 --> 01:54:16,677
in race two,
they set successive records
on the opening two laps

2224
01:54:16,711 --> 01:54:19,887
and just scraped
under the 60-minute mark
for the whole race.

2225
01:54:24,271 --> 01:54:27,205
It was Dave Molyneux's
11th TT victory.

2226
01:54:27,895 --> 01:54:29,586
[CROWD CHEERING]

2227
01:54:37,422 --> 01:54:39,562
The week was rounded off
with John McGuinness

2228
01:54:39,596 --> 01:54:42,876
at last winning
the Senior TT.

2229
01:54:42,910 --> 01:54:46,672
COMMENTATOR:
But, uh, John McGuinness,
nice and easy for him.

2230
01:54:46,707 --> 01:54:50,400
All he's gotta do
is follow Ian Lougher
across the line.

2231
01:54:50,435 --> 01:54:52,506
But he's not
just gonna do that.

2232
01:54:52,540 --> 01:54:54,577
Picks up the front wheel
of the Yamaha,

2233
01:54:54,611 --> 01:54:58,477
carries it past Andy Fern
with the checkered flag.

2234
01:54:59,962 --> 01:55:02,412
[CROWD CHEERING]

2235
01:55:03,517 --> 01:55:04,794
[INDISTINCT]

2236
01:55:10,973 --> 01:55:13,147
A dramatic
practice week in 2006

2237
01:55:13,182 --> 01:55:15,046
with Dave Molyneux crashing out of the event

2238
01:55:15,080 --> 01:55:16,840
following this big smash,

2239
01:55:16,875 --> 01:55:18,704
shortly after Rhencullen.

2240
01:55:19,740 --> 01:55:20,879
The Honda was totaled.

2241
01:55:20,914 --> 01:55:23,295
But thankfully Moly
and passenger Craig Hallam

2242
01:55:23,330 --> 01:55:25,988
escaped with very
little injuries.

2243
01:55:26,022 --> 01:55:27,368
Their demise
left the way clear

2244
01:55:27,403 --> 01:55:30,026
for Nick Crowe and Darren Hope to win both races

2245
01:55:30,061 --> 01:55:32,960
and take their overall TT tally to three.

2246
01:55:32,995 --> 01:55:35,169
[CAPTIVATING
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]

2247
01:55:41,486 --> 01:55:43,591
John McGuinness was back
with Honda.

2248
01:55:43,626 --> 01:55:47,216
And he romped to the by now
customary Superbike win

2249
01:55:47,250 --> 01:55:50,391
with the six-lap race distance reinstated.

2250
01:55:50,426 --> 01:55:51,910
Bruce Anstey
won again at the TT,

2251
01:55:51,945 --> 01:55:54,154
this time powering the Suzuki
to top spot

2252
01:55:54,188 --> 01:55:56,604
in the 1,000cc
Superstock race.

2253
01:56:05,199 --> 01:56:08,409
While McGuinness
made it win number two
in the Supersport Junior,

2254
01:56:08,444 --> 01:56:11,274
adding a 600cc victory
to his collection,

2255
01:56:11,309 --> 01:56:14,001
of which already included
number ones on 250,

2256
01:56:14,036 --> 01:56:17,349
400, singles,
and 1,000cc bikes,

2257
01:56:17,384 --> 01:56:20,870
a remarkable
and versatile record.

2258
01:56:20,904 --> 01:56:24,322
A chance of a third
in the week
came in the Senior.

2259
01:56:25,323 --> 01:56:26,669
COMMENTATOR 1:
Senior TT time then.

2260
01:56:26,703 --> 01:56:28,982
And this guy, well,
he's the man to beat.

2261
01:56:29,016 --> 01:56:30,569
COMMENTATOR 2:
He is definitely the man
to beat,

2262
01:56:30,604 --> 01:56:33,365
and he's trying to put Honda
back on top of the podium.

2263
01:56:33,400 --> 01:56:35,781
They haven't won
a big bike race
on the Isle of Man

2264
01:56:35,816 --> 01:56:37,404
since the year 2000.

2265
01:56:37,438 --> 01:56:40,648
That was Joey Dunlop.

2266
01:56:40,683 --> 01:56:44,066
But John McGuinness seems to be able to increase the pace...

2267
01:56:44,100 --> 01:56:47,621
-Oh!
-COMMENTATOR 2: Oh! Disaster!
The McAdoo Kawasaki.

2268
01:56:47,655 --> 01:56:51,349
Oh! Ian Hutchinson is out.
And he did not deserve that.

2269
01:56:51,383 --> 01:56:53,040
COMMENTATOR 3:
Lougher's being caught
by Cameron Donald.

2270
01:56:53,075 --> 01:56:55,560
COMMENTATOR 2: Cameron Donald's
absolutely flying,
quite literally.

2271
01:56:55,594 --> 01:56:57,562
COMMENTATOR 1:
129 miles an hour.

2272
01:56:57,596 --> 01:57:00,496
So he has done
a lap record again.

2273
01:57:00,530 --> 01:57:03,982
John McGuinness is absolutely
right on the case.

2274
01:57:04,017 --> 01:57:08,055
COMMENTATOR 2:
17 minutes and 29 seconds.
So it wasn't very different.

2275
01:57:08,090 --> 01:57:09,919
It took him a second
to slow down

2276
01:57:09,953 --> 01:57:12,749
from whatever speed
you're doing along
Glencrutchery Road there.

2277
01:57:12,784 --> 01:57:15,545
At least 120, I would
have thought.

2278
01:57:15,580 --> 01:57:18,686
This has definitely been,
uh, John McGuinness' year

2279
01:57:18,721 --> 01:57:20,067
at the Isle of Man.

2280
01:57:20,102 --> 01:57:21,965
When we look back
on 2006,

2281
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:25,072
it's just gonna be
another one of those
total dominations.

2282
01:57:25,107 --> 01:57:27,799
We have had different winners
this week, we have to say.

2283
01:57:27,833 --> 01:57:29,973
'Cause Bruce Anstey
won the Superstock.

2284
01:57:30,008 --> 01:57:31,354
Well, apart from that,
it has been

2285
01:57:31,389 --> 01:57:33,425
John McGuinness,
John McGuinness,
John McGuinness.

2286
01:57:33,460 --> 01:57:35,565
And he's about
to do it again.

2287
01:57:35,600 --> 01:57:37,153
COMMENTATOR 1:
Great week for Honda.

2288
01:57:37,188 --> 01:57:38,913
HM Plant Honda
put a lot of effort in.

2289
01:57:38,948 --> 01:57:42,089
It's a great team. Very well
coordinated indeed.

2290
01:57:42,124 --> 01:57:45,161
But McGuinness
at Governor's now
for the last time.

2291
01:57:45,196 --> 01:57:47,025
What a way to finish the week.

2292
01:57:47,060 --> 01:57:50,339
The Senior TT,
the Junior Supersports TT,

2293
01:57:50,373 --> 01:57:52,755
and of course the opening race of the week as well.

2294
01:57:52,789 --> 01:57:55,792
McGuinness, three out of three. Superb.

2295
01:57:55,827 --> 01:57:58,554
Absolutely in control. It's almost as you say, Keith,

2296
01:57:58,588 --> 01:58:00,176
he's casual, isn't he?
He comes up to the line,

2297
01:58:00,211 --> 01:58:03,145
and he really doesn't look
like a bloke
who's in a race at all.

2298
01:58:03,179 --> 01:58:05,457
And there it is.
Over the line he goes.

2299
01:58:05,492 --> 01:58:07,114
NARRATOR: McGuinness,
one of an elite club

2300
01:58:07,149 --> 01:58:09,979
that includes Mike Hailwood,
Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop,

2301
01:58:10,013 --> 01:58:11,843
Phil McCallen,
and Dave Jefferies,

2302
01:58:11,877 --> 01:58:14,466
who have all won
three or more TTs in a week.

2303
01:58:14,501 --> 01:58:16,779
I'm just absolutely
over the moon, excited.

2304
01:58:16,813 --> 01:58:18,677
It was real special, uh,
to lap in that speed.

2305
01:58:18,712 --> 01:58:20,472
It was incredible,
and, you know,

2306
01:58:20,507 --> 01:58:23,061
the... the TT this year
just seems to have
had a lift.

2307
01:58:23,096 --> 01:58:24,338
You know, the weather's
been fantastic.

2308
01:58:24,373 --> 01:58:26,444
Everybody will want to
come out to TT '07 I'm sure.

2309
01:58:27,997 --> 01:58:30,137
NARRATOR: The fans turned up
in their tens of thousands

2310
01:58:30,172 --> 01:58:32,553
for 2007, the Centenary year,

2311
01:58:32,588 --> 01:58:36,626
to celebrate
100 years of racing
at the Isle of Man TT.

2312
01:58:36,661 --> 01:58:39,767
First race of the week
was the Superbikes.

2313
01:58:39,802 --> 01:58:41,804
Not only were the fans
back in numbers,

2314
01:58:41,838 --> 01:58:43,357
but so too some riders

2315
01:58:43,392 --> 01:58:46,188
who hadn't graced the Mountain Course in a while.

2316
01:58:46,222 --> 01:58:47,637
One of them,
and making history

2317
01:58:47,672 --> 01:58:50,502
by being the first man away,
was Michael Rutter.

2318
01:58:50,537 --> 01:58:53,160
His first time back at the TT
in seven years.

2319
01:58:53,195 --> 01:58:57,164
A winner back in 1998,
but up against
some very strong opposition.

2320
01:58:57,199 --> 01:58:59,787
The likes of Guy Martin,
Ian Hutchinson,

2321
01:58:59,822 --> 01:59:03,584
Martin Finnegan, Ian Lougher,
Ryan Farquhar, Steve Plater,

2322
01:59:03,619 --> 01:59:07,174
and of course, the current
King of the Mountain,
John McGuinness.

2323
01:59:08,900 --> 01:59:11,627
The event had its share
of spills as well as thrills.

2324
01:59:11,661 --> 01:59:16,183
Paul Hunt parting company
with his Yamaha R1
at Kerrowmoar.

2325
01:59:16,218 --> 01:59:18,392
Just slight injuries
for the local rider.

2326
01:59:24,329 --> 01:59:26,228
The new look Brandish
was certainly a faster

2327
01:59:26,262 --> 01:59:29,265
more flowing corner,
almost flat out, fifth gear,

2328
01:59:29,300 --> 01:59:31,785
and certainly making a lap
of the circuit quicker

2329
01:59:31,819 --> 01:59:33,269
than it was before.

2330
01:59:40,242 --> 01:59:43,383
TT regular Mark Parrett was another faller in this one.

2331
01:59:44,729 --> 01:59:46,972
Coming off at Cruickshank's
in Ramsey,

2332
01:59:47,007 --> 01:59:50,217
hitting the air fence,
and ending up in the garden.

2333
01:59:50,252 --> 01:59:52,357
Again, rider was okay.

2334
01:59:52,392 --> 01:59:55,118
On the racetrack,
it was business as usual
for John McGuinness

2335
01:59:55,153 --> 01:59:58,225
as he and the HM Plant Honda
led the race.

2336
02:00:00,607 --> 02:00:03,541
Race one of the week,
and a first victory
for John McGuinness,

2337
02:00:03,575 --> 02:00:05,267
ahead of teammate
Ian Hutchinson

2338
02:00:05,301 --> 02:00:07,441
and fierce rival Guy Martin.

2339
02:00:10,375 --> 02:00:12,791
As John McGuinness notched up
TT victory number 12,

2340
02:00:12,826 --> 02:00:16,692
Dave Molyneux was also looking to match that total
in the Sidecars.

2341
02:00:18,521 --> 02:00:19,971
Molyneux was back at the TT,

2342
02:00:20,005 --> 02:00:22,111
having missed out on racing
the previous year,

2343
02:00:22,145 --> 02:00:24,562
following his huge crash
in practice.

2344
02:00:24,596 --> 02:00:27,772
And things didn't start
too well for him
and passenger Rick Long,

2345
02:00:27,806 --> 02:00:30,602
as they were passed by
Nick Crowe and Dan Sayle.

2346
02:00:31,154 --> 02:00:33,605
[ENGINE REVVING]

2347
02:00:34,675 --> 02:00:36,539
Former World Champion
Klaus Klaffenbock

2348
02:00:36,574 --> 02:00:39,266
had made his TT debut
back in 2004.

2349
02:00:39,301 --> 02:00:41,682
But hadn't had the best
of luck since then.

2350
02:00:41,717 --> 02:00:44,616
This year was to be
no different.

2351
02:00:48,413 --> 02:00:50,346
Then drama, as race leader
Nick Crowe

2352
02:00:50,381 --> 02:00:53,176
retired at Sulby
with a broken gearbox.

2353
02:00:53,211 --> 02:00:55,006
And it meant John Holden
and Andy Winkle

2354
02:00:55,040 --> 02:00:56,732
now led on the opening lap.

2355
02:01:00,598 --> 02:01:04,912
Despair for Klaffenbock,
his fourth retirement
in six TT races.

2356
02:01:05,810 --> 02:01:07,018
A dramatic race concluded

2357
02:01:07,052 --> 02:01:10,263
with Holden leading
by four seconds
on the final lap.

2358
02:01:10,297 --> 02:01:12,368
But Molyneux overturning
that advantage

2359
02:01:12,403 --> 02:01:15,544
to take the flag
with a six-and-a-half second
cushion.

2360
02:01:15,578 --> 02:01:20,203
One of the closest finishes
to a Sidecar race
at the TT.

2361
02:01:20,238 --> 02:01:23,310
So it's win number 12
for Molyneux.

2362
02:01:23,345 --> 02:01:27,003
The delayed Superstock TT race was held over to Tuesday,
June the 5th,

2363
02:01:27,038 --> 02:01:30,248
and was over four laps of
the Snaefell Mountain Course.

2364
02:01:30,283 --> 02:01:33,838
Bruce Anstey,
looking to continue his
dominance of this category,

2365
02:01:33,872 --> 02:01:36,289
and looking to seal
his fourth consecutive

2366
02:01:36,323 --> 02:01:39,706
1,000cc Production TT victory.

2367
02:01:39,740 --> 02:01:42,260
Ryan Farquhar may have been
first on the road,

2368
02:01:42,295 --> 02:01:43,917
he was also one of the first
to retire

2369
02:01:43,951 --> 02:01:47,023
when he ran out of fuel due to the blustery conditions,

2370
02:01:47,058 --> 02:01:49,819
a fate which also befell
Guy Martin.

2371
02:01:55,204 --> 02:01:57,344
MV Agusta
were back at the TT.

2372
02:01:57,379 --> 02:01:59,622
The dominance
of their golden age
behind them,

2373
02:01:59,657 --> 02:02:01,555
but Martin Finnegan
was reliving

2374
02:02:01,590 --> 02:02:03,695
old glories as he held
fourth place.

2375
02:02:05,490 --> 02:02:06,767
As the checkered flag
was waived,

2376
02:02:06,802 --> 02:02:08,182
it was New Zealand's
Bruce Anstey

2377
02:02:08,217 --> 02:02:10,495
who made it four out of four
in this class,

2378
02:02:10,530 --> 02:02:12,704
and TT career win
number six.

2379
02:02:14,706 --> 02:02:17,571
John McGuinness may be
the current
King of the Mountain,

2380
02:02:17,606 --> 02:02:20,505
but Bruce Anstey is certainly
the dark prince.

2381
02:02:22,645 --> 02:02:25,061
Away from the racetrack,
and the Red Arrows were back

2382
02:02:25,096 --> 02:02:27,374
as part of the
Centenary celebrations.

2383
02:02:29,272 --> 02:02:32,897
Which also included
a Battle of Britain Memorial
fly-past

2384
02:02:32,931 --> 02:02:35,693
as the island bounced
to the entertainment.

2385
02:02:36,279 --> 02:02:38,281
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]

2386
02:03:13,109 --> 02:03:15,422
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

2387
02:03:29,678 --> 02:03:31,196
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

2388
02:03:42,863 --> 02:03:44,589
[ENGINE REVVING]

2389
02:03:53,322 --> 02:03:57,568
NARRATOR: Back to business,
and next it was the turn of the Supersport TT, the 600s.

2390
02:03:57,602 --> 02:03:59,604
And local hopes
resting with Conor Cummins

2391
02:03:59,639 --> 02:04:01,986
as he blasted his way
past the Grandstand

2392
02:04:02,020 --> 02:04:03,608
and toward Bray Hill.

2393
02:04:05,438 --> 02:04:07,301
[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA]

2394
02:04:07,336 --> 02:04:09,442
Bruce Anstey
was the early front runner,

2395
02:04:09,476 --> 02:04:11,685
but his lead evaporated
during the pit stop.

2396
02:04:11,720 --> 02:04:13,238
COMMENTATOR:
Taking a bit of time
to fire.

2397
02:04:13,273 --> 02:04:14,895
Is it gonna fire?

2398
02:04:14,930 --> 02:04:16,034
He's halfway down pit lane.

2399
02:04:16,069 --> 02:04:17,277
It's not fired at all.

2400
02:04:17,311 --> 02:04:19,210
It's not fired!

2401
02:04:19,244 --> 02:04:20,729
[INDISTINCT COMMENTARY]

2402
02:04:22,593 --> 02:04:24,422
[ENGINE REVVING]

2403
02:04:26,666 --> 02:04:29,669
NARRATOR:
McGuinness and Hutchinson
scrapped over first place.

2404
02:04:29,703 --> 02:04:32,913
At one stage,
there was less than
three seconds between them.

2405
02:04:32,948 --> 02:04:35,433
But this time it was Hutchinson who took the spoils

2406
02:04:35,468 --> 02:04:37,159
for his first TT win.

2407
02:04:37,193 --> 02:04:40,611
And just four years
since he won the Manx Grand Prix Newcomers Race

2408
02:04:40,645 --> 02:04:42,336
again on a 600.

2409
02:04:44,615 --> 02:04:47,410
Bruce Anstey
would finish fourth,
and would have won

2410
02:04:47,445 --> 02:04:49,827
if he hadn't lost that time
in the pits.

2411
02:04:51,069 --> 02:04:53,762
The second and final
Sidecar race
of Centenary year,

2412
02:04:53,796 --> 02:04:57,179
and more drama
with Dave Molyneux
changing the dashboard unit

2413
02:04:57,213 --> 02:04:58,525
following an electric failure

2414
02:04:58,560 --> 02:05:01,217
just minutes before the start
of the race.

2415
02:05:01,252 --> 02:05:03,668
His cause helped
by a 15-minute delay

2416
02:05:03,703 --> 02:05:08,052
caused by a stray dog
wandering onto the circuit.

2417
02:05:08,086 --> 02:05:11,504
At number two,
and just behind him
on the road, Nick Crowe,

2418
02:05:11,538 --> 02:05:13,575
Klaffenbock's luck
went from bad to worse,

2419
02:05:13,609 --> 02:05:15,749
retiring at Union Mills
on lap two.

2420
02:05:15,784 --> 02:05:19,373
The Austrian's outfit suffering engine failure.

2421
02:05:19,408 --> 02:05:22,549
So yet another DNF for the former World Champions.

2422
02:05:22,584 --> 02:05:25,587
Meanwhile,
there was further drama
just up the road.

2423
02:05:27,243 --> 02:05:29,073
Nick Crowe also suffering
engine failure

2424
02:05:29,107 --> 02:05:32,110
when his machine expired at the top of Ballahutchin Hill

2425
02:05:32,145 --> 02:05:33,595
just outside Union Mills,

2426
02:05:33,629 --> 02:05:35,424
and that left the way open
for Molyneux

2427
02:05:35,458 --> 02:05:37,944
to go in search
of win number 13.

2428
02:05:49,990 --> 02:05:52,855
Who would have thought
that a dog could change
TT history?

2429
02:05:52,890 --> 02:05:54,408
Because that's what happened.

2430
02:05:54,443 --> 02:05:55,962
If it hadn't strayed
onto the course,

2431
02:05:55,996 --> 02:05:58,447
then Dave Molyneux would
not have started this race,

2432
02:05:58,481 --> 02:06:01,243
and he wouldn't be winning
his 13th TT

2433
02:06:01,277 --> 02:06:04,039
of a long
and distinguished career.

2434
02:06:04,073 --> 02:06:05,903
It's a re-writing
of the record books

2435
02:06:05,937 --> 02:06:09,907
as Molyneux
becomes the most successful
TT Sidecar competitor

2436
02:06:09,941 --> 02:06:11,667
of all time.

2437
02:06:11,702 --> 02:06:14,083
[CHEERING]

2438
02:06:14,118 --> 02:06:16,879
Expectation was high ahead
of the blue riband event,

2439
02:06:16,914 --> 02:06:18,398
the Senior TT.

2440
02:06:18,432 --> 02:06:20,573
There'd been lap records
in each solo race.

2441
02:06:20,607 --> 02:06:23,886
But could anyone break
the magical
130 mile an hour lap?

2442
02:06:26,026 --> 02:06:28,615
Conditions were perfect
as the first riders
hit the road,

2443
02:06:28,650 --> 02:06:30,513
with McGuinness,
like Molyneux,

2444
02:06:30,548 --> 02:06:33,206
also looking for TT win
number 13.

2445
02:06:35,208 --> 02:06:37,382
For Bruce Anstey,
TT '07 ended early

2446
02:06:37,417 --> 02:06:39,522
when he retired
at the end of lap one.

2447
02:06:43,837 --> 02:06:45,908
There was to be more drama
in the pits

2448
02:06:45,943 --> 02:06:48,428
as first, Guy Martin,
struggled with a fuel cap,

2449
02:06:48,462 --> 02:06:50,603
which refused to go back in.

2450
02:06:50,637 --> 02:06:53,916
While Michael Rutter
couldn't get his Kawasaki
to fire up.

2451
02:06:56,712 --> 02:07:00,164
The time for the first lap
was just four-and-a-half
seconds short

2452
02:07:00,198 --> 02:07:02,960
of an average speed
of 130 miles an hour.

2453
02:07:02,994 --> 02:07:05,307
That was
from a standing start.

2454
02:07:05,341 --> 02:07:08,103
And at the end of lap two,
McGuinness had done it.

2455
02:07:08,137 --> 02:07:11,071
17 minutes 21.9 seconds,

2456
02:07:11,106 --> 02:07:13,902
an average of 130.3,

2457
02:07:13,936 --> 02:07:18,631
and 50 years since Bob McIntyre achieved the first
100-mile-an-hour lap.

2458
02:07:18,665 --> 02:07:21,254
Conditions were right.
They were perfect.

2459
02:07:21,288 --> 02:07:23,256
Absolutely perfect and...

2460
02:07:23,290 --> 02:07:24,671
Suppose if there were...

2461
02:07:24,706 --> 02:07:27,812
If there was
one time to do it,
it was that one lap.

2462
02:07:28,399 --> 02:07:31,160
Which... Centenary TT,

2463
02:07:31,195 --> 02:07:33,956
Senior TT, end of the week,

2464
02:07:33,991 --> 02:07:35,544
sun shining, one lap.

2465
02:07:37,063 --> 02:07:38,409
Get it into 'em.

2466
02:07:39,686 --> 02:07:41,412
MAN: Wow!

2467
02:07:42,516 --> 02:07:44,622
COMMENTATOR:
The first man to cross that.

2468
02:07:46,244 --> 02:07:50,973
The reaction from the fans,
all the way around
on that lap three was nice.

2469
02:07:51,008 --> 02:07:53,666
Vroom-vroom, breaking down
into, uh,

2470
02:07:53,700 --> 02:07:56,254
into Parliament Square
and you can hear
the people cheering.

2471
02:07:56,289 --> 02:07:58,463
I've never heard
that before. Ever.

2472
02:07:58,498 --> 02:08:00,293
You know, you cannot
hear people,
but you can hear 'em.

2473
02:08:00,327 --> 02:08:03,710
Braddan Bridge, Quarterbridge,
Braddan Bridge, Ballaugh,
you can hear 'em cheering.

2474
02:08:03,745 --> 02:08:06,368
All the places
where your bike's slow
and you can't hear much.

2475
02:08:06,402 --> 02:08:10,406
You can hear the crowd
over the top
of the wind and bike.

2476
02:08:10,441 --> 02:08:12,374
That was nice. That was
a nice touch. [CHUCKLES]

2477
02:08:12,408 --> 02:08:14,100
That was a nice touch.

2478
02:08:14,134 --> 02:08:16,378
You know, but again, [EXHALES]
you got to keep concentrating,

2479
02:08:16,412 --> 02:08:18,276
keep concentrating.
Four more laps to do.

2480
02:08:21,417 --> 02:08:23,454
NARRATOR: McGuinness
ended the perfect day

2481
02:08:23,488 --> 02:08:25,836
with TT win number 13.

2482
02:08:27,941 --> 02:08:30,323
12 months on and the island
was bathed in sunshine

2483
02:08:30,357 --> 02:08:31,911
for TT 2008.

2484
02:08:31,945 --> 02:08:35,086
And the week began with a dramatic Superbike race.

2485
02:08:35,121 --> 02:08:38,158
McGuinness was back,
and in search
of a 14th TT win,

2486
02:08:38,193 --> 02:08:40,713
which would put him level
with the legendary
Mike Hailwood,

2487
02:08:40,747 --> 02:08:43,439
in terms of victories
around the Mountain circuit.

2488
02:08:44,475 --> 02:08:45,959
There was confusion
at the start,

2489
02:08:45,994 --> 02:08:48,790
which saw McGuinness
and fellow riders, Guy Martin

2490
02:08:48,824 --> 02:08:51,862
and Conor Cummins, failing
to get away on time.

2491
02:08:55,003 --> 02:08:58,420
It was the antipathy
in pairing, Cameron Donald
and Bruce Anstey,

2492
02:08:58,454 --> 02:09:00,422
who occupied
the top two spots,

2493
02:09:00,456 --> 02:09:04,184
with the Australian leading
his TAS Suzuki teammate.

2494
02:09:04,219 --> 02:09:05,599
With both bikes together
on the road,

2495
02:09:05,634 --> 02:09:08,671
it meant that Donald
led his colleague
by 10 seconds.

2496
02:09:11,502 --> 02:09:14,298
It was a lead
he was to hold on to
across the finish line

2497
02:09:14,332 --> 02:09:17,059
and become the first Australian to win a TT

2498
02:09:17,094 --> 02:09:19,924
since Graeme McGregor
back in 1984.

2499
02:09:21,754 --> 02:09:25,171
Delight for Cameron Donald
and TAS Suzuki teammate
Bruce Anstey,

2500
02:09:25,205 --> 02:09:27,932
with Adrian Archibald
taking the third place
on the podium.

2501
02:09:30,210 --> 02:09:31,833
The first three-lap
Sidecar race of the week

2502
02:09:31,867 --> 02:09:35,008
was run in the same
blissful conditions
as the Superbikes.

2503
02:09:39,702 --> 02:09:41,532
But drama within moments
of the start

2504
02:09:41,566 --> 02:09:44,052
when reigning
Sidecar TT champion,
Dave Molyneux,

2505
02:09:44,086 --> 02:09:47,434
pulled in just a few yards
from the start
with a clutch problem.

2506
02:09:48,850 --> 02:09:52,992
He could only sit and watch
as Nick Crowe and Mark Cox...

2507
02:09:53,026 --> 02:09:56,650
and then John Holden
and Andrew Winkle made
their way toward Bray Hill.

2508
02:09:59,239 --> 02:10:02,518
Another TT,
and another retirement
for Klaus Klaffenbock

2509
02:10:02,553 --> 02:10:06,246
and Andrew Pazer, their fifth in seven TT races.

2510
02:10:07,834 --> 02:10:09,871
The early part was led
by Holden and Winkle.

2511
02:10:09,905 --> 02:10:13,288
At times they lead
less than a second
over Crowe and Cox.

2512
02:10:14,910 --> 02:10:18,500
But it was the Honda man
who took over on the third
and final lap.

2513
02:10:18,534 --> 02:10:21,192
And having failed to finish
the previous year,

2514
02:10:21,227 --> 02:10:25,610
he now went on to collect
TT win number four.

2515
02:10:25,645 --> 02:10:28,579
Second place went to Holden,
with former World Champion
Tim Reeves

2516
02:10:28,613 --> 02:10:31,789
making a remarkable third place on his TT debut,

2517
02:10:31,824 --> 02:10:33,860
with Patrick Farrance
in the chair.

2518
02:10:33,895 --> 02:10:35,828
It was the first time
a Sidecar driver

2519
02:10:35,862 --> 02:10:38,313
had stood on the podium
as a TT newcomer

2520
02:10:38,347 --> 02:10:40,798
since Rolf Biland
and Ken Williams
finished second

2521
02:10:40,833 --> 02:10:42,420
back in 1977.

2522
02:10:44,215 --> 02:10:45,872
Day 2 of racing at TT '08

2523
02:10:45,907 --> 02:10:49,393
and Bruce Anstey goes in search of an unprecedented
fifth straight victory

2524
02:10:49,427 --> 02:10:51,429
in the Superstock class.

2525
02:10:51,464 --> 02:10:55,640
Production machine racing
virtually straight out of the
high-street showroom.

2526
02:11:00,093 --> 02:11:01,405
Joy for Cameron Donald

2527
02:11:01,439 --> 02:11:03,510
as he made it
win number two for the week

2528
02:11:03,545 --> 02:11:05,754
ahead of John McGuinness
and Guy Martin.

2529
02:11:06,099 --> 02:11:07,963
[LAUGHTER]

2530
02:11:07,998 --> 02:11:10,621
2008 saw the return
of two Supersport races.

2531
02:11:10,655 --> 02:11:13,106
The first taking place shortly after the Superstocks.

2532
02:11:13,141 --> 02:11:14,694
So another four laps

2533
02:11:14,728 --> 02:11:17,593
and more than 140 miles
of fast racing,

2534
02:11:17,628 --> 02:11:20,631
but held in improving
weather conditions.

2535
02:11:21,459 --> 02:11:23,185
Steve Plater
was picking off riders

2536
02:11:23,220 --> 02:11:24,980
as he made his way
up the leaderboard,

2537
02:11:25,015 --> 02:11:27,155
and was up to second place.

2538
02:11:27,189 --> 02:11:30,883
Over the line,
it was Bruce Anstey
who took the victory.

2539
02:11:30,917 --> 02:11:33,299
Or so everybody thought.

2540
02:11:33,333 --> 02:11:35,370
The Kiwi dramatically
stripped of the win

2541
02:11:35,404 --> 02:11:38,787
when it was deemed his bike
had an illegal part fitted.

2542
02:11:38,821 --> 02:11:42,584
As so, it was the first ever
TT success for Steve Plater.

2543
02:11:42,618 --> 02:11:45,035
While Keith Amor
was on the podium
for the first time,

2544
02:11:45,069 --> 02:11:49,177
like Plater, just a year
after making his TT debut.

2545
02:11:49,211 --> 02:11:50,972
I'm just struck for words,
to be honest.

2546
02:11:51,006 --> 02:11:52,387
You know, it's like, uh,

2547
02:11:52,421 --> 02:11:54,216
Jim and my boys,
everybody in the IOM team,

2548
02:11:54,251 --> 02:11:55,528
you know, have been working
so hard

2549
02:11:55,562 --> 02:11:57,219
since before the North West 200
and,

2550
02:11:57,254 --> 02:11:59,704
you know, they've had
their backs against the wall
and stuff, and just, uh,

2551
02:11:59,739 --> 02:12:01,430
been pushing, pushing so hard
to help me out,

2552
02:12:01,465 --> 02:12:03,432
and obviously it's three wins
in the Northwestern now.

2553
02:12:03,467 --> 02:12:06,297
This is just, uh, a little
cherry on top, you know.
It really is.

2554
02:12:07,643 --> 02:12:09,507
NARRATOR: The second
Supersport clash
of the week

2555
02:12:09,542 --> 02:12:11,233
provided an opportunity
for many

2556
02:12:11,268 --> 02:12:14,409
to put right what went wrong
in the first 600 race.

2557
02:12:14,443 --> 02:12:16,376
Including fan's favorite,
Guy Martin,

2558
02:12:16,411 --> 02:12:19,897
still dreaming of that top step of the podium.

2559
02:12:19,932 --> 02:12:23,211
It was almost written
that Bruce Anstey
would win this race

2560
02:12:23,245 --> 02:12:25,178
following the events
earlier in the week.

2561
02:12:25,213 --> 02:12:28,871
And he crossed the line
to make it win number seven
of his TT career.

2562
02:12:28,906 --> 02:12:32,634
Matching the total
of another hero, Mick Grant.

2563
02:12:32,668 --> 02:12:34,601
The second Sidecar race
of TT '08,

2564
02:12:34,636 --> 02:12:36,603
and win number five
for Nick Crowe

2565
02:12:36,638 --> 02:12:38,847
with Molyneux
settling for second

2566
02:12:38,881 --> 02:12:40,676
and John Holden in third.

2567
02:12:42,540 --> 02:12:44,163
More sunshine
for the big one,

2568
02:12:44,197 --> 02:12:45,405
the Senior TT,

2569
02:12:45,440 --> 02:12:47,787
preceded by
a Ducati parade lap,

2570
02:12:47,821 --> 02:12:49,237
as the Italian manufacturer

2571
02:12:49,271 --> 02:12:51,894
celebrated 50 years
of racing at the TT.

2572
02:12:53,137 --> 02:12:54,794
Guy Martin was hoping
to celebrate

2573
02:12:54,828 --> 02:12:56,071
five years of TT racing

2574
02:12:56,106 --> 02:12:57,762
by taking his first win.

2575
02:13:00,938 --> 02:13:03,906
John McGuinness had won
the last three Senior TTs.

2576
02:13:03,941 --> 02:13:05,874
And the last time
he'd finished this race

2577
02:13:05,908 --> 02:13:07,117
and been beaten

2578
02:13:07,151 --> 02:13:09,567
was back in 2003.

2579
02:13:09,602 --> 02:13:12,639
Ominously, he was yet to win
at this year's event.

2580
02:13:15,297 --> 02:13:18,300
What followed was to be
one of the classic encounters

2581
02:13:18,335 --> 02:13:19,439
around the circuit.

2582
02:13:19,474 --> 02:13:21,786
Evoking memories
of Hislop and Fogarty

2583
02:13:21,821 --> 02:13:23,167
back in '92,

2584
02:13:23,202 --> 02:13:25,169
as John McGuinness
and Cameron Donald

2585
02:13:25,204 --> 02:13:26,826
juggled the lead between them.

2586
02:13:28,276 --> 02:13:30,036
It eventually swang the way

2587
02:13:30,071 --> 02:13:31,382
of the Morecambe Missile,

2588
02:13:31,417 --> 02:13:33,384
when the Australian slowed
with an oil leak

2589
02:13:33,419 --> 02:13:35,869
from a split crankcase
on the final lap.

2590
02:13:37,630 --> 02:13:38,700
McGuinness on the back wheel

2591
02:13:38,734 --> 02:13:40,667
as he cruised
to win number 14.

2592
02:13:40,702 --> 02:13:43,912
Equaling the great
Mike Hailwood's amount
in the process.

2593
02:13:46,087 --> 02:13:48,020
One of the great TT races

2594
02:13:48,054 --> 02:13:49,573
and the domination
of the Senior TT

2595
02:13:49,607 --> 02:13:52,714
by John McGuinness continuing
in 2008.

2596
02:13:59,479 --> 02:14:02,793
2009, there was
a new element
to the races.

2597
02:14:02,827 --> 02:14:03,794
More of that later.

2598
02:14:03,828 --> 02:14:06,176
But it was an inauspicious
start to the week

2599
02:14:06,210 --> 02:14:09,420
with poor weather
delaying the racing
by 48 hours.

2600
02:14:10,663 --> 02:14:13,217
Come Monday,
the Superbike TT
was good to go,

2601
02:14:13,252 --> 02:14:16,703
with Cameron Donald posting
the fastest time
during practice.

2602
02:14:19,396 --> 02:14:22,157
However, no sooner had Donald
set the fastest time

2603
02:14:22,192 --> 02:14:25,091
at a speed of more
than 131 miles an hour,

2604
02:14:25,126 --> 02:14:27,680
he suffered a high-speed crash at Keppel Gate,

2605
02:14:27,714 --> 02:14:29,406
and was forced
to withdraw from the event

2606
02:14:29,440 --> 02:14:32,374
with a back injury
and dislocated left shoulder.

2607
02:14:32,409 --> 02:14:34,825
[INDISTINCT TALKING]

2608
02:14:34,859 --> 02:14:39,001
This year marked
the 50th anniversary for racing at the TT for Honda,

2609
02:14:39,036 --> 02:14:41,659
and John McGuinness made sure
the Japanese manufacturer

2610
02:14:41,694 --> 02:14:44,386
made its mark by setting
a new race record time,

2611
02:14:44,421 --> 02:14:46,319
plus, his 15th victory,

2612
02:14:46,354 --> 02:14:49,840
to move one clear
of Mike Hailwood
in the overall standings.

2613
02:14:52,429 --> 02:14:54,155
Honda took
a one-two-three finish,

2614
02:14:54,189 --> 02:14:55,570
with McGuinness
joined on the podium

2615
02:14:55,604 --> 02:14:57,779
by two of the legends
of motorcycle racing,

2616
02:14:57,813 --> 02:15:00,471
nine times TT winner,
Giacomo Agostini,

2617
02:15:00,506 --> 02:15:03,267
and current World Champion,
Valentino Rossi.

2618
02:15:06,063 --> 02:15:09,480
The Sidecars began
with Dave Molyneux
racking up win number 14,

2619
02:15:09,515 --> 02:15:11,275
and a new race record
to boot,

2620
02:15:11,310 --> 02:15:13,415
thanks to the efforts
of passenger Dan Sayle.

2621
02:15:13,450 --> 02:15:17,281
However, in the second race
on the approach to Ballacob
near Ballaugh Bridge,

2622
02:15:17,316 --> 02:15:19,801
Nick Crowe and Mark Cox
crashed heavily,

2623
02:15:19,835 --> 02:15:21,182
and their machine caught fire.

2624
02:15:21,216 --> 02:15:24,012
They were airlifted
to hospital
with extensive injuries.

2625
02:15:24,046 --> 02:15:27,049
And subsequently
the race was red-flagged
and canceled.

2626
02:15:27,084 --> 02:15:29,983
The rest of the field
made their way back
to the Grandstand,

2627
02:15:30,018 --> 02:15:33,918
and there was to be
no more Sidecars
at the TT this year.

2628
02:15:33,953 --> 02:15:37,405
Ian Hutchinson found success
in the first Supersport race.

2629
02:15:38,337 --> 02:15:40,028
The second 600 cc race

2630
02:15:40,062 --> 02:15:42,168
went the way
of Michael Dunlop.

2631
02:15:42,203 --> 02:15:43,894
[CHEERING]

2632
02:15:43,928 --> 02:15:46,724
The Superstock TT
was to come up trumps
yet again.

2633
02:15:46,759 --> 02:15:50,211
Steve Plater had set
the fastest time
during qualifying.

2634
02:15:50,245 --> 02:15:52,903
John McGuinness
was off to his customary
fast getaway,

2635
02:15:52,937 --> 02:15:55,181
setting a new lap record
on his first circuit,

2636
02:15:55,216 --> 02:15:58,391
and from a standing start,
he led them all
by half a second

2637
02:15:58,426 --> 02:16:00,669
and Hutchinson
by less than a second.

2638
02:16:02,223 --> 02:16:04,190
Another eventful race
saw Guy Martin

2639
02:16:04,225 --> 02:16:05,295
take the lead at one stage,

2640
02:16:05,329 --> 02:16:07,780
only to be
usurped by Ian Hutchinson,

2641
02:16:07,814 --> 02:16:10,852
who went on to take
his second TT race win,

2642
02:16:10,886 --> 02:16:13,579
and in the same day.

2643
02:16:13,613 --> 02:16:15,788
Next up, more TT history
in the making,

2644
02:16:15,822 --> 02:16:18,653
the first-ever Time Trial
Extreme Grand Prix,

2645
02:16:19,240 --> 02:16:21,380
TTXGP for short.

2646
02:16:21,414 --> 02:16:23,382
This was a one-lap race
for machines

2647
02:16:23,416 --> 02:16:26,143
powered without the use
of carbon-based fuels

2648
02:16:26,178 --> 02:16:29,491
and have zero toxic,
noxious emissions.

2649
02:16:29,526 --> 02:16:31,390
Rob Barber was the early leader at Glen Helen

2650
02:16:31,424 --> 02:16:34,565
with a 28-second advantage
over Thomas Schoenfelder.

2651
02:16:34,600 --> 02:16:38,569
James McBride, a further
nine seconds back in third.

2652
02:16:38,604 --> 02:16:40,847
The bike sounded like
electric milk floats,

2653
02:16:40,882 --> 02:16:44,265
but without the clink
of the glass bottles.

2654
02:16:44,299 --> 02:16:46,888
It was Barber who won
the inaugural Electric TT

2655
02:16:46,922 --> 02:16:50,374
with a time of 25 minutes
and 53.5 seconds,

2656
02:16:50,409 --> 02:16:53,550
an average
of 87.4 miles an hour.

2657
02:16:56,484 --> 02:16:58,382
The week ended
with the Senior TT.

2658
02:16:58,417 --> 02:17:00,004
And John McGuinness
looking to continue

2659
02:17:00,039 --> 02:17:02,904
his winning run in this race with a fifth straight victory.

2660
02:17:08,668 --> 02:17:11,809
Any hopes McGuinness had
of continuing
his run of success

2661
02:17:11,844 --> 02:17:15,503
disappeared when the chain
came off in Ramsey
on lap three.

2662
02:17:15,537 --> 02:17:18,299
With McGuinness out,
Steve Plater now led,

2663
02:17:18,333 --> 02:17:20,301
and just three years
after making his debut,

2664
02:17:20,335 --> 02:17:22,234
the 40-year-old
found himself on top

2665
02:17:22,268 --> 02:17:24,374
of the Senior TT podium.

2666
02:17:24,408 --> 02:17:27,066
Joy for Plater as he won
not only the Senior,

2667
02:17:27,100 --> 02:17:28,826
but the
Joey Dunlop TT Championship,

2668
02:17:28,861 --> 02:17:31,346
for the most points
picked up during race week.

2669
02:17:33,245 --> 02:17:36,248
Twelve months later,
and little did anyone
suspect at the time,

2670
02:17:36,282 --> 02:17:39,837
but history was about
to be made over the course
of the next few days.

2671
02:17:42,530 --> 02:17:45,981
Ian Hutchinson recorded
his fourth TT career win,

2672
02:17:46,016 --> 02:17:49,433
his first Superbike victory
at the Isle of Man TT.

2673
02:17:51,021 --> 02:17:53,817
He made it win number two
in the Supersport race
for the week.

2674
02:17:56,854 --> 02:17:59,201
And later that day, he joined
Hailwood, Dunlop,

2675
02:17:59,236 --> 02:18:01,618
Hislop, McCallen, Jefferies,
and McGuinness,

2676
02:18:01,652 --> 02:18:03,792
in winning three races
in a week

2677
02:18:03,827 --> 02:18:06,899
by taking victory
in the Superstocks.

2678
02:18:06,933 --> 02:18:09,695
This was a close affair,
as he and Ryan Farquhar

2679
02:18:09,729 --> 02:18:11,455
swapped the lead
between themselves.

2680
02:18:11,490 --> 02:18:13,802
On the final lap,
Hutchinson bit in

2681
02:18:13,837 --> 02:18:14,803
and bit hard,

2682
02:18:14,838 --> 02:18:17,254
recording the first-ever
130 mile an hour lap

2683
02:18:17,289 --> 02:18:19,463
on a Superstock bike,

2684
02:18:19,498 --> 02:18:23,225
and taking the win
by just 1.3 seconds.

2685
02:18:23,260 --> 02:18:26,574
Another close finish
in the second 600 race.

2686
02:18:26,608 --> 02:18:29,231
And Hutchinson looking to equal Phil McCallen's record

2687
02:18:29,266 --> 02:18:31,199
of four wins in a week.

2688
02:18:31,233 --> 02:18:33,822
It was the Yorkshireman
who set the early pace.

2689
02:18:35,410 --> 02:18:38,724
Michael Dunlop was
the closest challenger.

2690
02:18:38,758 --> 02:18:40,415
Ian Hutchinson
crossed the line.

2691
02:18:40,450 --> 02:18:43,280
Then the wait to see
if Dunlop had done enough.

2692
02:18:43,315 --> 02:18:47,284
He hadn't. The margin
less than two seconds.

2693
02:18:47,319 --> 02:18:50,391
And that meant
Hutchinson had claimed
win number four for the week,

2694
02:18:50,425 --> 02:18:52,082
and writes his name
in the record books

2695
02:18:52,116 --> 02:18:54,187
alongside that
of Phil McCallen

2696
02:18:54,222 --> 02:18:55,810
as a four-time winner.

2697
02:18:57,881 --> 02:18:59,779
The Senior,
the final race of the week,

2698
02:18:59,814 --> 02:19:03,265
and an opportunity
for Hutchinson
to do the unthinkable

2699
02:19:03,300 --> 02:19:06,372
and win five TT races
in a week.

2700
02:19:06,407 --> 02:19:08,374
It had been a long time
since John McGuinness

2701
02:19:08,409 --> 02:19:11,619
went back to Morecambe
without a TT win
to his name.

2702
02:19:11,653 --> 02:19:14,518
And he was the early
race leader.

2703
02:19:14,553 --> 02:19:16,037
But that was eclipsed
by Conor Cummins

2704
02:19:16,071 --> 02:19:18,591
who took control
of the race
at the end of lap one

2705
02:19:18,626 --> 02:19:21,560
with a blistering
131.18.

2706
02:19:22,457 --> 02:19:25,184
McGuinness responded
with 131.35

2707
02:19:25,218 --> 02:19:27,220
on lap two.

2708
02:19:27,255 --> 02:19:31,121
Hutchinson
had begun lap two
in third behind Guy Martin.

2709
02:19:31,155 --> 02:19:32,502
But the race
came to a halt

2710
02:19:32,536 --> 02:19:35,194
when Martin crashed heavily
at Ballagarey,

2711
02:19:35,228 --> 02:19:37,403
prompting the red flags
to come out.

2712
02:19:38,611 --> 02:19:40,786
The race was then restarted.

2713
02:19:40,820 --> 02:19:41,925
Four laps' distance.

2714
02:19:45,446 --> 02:19:47,862
John McGuinness had been quick in the first part,

2715
02:19:47,896 --> 02:19:49,415
now, he looked quicker.

2716
02:19:51,037 --> 02:19:52,418
Hutchinson sets off again,

2717
02:19:52,453 --> 02:19:54,213
looking for that
record-breaking victory,

2718
02:19:54,247 --> 02:19:56,422
but up against
some quality opposition.

2719
02:19:58,631 --> 02:20:02,048
Conor Cummins was again
in the 131 mile an hour zone

2720
02:20:02,083 --> 02:20:04,188
on lap one of the restart.

2721
02:20:04,223 --> 02:20:07,295
But crashed out heavily
at the Verandah.

2722
02:20:07,329 --> 02:20:08,883
Michael Dunlop was also out.

2723
02:20:08,917 --> 02:20:10,816
Somewhat less dramatically
than the Manxman,

2724
02:20:10,850 --> 02:20:13,232
when he pulled up
at the 26th Milestone,

2725
02:20:13,266 --> 02:20:15,786
now known as Joey's.

2726
02:20:15,821 --> 02:20:17,443
And Cameron Donald
was in retirement

2727
02:20:17,478 --> 02:20:19,341
in what was becoming
a wretched week

2728
02:20:19,376 --> 02:20:21,343
for the TAS Suzuki team.

2729
02:20:23,863 --> 02:20:26,625
John McGuinness began
the second lap
in second position

2730
02:20:26,659 --> 02:20:28,005
behind Hutchinson.

2731
02:20:28,040 --> 02:20:31,319
But his misfortune continued
when he pulled up
at Glen Helen

2732
02:20:31,353 --> 02:20:32,838
with a dead motor.

2733
02:20:33,908 --> 02:20:35,185
Into the final lap,

2734
02:20:35,219 --> 02:20:37,394
and Hutchinson
chasing the dream.

2735
02:20:37,429 --> 02:20:39,569
A 21-second lead
over Amor,

2736
02:20:39,603 --> 02:20:42,468
who had pegged back some time on the Yorkshireman.

2737
02:20:42,503 --> 02:20:44,194
But Amor's challenge
fizzled out

2738
02:20:44,228 --> 02:20:45,609
when, like
teammate McGuiness,

2739
02:20:45,644 --> 02:20:48,232
he too retired at Glen Helen.

2740
02:20:48,267 --> 02:20:51,581
That left Hutchinson
with plenty of time to spare

2741
02:20:51,615 --> 02:20:54,584
as he crossed the finish line
to claim win number five,

2742
02:20:54,618 --> 02:20:58,208
the first rider ever
to achieve such a feat
at the TT.

2743
02:20:58,242 --> 02:20:59,692
Crossing the line

2744
02:20:59,727 --> 02:21:02,764
forty seconds to the good,
over second place,
Ryan Farquhar.

2745
02:21:03,455 --> 02:21:06,458
A piece of TT history.

2746
02:21:06,492 --> 02:21:08,667
INTERVIEWER: Can you believe
you've done that?

2747
02:21:08,701 --> 02:21:11,393
Five wins in a week. No one thought it could ever be done.

2748
02:21:11,428 --> 02:21:13,292
Can you really
make sense of that?

2749
02:21:13,326 --> 02:21:15,605
It's unbelievable, you know,
luck's just been on our side

2750
02:21:15,639 --> 02:21:19,401
so much this week,
and I'll certainly never,
ever complain

2751
02:21:19,436 --> 02:21:21,024
if I have a break down again,
you know.

2752
02:21:21,058 --> 02:21:23,267
So I've had my bad years here

2753
02:21:23,302 --> 02:21:25,787
and I'm going to enjoy
the good year. [CHUCKLES]

2754
02:21:25,822 --> 02:21:27,064
INTERVIEWER: It's interesting,
when you came in

2755
02:21:27,099 --> 02:21:29,032
you really celebrated
that one today.

2756
02:21:29,066 --> 02:21:31,206
You can really enjoy it,
couldn't you?

2757
02:21:31,241 --> 02:21:34,071
Yeah, I don't like to be
gifted wins and, you know,

2758
02:21:34,106 --> 02:21:38,213
the first race, things happened,you know, kind of broke down.

2759
02:21:38,248 --> 02:21:40,112
But, you know,
to be leading them,

2760
02:21:40,146 --> 02:21:41,665
the lap one there
with everybody in it,

2761
02:21:41,700 --> 02:21:44,806
I was faster than John,
faster than Conor, you know,

2762
02:21:44,841 --> 02:21:47,775
that was the biggest thing
I wanted to do today.

2763
02:21:47,809 --> 02:21:49,639
And, you know,
they went out behind me.

2764
02:21:49,673 --> 02:21:50,778
So I've won the race

2765
02:21:50,812 --> 02:21:53,712
and it meant more to me
than all the others.

2766
02:21:53,746 --> 02:21:54,989
NARRATOR: It was
another special year

2767
02:21:55,023 --> 02:21:57,854
in the history of
the Isle of Man TT races.

2768
02:21:57,888 --> 02:22:01,547
In the two Sidecar events,
it was double joy
for Klaus Klaffenbock

2769
02:22:01,582 --> 02:22:03,204
as he became
the first Austrian

2770
02:22:03,238 --> 02:22:07,311
to win a TT
since Rupert Hollaus
in 1954.

2771
02:22:08,174 --> 02:22:09,417
The victories also meant

2772
02:22:09,451 --> 02:22:12,593
passenger Dan Sayle
had now accumulated six.

2773
02:22:12,627 --> 02:22:14,733
[APPLAUSE]

2774
02:22:14,767 --> 02:22:17,667
There was a different look
to the emission-free bikes
this year.

2775
02:22:17,701 --> 02:22:19,841
The class was now known
as TT Zero

2776
02:22:19,876 --> 02:22:23,673
with Mark Miller taking the win and the American
national anthem

2777
02:22:23,707 --> 02:22:27,262
was heard at the TT for the first time since 1984.

2778
02:22:28,609 --> 02:22:31,681
On the track,
2011 was another TT landmark,

2779
02:22:31,715 --> 02:22:34,338
a hundred years of racing
over the Mountain.

2780
02:22:44,832 --> 02:22:45,798
There was an assault

2781
02:22:45,833 --> 02:22:47,800
on the four-wheel TT course
lap record

2782
02:22:47,835 --> 02:22:51,666
by Manxman and former British
Rally Champion, Mark Higgins.

2783
02:22:51,701 --> 02:22:54,082
He was looking to break
the previous best

2784
02:22:54,117 --> 02:22:56,706
set by Tony Pond
21 years earlier,

2785
02:22:56,740 --> 02:22:58,535
which at the time
had been the first car

2786
02:22:58,570 --> 02:23:02,194
to lap the circuit at over
100 miles an hour.

2787
02:23:02,228 --> 02:23:05,335
As expected, that record
went by the wayside.

2788
02:23:05,369 --> 02:23:06,785
COMMENTATOR: Ian Hutchinson
waves the flag,

2789
02:23:06,819 --> 02:23:09,270
Mark Higgins speeds across
the line, the brakes come on.

2790
02:23:09,304 --> 02:23:10,823
We look to see what it is.

2791
02:23:10,858 --> 02:23:15,138
And it is 115.356.

2792
02:23:15,172 --> 02:23:17,347
So that is the fastest yet.

2793
02:23:18,659 --> 02:23:20,074
NARRATOR: Now the real
business of racing,

2794
02:23:20,108 --> 02:23:21,351
which began
with John McGuinness

2795
02:23:21,385 --> 02:23:24,216
winning the Superbike TT
to make it 16 victories

2796
02:23:24,250 --> 02:23:25,700
around the Mountain circuit.

2797
02:23:27,012 --> 02:23:29,601
Back at the Isle of Man TT
following his double success

2798
02:23:29,635 --> 02:23:32,086
12 months earlier
was Klaus Klaffenbock.

2799
02:23:32,120 --> 02:23:35,468
He and passenger Dan Sayle
would win the first
Sidecar race

2800
02:23:35,503 --> 02:23:37,781
and they were on course
for a double in the second

2801
02:23:37,816 --> 02:23:39,818
until they hit problems
on the final lap.

2802
02:23:39,852 --> 02:23:43,511
They'd held
a 17-second lead,
but slowed dramatically,

2803
02:23:43,545 --> 02:23:45,720
allowing John Holden
and Andy Winkle

2804
02:23:45,755 --> 02:23:47,170
to take full advantage.

2805
02:23:47,204 --> 02:23:50,622
They'd missed out on victory
by just 1.2 seconds
the year before,

2806
02:23:50,656 --> 02:23:53,314
and now,
after five runner-up spots,

2807
02:23:53,348 --> 02:23:56,041
they finally took
a dream TT win

2808
02:23:56,075 --> 02:23:57,732
some 45 seconds clear

2809
02:23:57,767 --> 02:24:00,908
of Conrad Harrison
and Mike Aylott.

2810
02:24:00,942 --> 02:24:04,981
This year was also
the Centenary
of the Junior TT,

2811
02:24:05,015 --> 02:24:07,742
now contested
by 600cc machines.

2812
02:24:08,709 --> 02:24:09,848
A hundred years ago,

2813
02:24:09,882 --> 02:24:14,404
it was 300cc single cylinder
and 340cc twin cylinders.

2814
02:24:14,438 --> 02:24:16,924
Percy J. Evans winning
the first Junior TT

2815
02:24:16,958 --> 02:24:22,343
in three hours, 37 minutes,
an average of 41 miles
an hour.

2816
02:24:22,377 --> 02:24:24,932
Guy Martin was a non-finisher
in the first 600 race

2817
02:24:24,966 --> 02:24:28,073
when he came to a halt
in somewhat
spectacular fashion

2818
02:24:28,107 --> 02:24:29,419
at Creg-ny-Baa.

2819
02:24:29,453 --> 02:24:31,559
He claimed
this wasn't a crash,

2820
02:24:31,593 --> 02:24:33,872
as his hands never came off
the handlebars.

2821
02:24:33,906 --> 02:24:34,976
[CROWD GASPS]

2822
02:24:35,011 --> 02:24:37,634
This then, is some way
to park a bike.

2823
02:24:40,292 --> 02:24:42,777
The Supersport races
often produce close finishes

2824
02:24:42,812 --> 02:24:44,434
and this was no different.

2825
02:24:44,468 --> 02:24:45,987
Bruce Anstey
grabbing his eighth win

2826
02:24:46,022 --> 02:24:48,334
over the Mountain Course
and crossing the line

2827
02:24:48,369 --> 02:24:50,543
just eight seconds quicker
than Amor.

2828
02:24:52,028 --> 02:24:55,997
Production bikes have often
been an integral part
of the TT.

2829
02:24:56,032 --> 02:24:58,724
Despite all of his success
on all types of machinery

2830
02:24:58,759 --> 02:24:59,863
around the Isle of Man,

2831
02:24:59,898 --> 02:25:03,833
John McGuinness
was still to win
a Superstock TT.

2832
02:25:03,867 --> 02:25:07,388
This would prove to be another fruitless 1000cc
Production year

2833
02:25:07,422 --> 02:25:08,769
for the man from Morecambe,

2834
02:25:08,803 --> 02:25:10,771
with Michael Dunlop
claiming victory,

2835
02:25:10,805 --> 02:25:13,083
his second at the TT,

2836
02:25:13,118 --> 02:25:15,707
and one which obviously
meant a lot.

2837
02:25:17,225 --> 02:25:19,676
On to the second
Supersport race of the week

2838
02:25:19,711 --> 02:25:21,782
and the red flag
was to be in use again.

2839
02:25:21,816 --> 02:25:23,507
However, this time
it was the weather

2840
02:25:23,542 --> 02:25:25,717
which was to have an effect
on the race.

2841
02:25:25,751 --> 02:25:27,615
Keith Amor was one
of a number of riders

2842
02:25:27,649 --> 02:25:30,135
who held an impromptu meeting just minutes before the start,

2843
02:25:30,169 --> 02:25:33,655
asking for a further delay
due to the damp conditions.

2844
02:25:33,690 --> 02:25:36,244
Despite their concerns,
they decided to race,

2845
02:25:36,279 --> 02:25:39,627
and ironically, Amor slid off
at Union Mills.

2846
02:25:39,661 --> 02:25:42,975
But it was soon halted
to prevent further accidents.

2847
02:25:43,010 --> 02:25:45,702
Close call too for Guy Martin
and Cameron Donald

2848
02:25:45,737 --> 02:25:46,876
before Amor fell.

2849
02:25:47,911 --> 02:25:48,947
Many of the riders

2850
02:25:48,981 --> 02:25:51,812
were clearly not happy
about the decision to race.

2851
02:25:51,846 --> 02:25:54,400
John McGuinness later said
he'd rather wipe his backside

2852
02:25:54,435 --> 02:25:56,920
with a broken bottle
than race on
the Mountain Course

2853
02:25:56,955 --> 02:25:58,266
in those conditions.

2854
02:26:00,130 --> 02:26:01,994
So everyone reconvened
the following day

2855
02:26:02,029 --> 02:26:03,755
for the second
Supersport race.

2856
02:26:05,032 --> 02:26:06,240
Take two.

2857
02:26:06,274 --> 02:26:08,932
And the first-ever TT win
for Gary Johnson.

2858
02:26:08,967 --> 02:26:10,831
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

2859
02:26:13,074 --> 02:26:14,317
Michael Rutter missed out

2860
02:26:14,351 --> 02:26:16,388
on the magical first-ever
100 mile an hour lap

2861
02:26:16,422 --> 02:26:19,287
for an electric bike
as he won TT Zero.

2862
02:26:23,878 --> 02:26:26,294
The Senior TT would see
a new race record

2863
02:26:26,329 --> 02:26:29,056
for John McGuinness
as he made it win number 17,

2864
02:26:29,090 --> 02:26:31,644
finishing ahead
of early race leader
Guy Martin,

2865
02:26:31,679 --> 02:26:34,509
who once again had to settle
for a second place finish.

2866
02:26:36,857 --> 02:26:39,411
At the end of six laps
of the opening race of 2012,

2867
02:26:39,445 --> 02:26:42,517
the Superbike TT, there was
no catching McGuinness,

2868
02:26:42,552 --> 02:26:45,831
once again aided by some magnificent pit stops.

2869
02:26:45,866 --> 02:26:49,386
Win number 18, 10 seconds
ahead of Cameron Donald,

2870
02:26:49,421 --> 02:26:51,526
with Bruce Anstey
completing the podium.

2871
02:26:53,701 --> 02:26:56,497
Although, Austrian
former World Champion
Klaus Klaffenbock

2872
02:26:56,531 --> 02:26:59,327
had hung up his leathers, there was plenty of excitement

2873
02:26:59,362 --> 02:27:01,467
about the returning
Dave Molyneux.

2874
02:27:02,744 --> 02:27:04,505
It would prove to be
a glorious return

2875
02:27:04,539 --> 02:27:07,059
for the 14 times
Sidecar TT winner

2876
02:27:07,094 --> 02:27:08,992
with new partner
Pat Farrance,

2877
02:27:09,027 --> 02:27:13,307
setting the fastest lap of the race at 113.4 miles an hour

2878
02:27:13,341 --> 02:27:16,206
as he made it win number 15.

2879
02:27:16,241 --> 02:27:18,830
Win number 16
came a few days later

2880
02:27:18,864 --> 02:27:19,900
as they did the double.

2881
02:27:23,248 --> 02:27:24,421
And now watch as we witness

2882
02:27:24,456 --> 02:27:28,011
the second closest ever finish
to a TT.

2883
02:27:28,046 --> 02:27:29,599
Bruce Anstey crossing the line

2884
02:27:29,633 --> 02:27:31,428
just seven tenths
of a second quicker

2885
02:27:31,463 --> 02:27:34,397
than Cameron Donald
in the Supersport Junior TT,

2886
02:27:34,431 --> 02:27:37,227
to make it win number nine
around the Mountain Course.

2887
02:27:38,470 --> 02:27:40,817
Formula One racing legend,
Jackie Stewart,

2888
02:27:40,852 --> 02:27:42,232
handing out the prizes.

2889
02:27:43,924 --> 02:27:45,201
On to Monday of race week

2890
02:27:45,235 --> 02:27:48,929
and the Superstock TT,
a race John McGuinness
has never won.

2891
02:27:48,963 --> 02:27:50,275
At this stage in his career,

2892
02:27:50,309 --> 02:27:51,932
he has 18 race victories

2893
02:27:51,966 --> 02:27:53,934
around the Mountain circuit,

2894
02:27:53,968 --> 02:27:55,867
but not one in this category.

2895
02:27:57,040 --> 02:27:59,491
So, you know
what's coming next...

2896
02:28:00,319 --> 02:28:02,218
Win number 19.

2897
02:28:04,876 --> 02:28:07,879
McGuinness also made his debut in the electric class.

2898
02:28:08,845 --> 02:28:09,708
He would make the podium,

2899
02:28:09,742 --> 02:28:11,641
but the top step
went to Michael Rutter,

2900
02:28:11,675 --> 02:28:13,229
who placed his name
in the record books,

2901
02:28:13,263 --> 02:28:15,921
winning with a speed
of 104 miles an hour.

2902
02:28:18,648 --> 02:28:20,201
The second Supersport
race of the week

2903
02:28:20,236 --> 02:28:21,893
would go the way
of Michael Dunlop

2904
02:28:21,927 --> 02:28:25,517
as he cruised to victory,
the third of his TT career.

2905
02:28:25,551 --> 02:28:28,071
And more history was made
at the end of race week.

2906
02:28:28,106 --> 02:28:29,245
For the first time ever,

2907
02:28:29,279 --> 02:28:31,972
there would be
no Senior TT race,

2908
02:28:32,006 --> 02:28:35,699
a tough decision
for the brand new
clerk of the course.

2909
02:28:35,734 --> 02:28:37,667
MAN ON PA:
Attention, paddock.
Attention, paddock.

2910
02:28:37,701 --> 02:28:39,600
We still have
some damp patches.

2911
02:28:39,634 --> 02:28:43,535
Also, there is some concern
with the mist

2912
02:28:43,569 --> 02:28:46,089
and the fog
up on the mountain.

2913
02:28:46,124 --> 02:28:49,644
The official announcement is,
unfortunately, we're going have
to call off the Senior.

2914
02:28:49,679 --> 02:28:51,474
But we're going to
run a three-lap,

2915
02:28:51,508 --> 02:28:53,821
650 Lightweight race
at quarter past six.

2916
02:28:53,855 --> 02:28:55,512
For all of us
in that little room there,

2917
02:28:55,547 --> 02:28:56,858
it's quite simple, really.

2918
02:28:56,893 --> 02:28:59,309
The conditions just aren't
suitable for a superbike

2919
02:28:59,344 --> 02:29:00,966
to race around this course
at the moment.

2920
02:29:02,450 --> 02:29:04,349
NARRATOR: The Supertwins
made their TT debut,

2921
02:29:04,383 --> 02:29:07,317
and, as expected,
Ryan Farquhar
set the pace

2922
02:29:08,836 --> 02:29:11,494
and would end the race
ahead of James Hillier
and Michael Rutter

2923
02:29:11,528 --> 02:29:13,910
for his third Isle of Man
TT win,

2924
02:29:13,945 --> 02:29:17,534
and first since his
Supersport victory in 2005.

2925
02:29:18,708 --> 02:29:21,435
So, Farquhar is
the final winner of TT 2012,

2926
02:29:21,469 --> 02:29:24,679
another year of motorcycle
racing firsts in the island,

2927
02:29:24,714 --> 02:29:27,406
the first hundred mile an hour electric bike lap,

2928
02:29:27,441 --> 02:29:29,132
the first Supertwins race

2929
02:29:29,167 --> 02:29:31,548
and the first cancelation
of the Senior TT

2930
02:29:31,583 --> 02:29:34,482
since the races began
back in 1907.

2931
02:29:36,243 --> 02:29:37,865
The first race of TT 2013

2932
02:29:37,899 --> 02:29:40,730
was the rescheduled
Sidecar TT Race 1,

2933
02:29:40,764 --> 02:29:43,457
with the Superbike TT
held over to the next day

2934
02:29:43,491 --> 02:29:47,219
and ran on Sunday afternoon
for the first time since '05.

2935
02:29:48,772 --> 02:29:50,602
It was also a time
for celebration,

2936
02:29:50,636 --> 02:29:53,881
the 90th anniversary
of the first Sidecar TT.

2937
02:29:55,745 --> 02:29:57,609
A big moment for Ben
and Tom Birchall,

2938
02:29:57,643 --> 02:29:59,231
clipping the bank
as they try to pass

2939
02:29:59,266 --> 02:30:00,957
John Holden and Andy Winkle.

2940
02:30:01,889 --> 02:30:03,063
They were leading at this point

2941
02:30:03,097 --> 02:30:06,411
five and a half seconds ahead
of Tim Reeves and Dan Sayle,

2942
02:30:06,445 --> 02:30:08,654
but they were forced
to retire with a puncture.

2943
02:30:10,173 --> 02:30:12,279
Reeves and Sayle duly crossed
the line

2944
02:30:12,313 --> 02:30:14,453
just ahead of Molyneux
and Farrance on the road,

2945
02:30:14,488 --> 02:30:16,697
but it was Conrad Harrison
and Mike Aylott

2946
02:30:16,731 --> 02:30:19,700
who grabbed second to equal their best ever result

2947
02:30:19,734 --> 02:30:22,565
by the minuscule margin
of just half a second.

2948
02:30:23,221 --> 02:30:24,946
Meanwhile, Tim Reeves became

2949
02:30:24,981 --> 02:30:26,396
the first reigning
World Champion

2950
02:30:26,431 --> 02:30:30,538
to win a TT race
since Jock Taylor
back in 1981.

2951
02:30:31,850 --> 02:30:33,645
The Birchalls put their
deflation behind them

2952
02:30:33,679 --> 02:30:36,303
to come out on top
in the second Sidecar race

2953
02:30:36,337 --> 02:30:39,754
and add their names to the list of Sidecar TT winners.

2954
02:30:42,757 --> 02:30:44,483
On to the delayed
Superbike TT.

2955
02:30:44,518 --> 02:30:46,554
Turning back the clock
and riding in the number

2956
02:30:46,589 --> 02:30:49,592
and colors of his hero was TT maestro John McGuinness,

2957
02:30:49,626 --> 02:30:52,871
celebrating 30 years since
Joey Dunlop's first Honda win

2958
02:30:52,905 --> 02:30:54,286
in the Isle of Man.

2959
02:30:54,321 --> 02:30:57,082
And he would set
a new outright lap record

2960
02:30:57,117 --> 02:31:00,534
of 131.67 miles an hour
in this race.

2961
02:31:01,569 --> 02:31:03,123
But would only take third

2962
02:31:03,157 --> 02:31:05,090
after getting
a 60-second penalty

2963
02:31:05,125 --> 02:31:07,334
for speeding in pit lane.

2964
02:31:07,368 --> 02:31:08,887
But even without
the minute penalty,

2965
02:31:08,921 --> 02:31:11,027
McGuinness wouldn't have caught Michael Dunlop,

2966
02:31:11,062 --> 02:31:14,134
who was the first man
to beat McGuinness,
retirements aside,

2967
02:31:14,168 --> 02:31:18,379
in a Superbike race
since Adrian Archibald
in 2003.

2968
02:31:21,934 --> 02:31:24,040
Dunlop made it two wins
out of two for the week

2969
02:31:24,075 --> 02:31:26,525
with victory
in Supersport Race 1

2970
02:31:26,560 --> 02:31:30,115
setting a new race record
in the process.

2971
02:31:30,150 --> 02:31:31,599
It also equaled
the tally of wins

2972
02:31:31,634 --> 02:31:33,636
achieved by
his father, Robert.

2973
02:31:36,846 --> 02:31:37,812
On to the Superstocks.

2974
02:31:37,847 --> 02:31:39,814
Michael Dunlop
looking to join Hailwood,

2975
02:31:39,849 --> 02:31:42,403
Hislop, McCallen, Jefferies,
McGuinness, Hutchinson,

2976
02:31:42,438 --> 02:31:45,648
and Uncle Joey
in the TT hat-trick club.

2977
02:31:46,994 --> 02:31:48,340
Gary Johnson led the race

2978
02:31:48,375 --> 02:31:50,411
until Glen Helen
on the final lap,

2979
02:31:50,446 --> 02:31:54,450
then suffered machine problems, allowing Dunlop to take over.

2980
02:31:57,246 --> 02:31:59,524
Michael duly notched up
win number three,

2981
02:31:59,558 --> 02:32:02,285
grabbing a Superstock
lap record in the process,

2982
02:32:02,320 --> 02:32:05,806
an astounding
131.2 miles an hour

2983
02:32:05,840 --> 02:32:07,325
on a Production machine.

2984
02:32:07,359 --> 02:32:09,810
And was only just
three seconds outside

2985
02:32:09,844 --> 02:32:12,606
the outright lap record
set by John McGuinness

2986
02:32:12,640 --> 02:32:15,333
in the Superbike TT
just days earlier.

2987
02:32:17,093 --> 02:32:18,129
So another race

2988
02:32:18,163 --> 02:32:20,338
where plenty of records
were rewritten

2989
02:32:20,372 --> 02:32:22,443
and we were only
halfway through the week.

2990
02:32:24,652 --> 02:32:27,241
Michael Rutter grabbed
a third successive victory

2991
02:32:27,276 --> 02:32:28,898
in the TT Zero class.

2992
02:32:32,039 --> 02:32:33,385
The second Supersport race

2993
02:32:33,420 --> 02:32:35,007
and a big moment
for Michael Dunlop
on the Mountain,

2994
02:32:35,042 --> 02:32:37,734
when a touch on the brake
locks up the front

2995
02:32:38,563 --> 02:32:41,255
and a sharp intake of breath.

2996
02:32:41,290 --> 02:32:43,084
It was that close,
that at the end of the race

2997
02:32:43,119 --> 02:32:47,537
neither Bruce Anstey
nor Michael Dunlop
knew who'd won.

2998
02:32:47,572 --> 02:32:50,195
It was then pointed out,
Dunlop had indeed done it.

2999
02:32:50,230 --> 02:32:53,888
The gap, 2.3 seconds,
plus a new lap record

3000
02:32:53,923 --> 02:32:56,339
at 128.6 miles an hour

3001
02:32:56,374 --> 02:32:58,410
and it was win number four
for the week,

3002
02:32:58,445 --> 02:33:00,447
with more races
still to come.

3003
02:33:02,173 --> 02:33:03,967
James Hillier scored
a maiden TT win

3004
02:33:04,002 --> 02:33:07,281
in the Lightweight class,
now contested by Supertwins,

3005
02:33:07,316 --> 02:33:10,008
which left just the Senior
and the burning question

3006
02:33:10,042 --> 02:33:11,147
of whether Michael Dunlop

3007
02:33:11,182 --> 02:33:12,976
could make it five wins
in a week.

3008
02:33:13,943 --> 02:33:15,082
Dunlop led.

3009
02:33:15,116 --> 02:33:18,810
Then McGuinness took over
at the Mountain on lap two.

3010
02:33:18,844 --> 02:33:22,296
Good stops for McGuinness
helped edge out his lead
over his teammate.

3011
02:33:23,746 --> 02:33:26,507
The last lap and James Hillier has passed McGuinness.

3012
02:33:26,542 --> 02:33:29,130
But it's the Honda rider
who still leads,

3013
02:33:29,165 --> 02:33:32,306
and at the line
he makes it 20 victories.

3014
02:33:33,756 --> 02:33:37,829
It was also the 41st time
McGuinness had stood
on a TT podium,

3015
02:33:37,863 --> 02:33:41,660
which is more than
any other racer
in the history of this event.

3016
02:33:43,455 --> 02:33:45,940
McGuinness has now won
the Senior trophy six times,

3017
02:33:45,975 --> 02:33:49,392
one more than Grand Prix and TT legend Giacomo Agostini

3018
02:33:49,427 --> 02:33:51,429
and one less
than Mike Hailwood.

3019
02:33:52,326 --> 02:33:54,535
And that wrapped up 2013.

3020
02:33:57,124 --> 02:33:59,299
John McGuinness
was far from 100% fit

3021
02:33:59,333 --> 02:34:02,509
as he got TT 2014 underway
in the Superbike race.

3022
02:34:02,543 --> 02:34:05,097
He'd broken his wrist and ribs 11 weeks earlier

3023
02:34:05,132 --> 02:34:06,616
in a Motocross accident,

3024
02:34:06,651 --> 02:34:09,240
which also injured
his leg and liver

3025
02:34:09,274 --> 02:34:11,242
as well as suffering
ligament damage.

3026
02:34:12,312 --> 02:34:14,693
Holding on
to a 210-horsepower bike

3027
02:34:14,728 --> 02:34:18,421
for nearly two hours
was going to be a big ask.

3028
02:34:18,456 --> 02:34:20,492
Michael Dunlop
had swapped machinery
for this year,

3029
02:34:20,527 --> 02:34:22,218
having left
the Honda Legends team

3030
02:34:22,253 --> 02:34:25,290
and was now astride
the BMW Motorrad bike.

3031
02:34:26,636 --> 02:34:28,673
There would be
no stopping him.

3032
02:34:28,707 --> 02:34:31,607
Having taken control from James Hillier on lap one,

3033
02:34:31,641 --> 02:34:34,679
he would post two laps inside the old outright record

3034
02:34:34,713 --> 02:34:39,270
to win by 20 seconds
and make it
eight TT victories.

3035
02:34:40,788 --> 02:34:44,033
Yet it was Bruce Anstey
who set the new lap record.

3036
02:34:44,067 --> 02:34:45,483
[APPLAUSE]

3037
02:34:45,517 --> 02:34:47,036
John McGuinness
led them away again

3038
02:34:47,070 --> 02:34:48,209
as first rider on the road

3039
02:34:48,244 --> 02:34:50,315
for the opening
Supersport race of the week,

3040
02:34:50,350 --> 02:34:51,454
which would finish

3041
02:34:51,489 --> 02:34:54,146
with something of
a fairy-tale ending.

3042
02:34:54,181 --> 02:34:56,425
And the flag
in the Supersport TT,

3043
02:34:56,459 --> 02:34:58,875
it was with a winning margin
of one-and-a-half seconds

3044
02:34:58,910 --> 02:35:01,878
that Gary Johnson gave
the Smiths Triumph
Racing Team

3045
02:35:01,913 --> 02:35:04,225
a victory on their TT debut

3046
02:35:04,260 --> 02:35:06,400
and the first British
manufacturer win

3047
02:35:06,435 --> 02:35:07,919
in over a decade.

3048
02:35:10,646 --> 02:35:12,820
Michael Dunlop made it
two wins for the week so far

3049
02:35:12,855 --> 02:35:14,857
with victory
in the Superstock TT.

3050
02:35:17,169 --> 02:35:18,447
And more success
for John McGuinness

3051
02:35:18,481 --> 02:35:20,656
as he took the honors
in TT Zero.

3052
02:35:21,519 --> 02:35:23,797
With one eye
on Friday's Senior TT,

3053
02:35:23,831 --> 02:35:24,763
McGuinness' injuries

3054
02:35:24,798 --> 02:35:27,421
kept him out of the second
Supersport race.

3055
02:35:29,768 --> 02:35:31,252
Blasting out
from Kate's Cottage

3056
02:35:31,287 --> 02:35:34,359
on the blisteringly fast
drop down
to the Creg-ny-Baa,

3057
02:35:34,394 --> 02:35:36,672
Michael Dunlop times
his move to perfection

3058
02:35:36,706 --> 02:35:37,673
to pass Guy Martin

3059
02:35:37,707 --> 02:35:40,503
as they go into the sweeping
right-hand bend.

3060
02:35:41,642 --> 02:35:43,264
He would also overtake
Bruce Anstey

3061
02:35:43,299 --> 02:35:44,542
along the Glencrutchery Road

3062
02:35:44,576 --> 02:35:47,648
to take his career TT tally
into double figures,

3063
02:35:47,683 --> 02:35:52,653
elevating him alongside
TT legend Giacomo Agostini
on 10 wins.

3064
02:35:52,688 --> 02:35:54,931
It was also his third victory
of the week.

3065
02:35:56,243 --> 02:35:58,487
The final day of TT 2014

3066
02:35:58,521 --> 02:36:01,110
and the penultimate race
contested by the Supertwins

3067
02:36:01,144 --> 02:36:03,595
and led away by Lincolnshire's Ivan Lintin,

3068
02:36:03,630 --> 02:36:06,598
who'd set the fastest time
in practice.

3069
02:36:06,633 --> 02:36:09,083
His dreams of glory
lasted just a couple of miles

3070
02:36:09,118 --> 02:36:13,260
when he was forced to retire
as he headed
toward Union Mills.

3071
02:36:14,986 --> 02:36:17,609
Dean Harrison would complete a memorable week for his family

3072
02:36:17,644 --> 02:36:20,405
by leading
from start to finish
in the Lightweight race

3073
02:36:20,440 --> 02:36:23,339
and taking his maiden
TT success.

3074
02:36:23,374 --> 02:36:25,652
It came just six days
after his father, Conrad,

3075
02:36:25,686 --> 02:36:28,896
took his first Mountain Course victory in Sidecar Race 1.

3076
02:36:29,345 --> 02:36:31,589
[ENGINE REVS]

3077
02:36:31,623 --> 02:36:33,832
For years,
the Senior TT trophy

3078
02:36:33,867 --> 02:36:36,214
seemed to belong
to John McGuinness.

3079
02:36:36,248 --> 02:36:37,629
Surely his injuries
would prevent him

3080
02:36:37,664 --> 02:36:39,838
from taking the top step
this time.

3081
02:36:44,153 --> 02:36:46,017
Michael Dunlop was
the early pacesetter,

3082
02:36:46,051 --> 02:36:47,225
but it was
his brother, William,

3083
02:36:47,259 --> 02:36:49,710
who was proving to be
the nearest challenger,

3084
02:36:49,745 --> 02:36:53,265
that is, until this massive
crash at Graham's Memorial.

3085
02:36:54,543 --> 02:36:55,613
Michael would go on to win

3086
02:36:55,647 --> 02:36:57,442
by 14 seconds
from Conor Cummins,

3087
02:36:57,477 --> 02:37:00,065
with Guy Martin once more
on the podium,

3088
02:37:00,100 --> 02:37:02,274
but not the top step.

3089
02:37:02,309 --> 02:37:03,828
With four wins
out of five races

3090
02:37:03,862 --> 02:37:06,140
and a podium finish
in the one he didn't win,

3091
02:37:06,175 --> 02:37:10,317
there was no doubting TT 2014
belonged to Michael Dunlop.

3092
02:37:12,284 --> 02:37:14,597
Just weeks before the start
of TT 2015,

3093
02:37:14,632 --> 02:37:17,082
and the course was the setting as the event said goodbye

3094
02:37:17,117 --> 02:37:19,119
to one of its favorites.

3095
02:37:19,153 --> 02:37:21,224
Six-time World Champion
Geoff Duke

3096
02:37:21,259 --> 02:37:23,503
had passed away
at the age of 92.

3097
02:37:23,537 --> 02:37:26,022
COMMENTATOR: The underdog is
Geoffrey Duke, number 57.

3098
02:37:26,057 --> 02:37:29,129
He starts 80 seconds
behind teammate
Johnny Lockett

3099
02:37:29,163 --> 02:37:31,338
and 160 seconds
after Artie Bell.

3100
02:38:08,962 --> 02:38:10,446
Here comes Duke himself

3101
02:38:10,481 --> 02:38:12,862
cutting down the starting
interval conceded to Bill.

3102
02:38:15,486 --> 02:38:17,211
NARRATOR: Practice week
for TT 2015

3103
02:38:17,246 --> 02:38:18,799
will go down
as one of the most dramatic

3104
02:38:18,834 --> 02:38:20,352
in the event's history.

3105
02:38:20,387 --> 02:38:21,871
Having switched to
Milwaukee Yamaha

3106
02:38:21,906 --> 02:38:24,011
following his exploits
of the year before,

3107
02:38:24,046 --> 02:38:28,084
Michael Dunlop sensationally left the team having completed

3108
02:38:28,119 --> 02:38:30,742
just three laps
of the Mountain circuit.

3109
02:38:30,777 --> 02:38:32,848
The 11 times TT winner
then announced

3110
02:38:32,882 --> 02:38:35,816
he would now be competing
on BMW machinery,

3111
02:38:35,851 --> 02:38:38,543
in both the Superbike
and Senior races.

3112
02:38:40,511 --> 02:38:43,306
Racing at TT 2015
began a day late

3113
02:38:43,341 --> 02:38:45,446
due to a weather hit
practice week,

3114
02:38:45,481 --> 02:38:48,449
and seven of the top ten
starters in the Superbike TT

3115
02:38:48,484 --> 02:38:50,106
on new machinery.

3116
02:38:50,141 --> 02:38:51,832
Many opting for BMW

3117
02:38:51,867 --> 02:38:53,938
in the wake of
Michael Dunlop's success

3118
02:38:53,972 --> 02:38:55,698
12 months earlier.

3119
02:38:55,733 --> 02:38:58,805
Still with Honda and fully fit following what he called

3120
02:38:58,839 --> 02:39:02,084
a nightmare 2014, John McGuinness was once again

3121
02:39:02,118 --> 02:39:04,017
first man away
from the Grandstand

3122
02:39:04,051 --> 02:39:06,053
and looking for
win number 22.

3123
02:39:07,607 --> 02:39:09,816
Gary Johnson was pushing
for a top-six finish,

3124
02:39:09,850 --> 02:39:11,818
but his efforts
came to an end
when he crashed out

3125
02:39:11,852 --> 02:39:14,786
near Guthrie's Memorial
on the climb up the Mountain.

3126
02:39:15,753 --> 02:39:16,892
Rider okay.

3127
02:39:18,618 --> 02:39:20,861
Michael Dunlop seemed certain
of a podium position

3128
02:39:20,896 --> 02:39:23,070
until he hit the machine
of a slower rider

3129
02:39:23,105 --> 02:39:24,555
who'd crashed at The Nook.

3130
02:39:26,453 --> 02:39:27,661
The race was red-flagged

3131
02:39:27,696 --> 02:39:29,421
and a battered
and bruised Dunlop

3132
02:39:29,456 --> 02:39:31,631
ended his race
in an ambulance.

3133
02:39:32,873 --> 02:39:35,496
For Bruce Anstey, it was
the realization of a dream

3134
02:39:35,531 --> 02:39:37,119
even though it was
his tenth victory

3135
02:39:37,153 --> 02:39:38,465
around the Mountain Course,

3136
02:39:38,499 --> 02:39:41,399
it was his first-ever
Superbike win in the island.

3137
02:39:42,469 --> 02:39:43,574
Five years earlier,

3138
02:39:43,608 --> 02:39:45,230
Ian Hutchinson had become
the only man

3139
02:39:45,265 --> 02:39:47,612
to win five TTs in one week.

3140
02:39:47,647 --> 02:39:50,304
Three months later, he almost
lost his left leg

3141
02:39:50,339 --> 02:39:53,376
in a horrific crash
at Silverstone.

3142
02:39:53,411 --> 02:39:57,484
Thirty operations
and hundreds of hours
of physiotherapy later,

3143
02:39:57,518 --> 02:40:01,350
he was back on the top step
of the Supersport TT podium.

3144
02:40:01,384 --> 02:40:03,421
To add more spice
to the fairy tale,

3145
02:40:03,455 --> 02:40:06,010
he won the race on a bike
he'd only agreed to ride

3146
02:40:06,044 --> 02:40:08,357
a week before arriving
on the island.

3147
02:40:09,496 --> 02:40:10,635
And drama for Hutchinson

3148
02:40:10,670 --> 02:40:12,844
on the last lap
of the Superstock TT.

3149
02:40:14,052 --> 02:40:15,467
With the bike low on fuel,

3150
02:40:15,502 --> 02:40:18,056
it cut out as he went around the left-hand turn at Bedstead,

3151
02:40:18,091 --> 02:40:21,508
which meant he went
up onto the curb
and the pavement.

3152
02:40:22,578 --> 02:40:24,718
However, Hutchinson
had enough juice left

3153
02:40:24,753 --> 02:40:26,720
to cross the line
in first place

3154
02:40:26,755 --> 02:40:31,000
and give team boss Paul Bird
his first win in 15 years,

3155
02:40:31,035 --> 02:40:34,003
having overseen Joey Dunlop's
Formula One victory

3156
02:40:34,038 --> 02:40:35,522
on the SP1 Honda.

3157
02:40:37,248 --> 02:40:38,629
The evolution
of the electric bikes

3158
02:40:38,663 --> 02:40:42,494
continued with a new TT Zero lap record for John McGuinness,

3159
02:40:42,529 --> 02:40:45,014
just shy
of 120 miles an hour,

3160
02:40:45,049 --> 02:40:48,362
plus, another win
around the Mountain circuit.

3161
02:40:49,916 --> 02:40:52,504
And in the second 600cc
race of the week,

3162
02:40:52,539 --> 02:40:54,334
it was who else,
but Ian Hutchinson,

3163
02:40:54,368 --> 02:40:57,233
who completed a stunning
hat-trick of victories

3164
02:40:57,268 --> 02:40:58,441
to cross the line comfortably

3165
02:40:58,476 --> 02:41:00,754
ahead of Bruce Anstey
and Guy Martin,

3166
02:41:00,789 --> 02:41:04,275
who took his 16th
rostrum finish without a win.

3167
02:41:05,448 --> 02:41:06,657
On to the Sidecars

3168
02:41:06,691 --> 02:41:09,452
and Dave Molyneux
swapped Kawasaki for Suzuki

3169
02:41:09,487 --> 02:41:12,041
and a new passenger
in Benjamin Binns.

3170
02:41:13,525 --> 02:41:15,907
At the checkered flag,
it was a new race record

3171
02:41:15,942 --> 02:41:19,324
for Ben and Tom Birchall
as they took victory.

3172
02:41:20,256 --> 02:41:21,706
It was a major turnaround,

3173
02:41:21,741 --> 02:41:23,535
especially for
elder brother Ben,

3174
02:41:23,570 --> 02:41:25,503
who'd received
a serious hand injury

3175
02:41:25,537 --> 02:41:28,506
after crashing out
at last year's TT.

3176
02:41:28,540 --> 02:41:30,370
The second Sidecar race
of 2015

3177
02:41:30,404 --> 02:41:33,476
would go down as the fastest
in TT history.

3178
02:41:33,511 --> 02:41:35,340
The Birchalls, it seemed,
were on fire

3179
02:41:35,375 --> 02:41:36,756
leading from the word "go"

3180
02:41:36,790 --> 02:41:39,690
and looking simply majestic
around the Mountain circuit.

3181
02:41:40,863 --> 02:41:42,554
A dramatic finish was ensured

3182
02:41:42,589 --> 02:41:45,799
when veteran ace Dave Molyneux established a new lap record

3183
02:41:45,834 --> 02:41:48,560
of 116.78 miles an hour.

3184
02:41:48,595 --> 02:41:51,425
But would it be enough
to beat the Birchall boys?

3185
02:41:51,460 --> 02:41:54,532
The answer was no,
as the duo from Mansfield

3186
02:41:54,566 --> 02:41:57,604
cross the line with seven
and a half seconds to spare.

3187
02:42:02,195 --> 02:42:03,679
What a difference
a year makes.

3188
02:42:03,714 --> 02:42:06,544
Hospital beds for the Birchalls 12 months ago,

3189
02:42:06,578 --> 02:42:08,615
and now top of the TT podium.

3190
02:42:09,858 --> 02:42:12,999
Final day of racing began,
as has become the norm,

3191
02:42:13,033 --> 02:42:14,414
with the Lightweight TT

3192
02:42:14,448 --> 02:42:16,657
contested by
the Supertwin machines.

3193
02:42:17,728 --> 02:42:20,454
For Ivan Lintin,
a maiden TT win

3194
02:42:20,489 --> 02:42:23,837
as he took victory
ahead of Hillier and Rutter.

3195
02:42:23,872 --> 02:42:28,048
Arguably, TT 2015
saved the best till last.

3196
02:42:28,083 --> 02:42:29,291
John McGuinness
led them away

3197
02:42:29,325 --> 02:42:31,224
on the restarted reduced
four-lap race

3198
02:42:31,258 --> 02:42:33,226
as he looked to equal
Mike Hailwood's record

3199
02:42:33,260 --> 02:42:35,090
of seven Senior wins.

3200
02:42:35,124 --> 02:42:36,643
But many people

3201
02:42:36,677 --> 02:42:39,059
had hat-trick hero,
Ian Hutchinson,
as the man to beat,

3202
02:42:39,094 --> 02:42:42,753
having put down
the fastest ever
standing start TT lap

3203
02:42:42,787 --> 02:42:45,272
at 131.8 seconds.

3204
02:42:45,307 --> 02:42:46,791
McGuinness took control

3205
02:42:46,826 --> 02:42:50,105
as Hutchinson eventually
started to struggle
to keep up,

3206
02:42:50,139 --> 02:42:52,901
including an overshoot
at Signpost.

3207
02:42:52,935 --> 02:42:54,661
James Hillier would
overhaul Hutchinson

3208
02:42:54,695 --> 02:42:56,628
for second place
on the final lap,

3209
02:42:56,663 --> 02:42:59,424
while McGuinness made it
win number 23

3210
02:42:59,459 --> 02:43:04,464
and set the fastest ever lap
of the course at 132.70,

3211
02:43:04,498 --> 02:43:08,364
to put TT 2015
firmly in the record books.

3212
02:43:09,987 --> 02:43:12,921
The week would be dominated
with Dunlop and Hutchinson

3213
02:43:12,955 --> 02:43:16,890
making all the headlines in the run-up to the Senior TT.

3214
02:43:16,925 --> 02:43:18,961
As well as Dunlop's
record-breaking antics,

3215
02:43:18,996 --> 02:43:21,999
Hutchinson broke
the 132 mile an hour barrier

3216
02:43:22,033 --> 02:43:23,932
in the Supersport class.

3217
02:43:23,966 --> 02:43:27,625
However, Dunlop had been
excluded in the first
600cc race

3218
02:43:27,659 --> 02:43:29,696
due to
a technical infringement.

3219
02:43:31,353 --> 02:43:34,218
On the racetrack,
Dunlop would win the Senior,

3220
02:43:34,252 --> 02:43:35,495
with Hutchinson second,

3221
02:43:35,529 --> 02:43:37,221
having used
the Superstock engine

3222
02:43:37,255 --> 02:43:39,568
in a superbike frame.

3223
02:43:39,602 --> 02:43:41,742
Ben and Tom Birchall
were leading on the final lap

3224
02:43:41,777 --> 02:43:43,537
of the first Sidecar race
of the week,

3225
02:43:43,572 --> 02:43:45,125
but would retire at Sulby,

3226
02:43:45,160 --> 02:43:49,371
allowing John Holden
and Andy Winkle
to take the win.

3227
02:43:49,405 --> 02:43:51,442
The brothers put that
disappointment behind them

3228
02:43:51,476 --> 02:43:54,272
to win race two,
their fourth TT triumph.

3229
02:43:55,929 --> 02:43:59,450
One man
missing from the line-up
in 2017 was John McGuinness.

3230
02:43:59,484 --> 02:44:01,728
He'd suffered a horror smash
just weeks earlier

3231
02:44:01,762 --> 02:44:03,834
at the North West 200
in Northern Ireland.

3232
02:44:03,868 --> 02:44:05,905
That left Michael Dunlop
and Ian Hutchinson

3233
02:44:05,939 --> 02:44:08,769
to carry on their spat
of 12 months earlier.

3234
02:44:09,598 --> 02:44:11,738
The pair dominated
practice week.

3235
02:44:13,257 --> 02:44:15,638
Things went the way
of Hutchinson
in the Superbike race

3236
02:44:15,673 --> 02:44:18,710
as he won ahead of
Peter Hickman
and Dean Harrison.

3237
02:44:20,298 --> 02:44:21,782
Dunlop made it 1-1,

3238
02:44:21,817 --> 02:44:24,716
with success
in the Supersport race.

3239
02:44:24,751 --> 02:44:27,547
Hutchison would lead
all four laps
of the Superstock TT

3240
02:44:27,581 --> 02:44:31,068
to record his 16th TT win
and make it 2-1.

3241
02:44:32,138 --> 02:44:34,036
The second Supersport race
was canceled

3242
02:44:34,071 --> 02:44:35,727
while Michael Rutter
was triumphant

3243
02:44:35,762 --> 02:44:39,421
in taking the Paton
to first place
in the Lightweight TT.

3244
02:44:39,455 --> 02:44:41,733
It was the mark's first win
in the Isle of Man,

3245
02:44:41,768 --> 02:44:45,358
with Rutter also breaking
the lap record.

3246
02:44:45,392 --> 02:44:48,223
Guy Martin returned to the TT
after a two-year break.

3247
02:44:48,257 --> 02:44:50,535
He was back with
the new Honda Fireblade,

3248
02:44:50,570 --> 02:44:53,642
but the bike, which McGuinness had crashed on
just weeks before,

3249
02:44:53,676 --> 02:44:55,920
was still having
teething troubles at the TT

3250
02:44:55,955 --> 02:44:58,681
as Martin found out
when he too, crashed.

3251
02:45:01,892 --> 02:45:03,686
[ENGINE REVS]

3252
02:45:04,791 --> 02:45:06,551
He did take
another podium finish

3253
02:45:06,586 --> 02:45:09,830
when he finished behind
Bruce Anstey in TT Zero.

3254
02:45:09,865 --> 02:45:12,972
The Kiwi winning the class
for the second
successive year.

3255
02:45:16,596 --> 02:45:19,254
The Senior TT began
with drama for Hutchinson

3256
02:45:19,288 --> 02:45:22,360
when he crashed
at the 27th Milestone.

3257
02:45:22,395 --> 02:45:25,674
He was airlifted to hospital
with a broken femur.

3258
02:45:25,708 --> 02:45:29,678
On the restart,
Dunlop would go unchallenged
during the Senior TT,

3259
02:45:29,712 --> 02:45:32,646
which was shortened
from six to four laps.

3260
02:45:32,681 --> 02:45:35,442
Dunlop claimed his 15th TT win ahead of Hickman,

3261
02:45:35,477 --> 02:45:39,446
who was on the podium
for every TT race
he took part in this year.

3262
02:45:39,481 --> 02:45:43,934
So the week would end
with two wins apiece
for Dunlop and Hutchinson.

3263
02:45:44,900 --> 02:45:45,832
The Sidecars,

3264
02:45:45,866 --> 02:45:47,938
they were dominated
by Ben and Tom Birchall

3265
02:45:47,972 --> 02:45:51,493
as they proved untouchable
in both three-lap races.

3266
02:45:53,702 --> 02:45:56,532
A year on and John McGuinness
was absent from
the race program

3267
02:45:56,567 --> 02:45:59,432
as he continued his recovery
from injury.

3268
02:45:59,466 --> 02:46:02,953
He did, however, take to
the track on his Norton
for a parade lap,

3269
02:46:02,987 --> 02:46:06,853
having signed
for the British manufacturer
for 2018.

3270
02:46:06,887 --> 02:46:09,752
This was a special year
in more ways than one.

3271
02:46:09,787 --> 02:46:12,686
Not only was it the 100th year of racing at the TT,

3272
02:46:12,721 --> 02:46:15,413
but records would be broken
in every class,

3273
02:46:15,448 --> 02:46:18,451
with one, just being
that little bit special.

3274
02:46:20,039 --> 02:46:22,938
If the past couple of years
had been about
Dunlop and Hutchinson,

3275
02:46:22,973 --> 02:46:24,664
this time it was undoubtedly

3276
02:46:24,698 --> 02:46:26,942
about Dean Harrison
and Peter Hickman.

3277
02:46:28,357 --> 02:46:30,877
These two
topped the timesheets
during practice

3278
02:46:30,911 --> 02:46:34,674
and carried that form
into the opening race,
the Superbike TT.

3279
02:46:35,778 --> 02:46:38,367
Hickman retired at the end
of lap one,

3280
02:46:38,402 --> 02:46:41,232
while Harrison was seemingly
on his way to victory,

3281
02:46:41,267 --> 02:46:42,923
smashing the lap record
in the process

3282
02:46:42,958 --> 02:46:47,687
with 134.4 and from
a standing start to boot.

3283
02:46:47,721 --> 02:46:50,034
It all went wrong
for the Yorkshireman
on lap four, though,

3284
02:46:50,069 --> 02:46:52,347
when he retired
while leading.

3285
02:46:52,381 --> 02:46:55,660
That left Dunlop clear
to take his 16th TT victory,

3286
02:46:55,695 --> 02:46:58,525
a win he dedicated
to teammate Dan Kneen,

3287
02:46:58,560 --> 02:47:01,873
who'd lost his life
in a crash
during practice week.

3288
02:47:01,908 --> 02:47:04,428
Dunlop was at it again
in the opening
Supersport race

3289
02:47:04,462 --> 02:47:07,431
as he made it two wins
out of two for the week.

3290
02:47:07,465 --> 02:47:10,675
Later that day,
Peter Hickman took his first
Isle of Man success

3291
02:47:10,710 --> 02:47:14,127
when he won the Superstock TT
in his fifth year of racing

3292
02:47:14,162 --> 02:47:15,715
around the Mountain Course.

3293
02:47:16,681 --> 02:47:18,442
Two days later,
and Dean Harrison

3294
02:47:18,476 --> 02:47:20,754
took the checkered flag in the second Supersport race.

3295
02:47:20,789 --> 02:47:23,205
While Michael Dunlop made it
a hat-trick for the week

3296
02:47:23,240 --> 02:47:25,966
by winning
the Lightweight TT.

3297
02:47:26,001 --> 02:47:29,453
And Michael Rutter notched up
another TT Zero success.

3298
02:47:33,733 --> 02:47:36,632
Once again, the Sidecars
were all about the Birchalls

3299
02:47:36,667 --> 02:47:39,325
as they did the double,
winning both races.

3300
02:47:40,015 --> 02:47:42,086
Which left the Senior TT,

3301
02:47:42,121 --> 02:47:45,503
a race later described as one
of the greatest of all time,

3302
02:47:45,538 --> 02:47:47,436
up there with Hislop
and Fogarty,

3303
02:47:47,471 --> 02:47:49,266
and Hailwood and Agostini.

3304
02:47:50,819 --> 02:47:52,648
Dean Harrison was
the early pacesetter

3305
02:47:52,683 --> 02:47:56,307
as he posted
the fastest sector times
from Douglas to Ramsey.

3306
02:47:56,342 --> 02:47:58,620
However, Hickman was strong
over the Mountain

3307
02:47:58,654 --> 02:48:00,829
and on each lap
would claw back time

3308
02:48:00,863 --> 02:48:03,349
only for Harrison
to increase it slightly again

3309
02:48:03,383 --> 02:48:05,075
on the opening two sectors.

3310
02:48:06,559 --> 02:48:09,493
It was a scare early on
when Hillier's bike blew,

3311
02:48:09,527 --> 02:48:12,012
putting oil down
at the bottom of Barregarrow.

3312
02:48:14,567 --> 02:48:17,673
No one could come close
to Harrison and Hickman.

3313
02:48:17,708 --> 02:48:19,744
There were just two seconds
separating them

3314
02:48:19,779 --> 02:48:22,368
as they began
the last lap of six.

3315
02:48:22,402 --> 02:48:24,266
Harrison still in
the number one spot

3316
02:48:24,301 --> 02:48:26,855
as he had been
throughout the race.

3317
02:48:26,889 --> 02:48:29,133
It was a position
he would hold on to

3318
02:48:29,168 --> 02:48:32,619
until they arrived
at the Bungalow
for the final time.

3319
02:48:32,654 --> 02:48:34,138
By now,
Hickman was in front,

3320
02:48:34,173 --> 02:48:38,660
just eight-tenths of a second, and he wouldn't be moved.

3321
02:48:39,799 --> 02:48:41,835
Harrison crossed
the line first,

3322
02:48:41,870 --> 02:48:44,562
then the short wait
for Hickman.

3323
02:48:44,597 --> 02:48:46,357
He soon appeared
on the Glencrutchery Road

3324
02:48:46,392 --> 02:48:48,325
to take the checkered flag,

3325
02:48:48,359 --> 02:48:53,053
and posted the first
135 mile an hour lap
of the TT course.

3326
02:48:53,088 --> 02:48:57,851
It was the perfect end
to a thrilling Senior TT.

3327
02:48:57,886 --> 02:49:00,785
It was the Harrison-Hickman
show again in 2019,

3328
02:49:00,820 --> 02:49:03,823
but whereas 12 months earlier
had been a record-breaker,

3329
02:49:03,857 --> 02:49:06,826
this year saw just
a race record
in the Sidecars

3330
02:49:06,860 --> 02:49:08,483
with only two races,

3331
02:49:08,517 --> 02:49:12,625
TT Zero and the Senior
going the full distance.

3332
02:49:12,659 --> 02:49:15,455
Poor weather canceled all
but two days of practice.

3333
02:49:16,456 --> 02:49:18,665
The racing schedule
was also decimated

3334
02:49:18,700 --> 02:49:21,944
with three races on Monday
and five on Thursday,

3335
02:49:21,979 --> 02:49:25,016
the first time that number
had been run in one day.

3336
02:49:25,810 --> 02:49:27,364
Hickman became
the latest member

3337
02:49:27,398 --> 02:49:29,780
of the TT hat-trick club
by winning the Superbike,

3338
02:49:29,814 --> 02:49:33,508
Superstock and second
Supersport races.

3339
02:49:33,542 --> 02:49:36,718
He looked as if it would be
four in Friday's Senior.

3340
02:49:36,752 --> 02:49:39,410
Riding his hybrid
Superstock superbike,

3341
02:49:39,445 --> 02:49:42,517
he was leading until his
machine began to lose power.

3342
02:49:43,242 --> 02:49:44,622
He made it to the end,

3343
02:49:44,657 --> 02:49:46,486
but not the top step
of the podium,

3344
02:49:46,521 --> 02:49:49,455
which went to close rival,
Dean Harrison.

3345
02:49:49,489 --> 02:49:52,734
There were wins
for Lee Johnston,
his first TT success

3346
02:49:52,768 --> 02:49:54,839
in the opening
Supersport race.

3347
02:49:54,874 --> 02:49:57,532
Michael Rutter was topping
TT Zero again.

3348
02:50:00,466 --> 02:50:05,574
While Michael Dunlop made it
19 TT wins with victory
in the Lightweight race.

3349
02:50:05,609 --> 02:50:08,888
Plus another double
for the Birchalls
in the Sidecars.

3350
02:50:12,512 --> 02:50:15,032
TT 2020 was to mark
a hundred years

3351
02:50:15,066 --> 02:50:17,414
since the Signpost
and Governor's Bridge section

3352
02:50:17,448 --> 02:50:18,760
were first used

3353
02:50:18,794 --> 02:50:21,521
along with the present
start-finish line.

3354
02:50:21,556 --> 02:50:24,248
However, the global
COVID-19 pandemic

3355
02:50:24,283 --> 02:50:26,354
meant it was only
the second occasion

3356
02:50:26,388 --> 02:50:27,769
outside wartime

3357
02:50:27,803 --> 02:50:31,773
when the Isle of Man TT races
had not taken place.

3358
02:50:31,807 --> 02:50:36,502
Since it first began in 1907,
the TT has faced
many challenges.

3359
02:50:37,192 --> 02:50:38,849
During the Coronavirus crisis,

3360
02:50:38,883 --> 02:50:41,369
the island effectively
shut its borders,

3361
02:50:41,403 --> 02:50:45,338
allowing its residents
to carry on
a reasonably normal lifestyle

3362
02:50:45,373 --> 02:50:48,238
while most of the world
continued lockdown measures.

3363
02:50:49,446 --> 02:50:51,862
It did put a question mark
on whether racing

3364
02:50:51,896 --> 02:50:54,761
would take place in 2021.

3365
02:50:54,796 --> 02:50:58,075
Where the last of the great
road races goes from here

3366
02:50:58,109 --> 02:50:59,318
remains to be seen.

3367
02:51:00,180 --> 02:51:02,252
One thing is certain,

3368
02:51:02,286 --> 02:51:06,463
it has a history
unparalleled in motorsport.