That's basically it. Road racing was banned in Britain so the idea was sold to the IoM, which has it's own government, as a "Tourist Trophy." Thus no mass starts, the riders stsrting in pairs or individually at intervals, riding against the clock. Obviously nothing like a race.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Pretty sure it's been time intervals from day one. The Keig photo collections have a lot of startline pics - and it's usually one rider in the early days.
i think the starting in pairs was post-war as the 30's pics are still one rider starts.
The mass start of the Production races was generally regarded by riders and officials as a very bad idea - and has not been repeated.
IIRC I think the prod races were LeMans start. Not a 'true' mass start.
There may have been mass start races on the Clypse course though. These were classed as 'proper' TTs, though not on the Mountain course.
Do us all a favour, by bringing yourself up to speed, before pulling onto the motorway.
Le Man's start, ay?
Seeing as this thread is bantering in anticipation.. A bit of humour from the UK.
Manopausal.
Ha ha, I didn't say a LM start wasn't chaotic! That was pretty funny..
Do us all a favour, by bringing yourself up to speed, before pulling onto the motorway.
Just another version of a start, the TT's were push start anyway so pretty much as close as you could get to a mass start, the only difference is a run across the road as if it were gridded it would be a push start back then anyway. The pre 1910 TT's were on a shorter course with a small portion of the current circuit used, they were also classes as 'proper' TT's
Correct, the StJohns course ran 1907 to 1910, then they went to the mountain course. The Clypse course was used in the 50s.
Saying 'proper', I was referring the use of the Southern 100 course for TT races for a few years. Most people didn't regard these as proper TTs. Although they officially were/are.
Do us all a favour, by bringing yourself up to speed, before pulling onto the motorway.
Only tenuously MotoGP related but I notice Danilo Petrucci is racing The Dakar.
He's keen!
Manopausal.
Petrux is out of the race but is allowed to ride the rest of the course - unless he craps out again. He apparently gets a mention in the results for each day but will not feature in the overall results. It's about gaining experience now.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Petrucci is learning, he won stage 5.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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