Just read elsewhere that Jim Finlay passed away on Christmas Eve. Jim was an early backer of Tom Herron joining the continental circus in the 70s. Jim was also heavily involved in Jackie Hughes’s career - one of your quintessential 70’s Irish road racers who was at the very sharp end before a bad accident at the 79 Manx. It is / was Jim’s food service firm (Sunflower) that has been the long time backer of the big end of season short circuit in Northern Ireland. For the longest time, Tom’s 127.6 lap record in 1978 of the NW200 on Jim’s OW31 was the fastest in Britain.

It might be just me, but I have an aversion to freely ‘sharing’ my personal information by accepting cookies, unless I choose to. However the IOMTT Fact Zone (which I’ve happily referred to for years) has recently introduced a new cookie ‘vacuum cleaner’ perhaps for financial gain. There is a simple ‘Consent’ choice on the function but no simple reject choice except by choosing to ‘Manage Options’ and tediously trawling through and rejecting each of the ‘134 TCF vendor(s) and 64 ad partner(s) cookies’ The function claims the ‘IOMTT asks for your consent to use your personal data’. However, it doesn’t really ask ‘for your consent to use your personal data’ as you’re compelled, as previously noted, to trawl through it and rejecting each of the ‘134 TCF vendor(s) and 64 ad partner(s)’ etc in turn’. Is it just me or do any other forum members who regularly access the IOMTT Fact Zone share my concern?

Matt Stevenson will return to competing for his own family run team this year after parting ways with Dafabet Racing.
Read the words about that, here -
https://roadracingnews.co.uk/stevenson-p...et-racing/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5wfj

Well worth a listen

HAPPY NEW YEAR

OR

BLWYDDYN NEWYDD DDA as we say in Wales

Here's hoping for better weather for the TT, Manx Grand Prix & Classic TT in 2025

Only 144 & 227 days to go!

All the best SILJA!
Any plans for next year?

Lee has just announced he will only be competing in BSB Supersport next year on a Triumph. His new team do not want to compete in any road events.

Just to wish all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

        OR

NADOLIG LLAWEN as we say in Wales

Another year, another Whanganui!
Watch out for Davey Todd & Peter Hickman, amongst others!
Read a preview here -
https://roadracingnews.co.uk/whanganui-b...a-preview/

Live stream is (NZ) $60.00

highlights may be found here, not sure yet! (you can watch last years anyway!)
https://cemeterycircuit.co.nz/watch/

It's in the former Paramount City, apparently!
I thought he was still a bus driver?
Anyway, read more here -
https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/inside-p...hop-750859

Conor Cummins will make a career first switch to Ducati machinery at the 2025 Isle of Man TT,
read that story here -
https://www.crash.net/rr/news/1061685/1/...first-2025