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TT 2024 done.... What d'ya think of that then?
Well, another TT is done.
New format doesn't work with poor weather. I talked to loads of people about this and not one person was in favour of it. Maybe, i talked to all the wrong people or that is the general feeling
I were over for ten days, it were a 50/50 split with the weather in the ten days. The first weekend was great, warm sunshine and blue skies.
Monday the Friday was difficult, we got most of the races in but there were delays and cancellations galore. Very tricky weekdays.
I watched from morown, barregarrow crossroads, union mills hall x 2, and Glen duff. All great.
Was great to witness some history being made, Michael Dunlop becoming the most successful ever and Davy Todd joining the top end, two wins was great to see. Also some great podiums.... Brookes and Herbertson were refreshing faces spraying the champers.
Overall, I've enjoyed TT2024, there's been ups and downs but I'm glad i were there witnessing first hand the things i saw.
Now, roll on the manx grand prix.
What's your thoughts?
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RE: TT 2024 done.... What d'ya think of that then?
(10-06-2024, 02:16 PM)civ Wrote: We can't help the weather - we'd almost certainly have lost the senior under the "old" format and ended up with everything else crammed in to Thursday as we saw in 2019.
Great to see history being made, a new king of the mountain, some new faces to watch in the future, drama during the races that nobody could have predicted and fans old and new arriving in numbers rarely seen for decades. Most importantly, all riders going home to their families. In a few years, we'll remember all of that but not the weather ![Smile Smile](https://www.ttwebsite.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Indeed, great to see everyone go home, although we dealt with a nasty one on the mountain. We wouldn't have lost the senior under the old format. It would have run on the Saturday as has happened before. The old format allowed for the Senior to slip a day, the new one doesn't, plus most of us have to get home for work on a Monday and racing until Saturday reduces the window to be able to get home. The number of marshals was already reducing by Thursday.
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RE: TT 2024 done.... What d'ya think of that then?
For me, it was another great 2 week trip - I would have preferred it to be a bit drier & warmer!
No competitor fatalities, no road fatalities was extremely good news
The TT needs to keep evolving and I would like to think that those responsible will be looking at: what went well, what went badly and what can be done to improve in the future
Personally I too would like to see a smaller capacity class, but I wonder whether that would result in a full entry (great sidecar racing this year, but I believe there were fewer entries)
The running of an event like the TT is a very complicated business, which obviously includes which classes to run, enough entries for classes, sufficient practice time, ensuring the Manx residents can go about their business, making sure there is a sufficient benefit for the islanders, taking into account changes and evolving changes to the island, etc, etc, etc. it's a massive task
Whenever changes are (or have to be) made there will always me moaners, many of whom won't research or read any rationale for the change - they'll just moan
I've allready booked for next year, only 351 days to go (and 67 for the Manx Grand Prix)
(This post was last modified: 11-06-2024, 01:21 PM by Nasher.)
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RE: TT 2024 done.... What d'ya think of that then?
I'm with changing the schedule back to something like the previous one,
The BMW 85th anniversary parade lap! where did that come from,
OK, I know it went back there too, but come on,
who has ever heard of an 85th celebration of anything, maybe 'appen your old 'uns (or your own!) birthday!
Re: 'prom entertainment' , I have often wondered did those that came over in the 40s & 50s (& 60s?) think 'what the hell is going on, this isn't TT!' when the wheelies & naked burnouts etc started in the 80s & 90s?
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12-06-2024, 02:55 PM |
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