I WAS INVOLVED AT THE 2002 TT AND WAS APPLALED AT THE INCONSISTANT AND LAX WAY IN WHICH THE MACHINES ARE CHECKED AND SCRUTINEERED. I AM MYSELF A SCRUTINEER FOR THE MSA WHICH I BELIEVE PROMOTE FAIR PLAY WITHIN MOTORSPORT, WHAT I WHITNESSED OVER THE LAST FORTNIGHT WAS BEYOND BELIEF.
THE ACU TT SCRUTINEERS APPEAR TO HAVE A TOTAL DISREGARD FOR ELIGIBILITY AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRODUCTION CLASS,"WHAT A JOKE"!!!!! "RADIO TT TELLS US YOU CAN BUY THE WINNING BIKE FROM ANY DEALER??? "STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX" NO WAY!!!
THERE WAS ALLSORTS IN THE PRODUCTION CLASS, 618CC 750'S AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IN THE 1000 CC CLASS, AS FOR ILLEGAL ACCESSORIES AND BOLT'ONS THERE WERE PLENTY.YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE DEAF AND BLIND NOT TO SEE THEM.

IF THE MACHINES ARE PRESENTED FOR PRE OR POST RACE SCRUTINEERING AND FALL OUTSIDE OF THE PRESCRIBED REGULATIONS THEN THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE RESULTS NO MATTER WHO OWNS OR RIDES THEM. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!! EACH TEAM/RIDER SIGNS A ENTRY REGULATION STAITING THAT THEY TAKE PART ACORDING TO THE RULES, THE SCRUTINEERS HAVE THE OVERALL POWER TO REJECT A NON ELEGIBLE MACHINE WITHOUT ANY INTERVENTION FROM ANY RACE COMMITTEE, THE TT APPEARS TO BE RUN BY PEOPLE WITH OTHER INTERESTS IN MIND!!!!!

ANOTHER THING THAT REALY ANNOYED ME WAS THE PERSISTANT PUSHING IN BY THE TOP TEAMS, V&M ESPECIALLY, WHEN CLUB RIDERS CAN BE BOTHERED TO QUE FOR SCRUTINEERING BEFORE 4 AM, ONLY TO BE PUSHED ASIDE BY THE LIKES OF MOODY, DUFFUS AND CO TO BE FIRST ON THE ROAD "IS NOT ON", WHEN YOU CONSIDDER ON ONE PRACTICE, ONLY THE TOP 10 HAD THE BENIFIT OF A COMPLETLY DRY LAP NO WONDER THEY COME ACROSS AS BEING SO GOOD.

I THINK THE 2002 TT WAS A TOTAL SHAMBLES IN THE WAY IT WAS RUN, PERHAPS I CAN SUM IT UP BY LIKENING IT TO THE PADDOCK TOILETS AND SHOWERS, THERE I REST MY CASE.......