I know that for a number of years now which ever organizer was in charge of the TT the Classic lap was a "pressure" for them. Trying to find room for a awful lot of clsassic race transport in the paddock area, trying to get everybody thru scrutineering, whilst the build up to a genuine TT race was going on, there is no doubt it, it was a pressure. I have heard people say, and even seen posted on this site that this year the ACU have got rid of the classic lap, I believe that if the MMCC was still the organizers of the TT the classic lap would still not be held this year. Alan Robinson remarked to me once that it would be nice to have a seperate day to run the classic lap, but we all know that this was not possible, so it was always "taged on" at the end of a race day. Please dont get me wrong, I think that the Classic lap was the best part of the race week. The bikes, the sounds, the smells, the people, the riders was what I can rembember the TT was all about. Many of the organizers and senior officials were all crowding around the bikes, they were all as interested, inthralled, and memorized as everybody else was, so I dont believe that anybody has deliberatl got rid of the classic lap, it is just that what ever organization is in charge they have a number of TT races to manage and run. It is in my opinion that the classic lap became to big to happen on a race day. The Ducati "parade" on the 6th June will go some way to soften the dissapointment of no traditional classic lap, but I for one will really miss the sites, and sounds of proper racing motor cycles. I agree with the people that have said that what we really need is a permanent TT musuem, perhaps thru this site any interested people or organizations could arange to meet during TT week to perhaps talk this thru, and how best the classic lap could be restored. however we cant leave it to long, a lot of TT history making machines are spread out all over the globe, and the longer it is left the harder it will become.

For the TT to have a FUTURE, it must have a PAST, and that past MUST BE SEEN AND HEARD.