Don Simons Wrote:Can anyone tell me if there is any other race or course or track in the world that requires an extra licence?
For instance:
A Macau Licence
A Daytona Licence
A Tandragee Licence
A Billown Licence
A Brands Hatch Licence
I know there are none in Australia or New Zealand, the national or international licence covers all the issues mentioned previously.
So why could one ask is the IOM so very special that it has to have a special extra licence requirement placed on it by an overseas organisation. Are their normal roadracing licencing requirements not enough? By default should not the ACU road racing licence be upgraded to cover the deficiencies which the perceived need for the TT Course Licence indicates?
I promise not to post again as this has moved away from the purpose of this thread, appearance money.Sorry about that.

I'd have said that the physical requirement on man and machine, the type of road and the race distance are greater than any other event.

There is apparently an open invitation to come up with a viable alternative from the MMCC, but nothing has been suggested that is workable as far as I am aware. That's the only reason that we are stuck with it, until an alternative is suggested.