Gail was indeed first 125 home in 2004,in the Lightweight/Ultralightweight race.She also had the fastest lap ever acheived by a lady on a 125,at 100.16 mph.For this, she was awarded nothing,not even a mention at the presentation! Carolynn commented about it at the time.125's have been in decline since and this is possibly because there is no chance of them competing against a decent 400,and now the 650 twins.Sam Dunlop has found that although his lap times have got faster,he is not progressing.
If the classic races are not monitored more carefully,the same decline in entries will be noticed,as, when there are only two replicas awarded for the already depleted Senior,nobody will consider it worth the expense to compete.
However,nobody can take it away from Carolynn,a clear race win which she so deserves.