(03-07-2011, 12:52 AM)ade! Wrote: silly little tracks? are you real? this is real road racing, not like waiting 20 poxy minutes stuck up on a mountain top freezing your ass off in june, for some superstar to come poncing past on his million pound honda. these are the learning grounds, the bread and butter, where superstars of the future learn their trade on bikes that most of them have sold everything but their souls to race. without these 'silly little tracks' there'd be no joeys, no roberts, no darrans, no ryans. do you want any more? there's hundreds of them. long live irish road racing [but, if you want a silly track, go to the nw200, and that aint irish - yet]. how many died at the tt this year, and last year, and the years before that? i don't hear you slagging that off, or is that just because you live there? well done william, by the way. good man, and hopefully get well soon to the injured rider.
ade!

You cant compare the TT with the likes of the Skerries or Killalane, Riders at the TT do 10 times more track time at twice the speeds. The IOM continues to spend £millions on improvements each year to try and improve the safety, how much is spent at the Southern tracks.
I would agree that the NW200 is not the best of road races but take a look at the UGP which is now one of the safest road races about and that's what all meetings should be aiming for.
I was at Killalane last year and could not believe the state of the roads, how they got a licence to run a race Ill never know, large pot holes, very bad repairs, mud and dirt on the roads ect. Superbikes are now to powerfull for the smaller tracks, so maybe a re think should be looked at so the up and coming riders can cut their teeth in road racing.
Update on the rider injured yesterday ( Andrew Brown) is that he came through some major surgery during the night and is now stable but still critical in Hospital