Ref Thursday evening practice, it may be of interest to some that prior to their unfortunate retirement at Ramsey Hairpin, the John Holden / Dan Sayle duo, were on the second lap, on schedule to be inside Nick Crowe & Dan Sayles 2007 lap record of 116.667mph.

At Glen Helen I had them 1 second inside lap record schedule, whilst at Ballaugh they had increased this to plus 2 seconds inside schedule .

Ok, yes there was still along way to go, but non the less pretty scintillating stuff from the sprightly 58 year old & his side kick, Dan Sayle, the TT's most successful sidecar passenger to date.