Pauline Jefferies flags them off.

And they are away with Farquhar nailing it from the line.

Off goes Archibald then McGuinness then Finnegan and next goes Anstey.

Hutchie is away then Lougher. Next goes Guy Martin

Glen Helen - Lap 1

First through on the road is Farquhar, then comes Archibald and McGuinness is on his tail.

Next is Finnegan and right behind him is Anstey, next is Hutchie.

A gap to Lougher and on his tail is Guy Martin

Positions

Anstey
Hutchie
McGuinness
Martin
Finnegan
Farquhar
Cummins
Harris
Parrett
Archibald

Ramsey Lap 1

First in is Farquhar and away he goes up the mountain.

McGuinness though a little wider than normal

Close together is Archibald and Anstey then Finnegan very close behind

Now Hutchie comes through, a gap to Guy Martin who has a look over his shoulder.

A gap to Lougher then another gap to Parrett.


Another gap to McBride and Gary Carswell

Cummins goes through and then Harris, a gap to Beattie



Positions

Anstey +7
McGuinness +0
Hutchinson +4
Martin + 0.5
Finnegan +
Farquhar
Cummins
Parrett
McBride
Archibald

End of Lap 1

Anstey stretches his lead to 10+ secs over McGuinness at the Bungalow

First over the line is Farquhar, then McGuinness and Anstey at 128.297 with a new lap record from a standing start - wow

Archibald comes into the pits and retires

Hutchie goes through, a gap to Guy Martin.

Lougher goes through


Positions

Anstey +12
McGuinness +6
Hutchie +5
Finnegan
Martin
Farquhar
Parrett
McBride
Lougher

Glen Helen Lap 2

Through goes Farquhar, McGuiness and Finnegan

Anstey is on the money in this race and is up to 18+ secs on McGuinness

Guy Martin goes through safely

Now comes Lougher and then Parrett, a gap to Carswell and now comes Cummins ahead of Armstrong.

Beattie goes through safely.


Positions

Anstey +18
McGuinness +6
Hutchinson +5
Martin
Finnegan
Farquhar
Cummins +16
Parrett
McBride
Pattinson

Ramsey Lap 2

Anstey clocks 182+ through the Sulby Speed Trap
Cummins clocks 179

First through on the road is Anstey, them McGuinness and close behind is Farquhar.

Next comes Finnegan, a gap to Hutchie and then Guy Martin

Lougher and then Parrett go through

McBride goes through.


Now its Cummins and Gary Carswell together.

Beattie comes through and next is Harris.


Positions

Anstey +20
McGuinness +8
Hutchie +2
Martin +7
Finnegan
Farquhar +6
Cummins
Parrett
McBride
Pattinson

End of Lap 2 - at the Grandstand (Fuel Stop)


Guy Martin upto 3rd at the Bungalow and now out of fuel at Cronk Y Mona

128.348 and another lap record by Anstey yet again


First into the pits is Anstey, then McGuinness and Finnegan,

Anstey out, McGuinness out,

Hutchie in and ready to go, Cummins stalls it in the box, Carswell in

Harris is in, Lougher goes out,

Farquhar out at Bedstead with no fuel.

Positions

Anstey +23
McGuinness +17
Hutchinson
Finnegan
Cummins
McBride
Parrett
Stewart
Pattinson
Armstrong

SYSTEM OVERLOAD - AAaaaaghhh

Ramsey Lap 3

Conor Cummins becomes the fastest Manxman around the Mountain Circuit

Anstey goes through with McGuinness close behind him,

Hutchie comes through ahead of Finnegan

Parrett goes through safely.

Now comes McBride and Lougher behind him.

Next is Cummins and Carswell,

Beattie comes through safely.

Positions

Anstey +24
McGuinness +24
Hutchinson
Finnegan
Parrett
Cummins
McBride
Pattinson
Armstrong
Carswell

End of Lap 3

First through on the road is Anstey and followed by McGuinness

Hutchie and Finnegan go through,

A long gap to Parrett, another gap to McBride with Lougher on his tail

Cummins goes through, then Armstrong.


Positions

Anstey +27
McGuinness +27
Hutchie +22
Finnegan +32
Parrett
Cummins
McBride
Pattinson
Armstrong
Carswell

Ramsey Last Lap

Anstey up by +29 at Glen Helen and clocked at 182.9 through the Sulby Speed Trap.

Steve Plater is sitting in 16th.

Dave Milling retired

Sandor Bitter goes through.

First through is Anstey through very neatly.

McGuinness now comes through with a short gap between them.

Finnegan goes through then Hutchinson

Mike Hose goes through. Bob Collins goes through.

Parrett goes through, a gap to McBride now comes Lougher and here comes Cummins ahead of Carswell and then Pattinson all close together.

Next is Nigel Beattie


Positions

Anstey +32
McGuinness +26
Hutchinson +20
Finnegan +40
Parrett +1
Cummins
McBride
Pattinson
Carswell
Armstrong

Finish Line

Anstey comes over the line for an emphatic victory. And takes the Race Record as well. Now a 6th time TT winner. An average of 125.771.

McGuinness comes through next some 40 secs behind him.

Third is Hutchie and 4th is Finnegan.

Top Ten

Anstey
McGuinness
Hutchinson
Finnegan
Cummins
Parrett
McBride
Pattinson
Carswell
Stewart

Thanks Malcolm - great to read these updates (was popping back and forth from padgoss)

BTW - 50 peeps on-line, incl. 45 'guests' :wink:

Great and much appreciated coverage as always !

Can anyone clarify where bob collins finnished please ? sounds as though he was quite far up ?

thanks
Stella

Stella Wrote:Great and much appreciated coverage as always !

Can anyone clarify where bob collins finnished please ? sounds as though he was quite far up ?

thanks
Stella

He has passed through Cronk Ny Mona few seconds ago. He is actually 55. on the times.

He has just reached the Grandstand and finished his race. Actually 56. on the times.

Thanks ! 8)

I was hiding as one of those guests whilst I waited for my membership to come through, but now I'm no longer a guest.

The "other" website can go play with itself as far as I'm concerned - it's just becoming a money making excercise over there and how convenient they had trouble with the forums during the race. A more cynical person would think that they didn't want the race progress to be posted as that means people don't have to subscribe to the radio/dashboard...

Good work.

Thanks Malcom for you great coverage, I am back in work today so this
was the only way I could follow Martin's race today, another 4th place is
not bad.

Helena.