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Monday's TT racing delayed; roads remain open

With parts of the Island surrounded by mist, today’s (Monday) TT race schedule has been delayed.

Roads around the Mountain were due to close at 9.30am, with the rest of the course at ten o’clock.

However, organisers are not closing the roads as scheduled.

They will remain open until further notice.

There will be a further announcement at midday.

12:10 Announcement.

13:15 Roads Closure on the Mountain, 13:30 Other areas

4 lap Supersport away at 14:00 hrs
Followed by
Sidecar Practice, TT Zero Practice & Subaru Lap

Roads Open 17:00 - 18:00 (Except the Mountain)

18:15 - 4 Lap Superstock Race

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13:45 - Kinners wandering around grabbing a word here and there with numerous riders.

14:02 - the 3 minute warning sounds.

Damp at Stella Maris and Ramsey Hairpin.
Very damp at Governors
Rear Red lights to be shown

14:05 - and its McGuinness and then Hillier who take it away.

Glen Helen Lap 1

First through on the road is McGuinness with Hillier catching him.

Hutchy through, then Guy Martin follows him, then its Bruce Anstey

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 G Martin
6 C Cummins

McGuinness 14th on timing.
William Dunlop clocks 171.6 at Sulby
Conor Cummins clocks 170.8

Ramsey - Lap 1

First on the road is McGuinness with Hillier right on his tail
Next is Guy Martin with Hutchy behind him and Bruce Anstey comes in next pretty close.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey +0.8
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 G Martin
6 D Harrison

Gary Johnson stretches his lead to +2 at the Bungalow
Hillier overtakes McGuinness on the road

End of Lap 1

Hillier first through then McGuinness
Bruce overtakes Guy Martin as they cross the line

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey + 1.6
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin
7 W Dunlop

Ryan Kneen retires at Kirk Michael.

Glen Helen - Lap 2

First through is Bruce Anstey, Hillier, McGuinness and Hutchy, then M Dunlop, then G Johnson

1 B Anstey
2 G Johnson
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

Johnson back in front at Ballaugh
Michael Dunlop clocks 171.2 at Sulby

Ramsey - Lap 2

Anstey first through, then Guy Martin and Hillier, M Dunlop, Hutchy and McGuinness all as quick as that.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

McGuinness is 15th on timing.

End of Lap 2 - Refuel

First in is Anstey then its Dunlop, Martin and Johnson
Hutchy is in, Anstey is away,
Martin is away, Johnson is away, McGuinness is in, Cummins is in,

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 C Cummins
6 G Martin

Johnson lost a bit of time in the pits and now its Bruce Anstey who is first on the road and on time.

Davy Morgan retires at Alpine Cottage.
Gear Lever broken on Josh Brookes bike (they are trying to replace it).

Glen Helen - Lap 3

Bruce first through
M Dunlop and Guy Martin together
G Johnson and James Hillier are next
Hutchy and then McGuinness
William Dunlop comes through on his own and then its Conor Cummins.
Ivan Lintin is making his way through the field and is up to 13th now

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 G Martin
6 D Harrison

Roger Maher pushes in at the Grandstand

James Hillier clocks a 172.1 at Sulby

Ramsey - Lap 3

Bruce first on the road, then its M Dunlop and then Gary Johnson, Guy Martin and James Hillier
McGuinness comes through, then W Dunlop

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 G Martin
5 C Cummins
6 D Harrison
7 W Dunlop
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Conor back into 4th and Guy drops to 6th at the Bungalow
Mark Parrett retires at Ballaugh

End of Lap 3

First through is Bruce Anstey, then its a gap to G Johnson and M Dunlop together.

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 D Harrison
6 G Martin
7 W Dunlop
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Glen Helen - Last Lap

First is Bruce Anstey then its G Johnson and M Dunlop together
Guy Martin goes through, a gap to J Hillier and then Hutchy.
Next is W Dunlop, then its McGuinness followed by Conor Cummins

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey
3 M Dunlop
4 C Cummins
5 D Harrison
6 W Dunlop
7 G Martin
8 J Hillier
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

Looks like they are all going to run into traffic on the way to Kirk Michael.
G Johnson is 4.8 up on Bruce at Ballaugh.

Last Lap - Ramsey

First in is Bruce, then comes G Johnson and close is M Dunlop
Looks like Conor has retired as he doesn't show at the hairpin

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey +2.3
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 G Martin
6 W Dunlop
7 J Hillier
8 Lee Johnson
9 I Hutchinson
10 M Rutter

At the Bungalow, Bruce has pulled the gap back to "zero"
Conor retires at Ginger Hall.

The Finish Line

This is going to be close.

First across the line is Bruce, then its Gary Johnson followed by M Dunlop

1 G Johnson
2 B Anstey + 1.5
3 M Dunlop
4 D Harrison
5 W Dunlop
6 G Martin
7 J Hillier
8 L Johnson
9 M Rutter
10 K Amor
11 I Hutchinson
12 I Lintin
13 D Stewart
14 D Kneen
15 J McGuinness
16 D Johnson
17 S Mercer
18 J Cowton
19 R Mountford
20 J Hamilton


These are Provisional results only.

Full Results to follow



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Gary Johnson in thrilling TT Triumph

Gary Johnson took his second TT race win after coming home just 1.5s clear of Bruce Anstey in a thrilling opening Monster Energy Supersport race. Riding the Smiths Triumph, Johnson grabbed the lead on the opening lap. However, the gap to Anstey constantly fluctuated and although the difference was just 0.011s at Cronk ny Mona on the final lap, the Lincolnshire rider grabbed the win to give the British manufacturer their first win since Anstey’s in the same race in 2003.

The race was delayed by three hours due to overnight rain and fog before it finally got underway at 2.05pm and the theme for the race was set at Glen Helen on the opening lap as only 0.009s separated Johnson and Anstey with Dunlop only a further half second back. Dean Harrison was holding onto a good fourth, a position he held jointly with Guy Martin whilst Conor Cummins slotted into sixth.

As the lap progressed, Johnson held the lead by the smallest of margins and with an opening lap of 125.766mph, he was 1.6s clear of Anstey as they headed out onto lap two. Dunlop was still in third but had slipped to three seconds behind with Harrison, Cummins and Martin still filling the top six positions.

By Glen Helen second time around, Anstey was ahead for the first time, albeit by only 0.8s, but it was short lived as Johnson again held the lead by Ramsey his lead now 0.7s. Dunlop had also closed in and only 1.5s separated the three riders as they headed up over the Mountain.

Johnson and the Triumph were up and down quickest and he came into the pits with the fastest lap of the race – 126.732mph - and a lead of 2.4s as Dunlop also fell back, 3.7s behind Anstey. As has happened in so many races though, the Valvoline Racing/Padgetts Honda crew turned their man round the quickest and the gap at Glen Helen on the third lap was back down to just a third of a second.

The lead had extended to 3.8s by Ramsey, Johnson again having a great run from Glen Helen, but with a bit of rain falling over the Mountain, Anstey had brought the gap down to 2.8s down as the riders headed out onto their final lap.

Johnson again proved the quickest to Glen Helen, almost doubling his lead, but Anstey was on a charge and the gap continued to fall throughout the lap. Down to 2.3s at Ramsey Hairpin, the two could barely be separated at the Bungalow or Cronk ny Mona but Johnson wasn’t to be denied and he came home for his second TT win, three years after he won the second Supersport race in 2011.

Dunlop was secure in third but the battle for fourth was in doubt for much of the final lap but when Cummins went out at Ginger Hall, it allowed Harrison to take the position. Team-mates William Dunlop and Guy Martin filled fifth and sixth with James Hillier, Lee Johnston, Michael Rutter and Keith Amor completing the top ten.

Ivan Lintin took an excellent 12th place and was the first privateer home, and he’s surged clear in the TT Privateer’s Championship after the two races held so far. James Cowton (18th), none the worse for his spill in Saturday’s Superbike race, and Russ Mountford (19th) were the second and third privateer’s to finish.





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