joey dunlop has won the isle of man tt the most times.
joey dunlop has won the isle of man tt the most times.
who has won the isle of man tt the most times?
joey dunlop
the blue riband event of the 2010 tt race week the senior tt run over a reduced race distance after the race was red-flagged on lap 3 after an incident at ballagarey on the tt course involving guy martin and caused a number of protective hay-bails to be set alight. the 2010 isle of man tt races provided a clean-sweep of the solo motorcycle classes for ian hutchinson winning five isle of man tt races in a week, including the senior tt race, the superport and superstock tt races, the six lap superbike tt race and also winning the prestigious joey dunlop 2010 isle of man tt championship. the previous record for four race wins in a week completed during the 1996 isle of man tt was held by phillip mccallen. during the 2010 isle of man tt races, ian hutchinson also completed a junior/senior double win and completed two isle of man tt race wins in one day, winning the supersport tt race 1 and the superstock tt races for the second consecutive year.
2010 isle of man tt
it is still billed in popular culture as the most dangerous motorsport event in the world, with the "new york times" stating the number of deaths "to 146 since it was first run in 1907; if one includes fatal accidents occurring during the manx grand prix, the amateur races held later in the summer on the same snaefell mountain course, the figure rises above 250" fatalities in its history. an on-site account of the 2003 race by "sports illustrated" writer franz lidz called the spectacle "38 miles of terror... a test of nerves and speed that may be sport's most dangerous event." in 1976, the isle of man tt lost its world championship status; this was transferred to the united kingdom by the fim and run as the british grand motor-cycle grand prix for the 1977 season. the isle of man tt races then became an integral part of the new style tt formula 1, formula 2 and formula 3 world championships between 1977 and 1990 to develop and maintain the international racing status of the isle of man tt races. the event was redeveloped by the isle of man department of tourism as the "isle of man tt festival" from 1989 onwards. this included new racing events for the new isle of man tt festival programme, including the isle of man pre-tt classic races in 1989 followed by the isle of man post-tt races from 1991 and both held on the billown circuit. in 2013, the isle of man "classic tt" was developed by the isle of man department of economic development and the auto-cycle union for historic racing motorcycles, and along with the manx grand prix now forms part of the 'isle of man festival of motorcycling' held in late august of each year.
isle of man tt