tt isle of man stands for tourist trophy.
tt isle of man stands for tourist trophy.
what does tt isle of man stand for?
tourist trophy
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the isle of man tt or tourist trophy races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the isle of man in may/june of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.
isle of man tt
after winning the first event of the 2012 isle of man tt the superbike tt race, the works honda rider john mcguinness later in the week won for the first time the 1000cc superstock tt race to raise his tally to nineteen isle of man tt wins and the joey dunlop tt championship by 74 points from bruce anstey and cameron donald in third place. after a year's sabbatical, the isle of man sidecar tt competitor dave molyneux returned to racing at the isle of man tt to win both sidecar tt races 1 & 2 in convincing style. the new zealander, bruce anstey repeated his 2011 success and again won the 600cc supersport tt race 1. after retiring from the lead of supersport tt race 1 on lap 3, the second supersport tt race was won by michael dunlop after the race was delayed by problems with weather on the snaefell mountain course. the third running of the tt zero was again won by michael rutter riding the electric powered motoczysz motor-cycle and also breaking the prestigious 100 mph barrier with a lap at an average race speed of 104.056 mph. the blue riband event of the 2012 tt race week the senior tt was held over to the next day due to heavy rain and low cloud on the tt mountain course. the rescheduled senior tt race was later cancelled for the first time in the history of the event due to further problems with low cloud and rain showers on the section of the tt course from the mountain mile to the 32nd milestone. the last race of the 2012 isle of man tt races, the lightweight tt making a return to the race programme for 650cc supertwin motor-cycles and after being reduced in length produced an inaugural win for ryan farquhar in the new class.
2012 isle of man tt