BMW's Michael Dunlop en route to his record-breaking 13 TT win, the 2016 Senior TT (photo by Wayne Freestone)
2017 Isle of Man TT Schedule / Promotional Video
BMW’s Michael Dunlop en route to his record-breaking 13 TT win, the 2016 Senior TT (photo by Wayne Freestone)The official 2017 Isle of Man TT schedule was released Monday, six months before the world’s most challenging road race begins on the 37.73-mile Mountain Course.The schedule remains unchanged from the 2016 Isle of Man TT. Practice takes place Saturday, May 27, through Friday, June 2, from 6:20 – 8:50 p.m. daily (local time).
The race action begins Saturday, June 3, and wraps up Friday, June 9:Saturday, June 3 (local time):
RST Superbike TT Race, 11 a.m.
Sure Sidecar TT Race 1, 2 p.m.
Monday, June 5
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1, 10:45 a.m.
RL 360 Quantum Superstock Race, 2:15 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race, 10:45 a.m.
Bennetts Lightweight TT Race, 2:15 p.m.
SES TT Zero Race, 4:20 p.m.
Friday, June 9
Sure Sidecar TT Race 2, 10:15 a.m.
PokerStars Senior TT Race, 12:30 p.m.
The 2016 Isle of Man TT dominated by BMW in the literbike classes, and Yamaha in the supersport races. Michael Dunlop won the PokerStars Senior TT and the RST Superbike TT aboard S1000RR machinery, and Ian “Hutchy” Hutchinson the RL Superstock TT, also aboard an S1000RR. Both also set new records along with way.Dunlop–the nephew of the late Joey Dunlop–became the first rider in history to finish a race in under 17 minutes after dominating the opening RST Superbike race. Then, en route to his 13th career TT win, the Senior TT, Dunlop set another outright lap record: a 1:33.962mph (previous 132.701mph, John McGuinness, Honda CBR1000RR).[Visit the Ultimate MotorCycling Isle of Man TT page]The questions is, who will achieve the first-over 1:345 lap record? Is this on the 2017 Isle of Man TT schedule?Besides winning the 2016 Superstock race, Hutchinson also dominated both Monster Energy Supersport races aboard Yamaha YZF-R6 machinery. This brought his record of total TT wins to 14, tying him with Mike Hailwood for fourth overall behind Dave Molyneux (17), John McGuinness (23) and the late Joey Dunlop (26).Every year the TT grows, and over 40,000 fans headed to the Isle of Man, which sits in the Irish Sea between the UK and Ireland. The official TT website says there’s no better time to immerse in everything TT than now: “ With travel and accommodation options, brand new grandstand seating, a choice of special events to attend and VIP hospitality available every race day, fans can build their own TT experience, bringing them ever closer to the action and closer to their heroes.”For additional information on traveling to the TT, visit the IOMTT website.
Hello everyone and welcome once again to Ultimate Motorcycling’s weekly Podcast—Motos and Friends.
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In past episodes you might have heard us mention my best friend, Daniel Schoenewald, and in the second segment I chat with him about some of the really special machines in his 170 or so—and growing—motorcycle collection. He’s always said to me that he doesn’t consider himself the owner, merely the curator of the motorcycles for the next generation.
Yet Daniel is not just a collector, but I can attest a really skilled rider. His bikes are not trailer queens, they’re ridden, and they’re ridden pretty hard. Actually, we have had many, many memorable rides on pretty much all of the machines in the collection at one time or another.
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