2021 IoM TT cancelled

Lame.



https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/covid19-fears-force-tt-2021-cancellation

 

Wow.... love watching those guys race. Sad....

 

Oh, the savage hypocrisy...

 

Exactly.

 

I was hoping it was because of the Murder hornets because, you know, that at least sounds like a manly reason to cancel something as manly as the Isle of Mann....

 

sucks donkey dink

 

This was the year I was going to win it too. Damnit!

 

Shit.......you too?

 

I don’t blame the hornets........I blame big eared,trembling in the knees, resetters.

 

It does make you wonder how many of those guys will be throwing in the towel after 3 years not on the course. Dunlop..mcpint, lougher, the side car teams. Lots of those guys weren't any younger in 19.

 

I think Dunlop will still be hungry. McPint I can see stepping away. Sidecar guys.........they’re 110% nutz and think they want to just run their rigs no matter

 

I think it is a bad decision at this point in time. I kind of feel like it is partly "island" mentality (also probably the population makeup is changing like Daytona area).

There may have been good intentions in calling it early, maybe to help racers planning their year. But, on the flip side, teams are probably losing sponsors because they now know they will not be seen at the TT.

 

Its a good thing the TT is such an entrenched part of the island. Otherwise in these 'safety conscious times' after 2 years off it probably wouldnt be able to come back.

 

I think that is still a possibility as organization falls apart after two years of nothing. If they actually do have the classic TT that will help keep things together.

 

What a shame... Going to have to dig up a copy of "One Man's Island".

 

They typically require you to have done a certain amount of racing leading up the the event in order to be licensed for the mountain. I'd imagine most racers have done little to no racing this year. All the big road events were cancelled.

 

The Isle of Man loves the TT so will want it back, but the problem could be lack of riders, especially the superbike and superstock classes. Current riders over 50 who would normally be retired by 2022 include Ansty, McPint, Rutter, and Lougher. Plus, the 10 race Irish Road Racing series which provides most TT regulars, had 12 top riders killed from 2017-2019. I could see maybe a 15 bike superbike grid in 2022, probably plenty of small bikes though.

 

A real classic and actually watched it again on flight back from AZ yesterday.

 

Time to turn on the record player ... if I had one handy. My dad bought several years of these.

 

England is full lockdown basically so makes sense to cancel it 8 months out.