FEATURE I 2022 ISLE OF MAN TT: PART 1
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Then, in the space of about
0.7 seconds, I'm sent off course,
and the PRF Suzuki is heading to-
wards the trees at near top speed.
I didn't hit anything on the track,
nor did something on the bike
break. It was simply Jamie Coward
on his Superbike-spec Yamaha
YZF-R1 going around the outside
of me at such a velocity that the air
he was pushing was so strong it lit-
erally knocked me off my course.
That old racing expression
"blew came past so quickly it
sucked the stickers off the bike"
has never been truer.
Welcome to the Isle of Man, kid.
As John McGuinness says,
"The Nurburgring, Pikes Peak,
those places are car parks. This is
the daddy's circuit, right here."
(Above) Fresh-faced
for the first day of
school! Rennie in his
orange rookie vest,
just before the start
of the first night of
practice. (Right) It
takes nearly 2500
volunteers and
employees to make
the TT run smoothly,
with the traveling
marshals playing a
vital role in getting the
riders back to the pits
after a red flag.
