June 3"9. 2006
ROAD RAC€
lsle of
Man Tourist
Trophg
\
/
he 99th nrnning of the
lsle of Man
TT iaces
started off
under sunny skies
and with
(em-
peratures in the mid-70s
-
something
unheard of {or the small island off
the coast
of Great Britain. But the
man leading
the
way when the
green
flag dropped
was far from
unheard o[
HM Plant Honda's
John
Mccuinness
had factorT
Honda backing on
his side for the
first lime at the lsle and
he made
good
use of
it,
winning
the Superbike TT from
the
get-go
and
backing that up with theJunior
TT
(500cc)
win.
To round out his successful
weekend, l'lcGuiness
set
a new outright lap
record en route to
taking the Senior
TT victory.
That
gave flccuinness three out of the four
race wins,
makinS
it I I TT wins in his caree( as
well as
giving Honda
irs l30th
TT victoD/, tying them
whh Yamaha atop the all-
time
win list.
l.'lccuinness
left the lsle wi(h fat
po
