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Ride To Work Day, always the
third Monday in June, is an ef-
fort by organizer Andy Goldfine
to draw attention to this benefi-
cial form of transportation and
educate the general population
about the positive impact of mo-
torcycling.
Goldfine has often emphasized
that motorcycles and scooters
consume fewer resources per
mile than automobiles and take
up less space in parking areas
and on roads.
Ride to Work Day is a nonprofit
organization. More information is
available at www.ridetowork.org.
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's home from work we go…
MCGUINNESS
TURNS 21
J
ohn McGuinness won his 21st Isle of Man TT on
Wednesday, June 4 when he took the SES TT
Zero race in record-breaking style. Riding the Mu-
gen Shinden electric racer, McGuinness was al-
ways in the lead and with a stunning new lap record
of 117.366 mph, he came home 23.3 seconds clear
of teammate Bruce Anstey. Rob Barber, on the Ohio
State University Buckeye machine, took third.
With dry conditions all round the course, despite
dark clouds looming overhead, McGuinness, num-
ber one on the road, swept through Glen Helen
4.9 seconds clear of Anstey with Robert Wilson
over a minute adrift in third. His advantage over
Barber was only slight though at just 7.5 seconds.
Through Ballaugh McGuinness had almost dou-
bled his lead and went through the Sulby speed
trap at 154.3 mph. McGuinness was clearly in con-
trol, increasing his lead at every timing point, and
by Ramsey Hairpin it was up to 11.8 seconds and
unless Anstey was operating a different strategy
and planning on a quicker run up and down the
Mountain, the win was seemingly his.
McGuinness added another seven seconds to his
lead at the Bungalow and as he swept along Glen-
crutchery road, he completed the lap at 117.366
mph - the first official lap under 20 minutes for an
electric bike around the mountain course, shattering
Michael Rutter's lap record of 20:38.461 (109.675
mph) set in last year's race by over a minute.
John McGuinness earned the 21
st
TT
victory of his career last week.
