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Arrived back this morning at 3am, after a very frantic long weekend. It all started off wrong with phone call from Mich at 8pm saying he had lost power steering, (not been mechanical, i'll just say some part had failed) and we were leaving at 6.30am the following morning. After a bit of phoning around, it seemed the viper would have to be swapped for his Sebring for the trip. 
But at the meeting point the following morning, he had some how managed a repair, a gleaming silver snake was sitting awaiting to rumble up to Liverpool for the Seacat over to Douglas
a rough ride that was quite entertaining for the non-sick people 
Fast roadracing commenced that afternoon, as we found our way around the island...
No speed limits, out of the towns or any speed camera's !! so hitting the higher end of the speedo was fairly frequent and constant. After a few beers and Chinese with Joel's Paddy mates we grabbed a few winks.
Sat morning we were all at the drag strip for the first day of racing a relaxed affair, a decent piece of tarmac on a private airfield, all the runs you wanted to do. Which saw Mich taking his first ever 1/4's in the GTS and knocking out a decent 12.7 (?) finishing 8th overall (I believe), and Nad making non-sc runs of around 12.4 which made her the fastest rear wheel drive, and 4th overall. Behind a couple of 11 second Skylines and Joel's paddy mate's highly modded Scooby. Joel was pressing his sorted celica pretty hard to, the return road of the drag strip was a track which seemed a lot more fun, and at one point saw the celica facing the wrong way... There was some decent cars, a array of Jap stuff, 550 modena, a new 911,
a 1998 Indy Pace Car Corvette, hi
Heather (Camaro SS) ! to name a few
Some very high speed mountain climb racing around the TT course and the rest of the island then commenced
quite scary stuff espicially at the start you see a sign 118 fatalities in 3 years, rocks on one side, 300 ft drops the other. You've got to respect them bike riders when they do 37 miles in 17 minutes averaging 130mph. Some of the TT roads were very narrow, houses and concrete all around across some bumpy surfaces. We got some decent pics and on-board 'wingcam' 
vid footage (to follow) took in the pits, sampled the coastal roads and had a few beers.
But at the meeting point the following morning, he had some how managed a repair, a gleaming silver snake was sitting awaiting to rumble up to Liverpool for the Seacat over to Douglas
a rough ride that was quite entertaining for the non-sick people Fast roadracing commenced that afternoon, as we found our way around the island...
No speed limits, out of the towns or any speed camera's !! so hitting the higher end of the speedo was fairly frequent and constant. After a few beers and Chinese with Joel's Paddy mates we grabbed a few winks. Sat morning we were all at the drag strip for the first day of racing a relaxed affair, a decent piece of tarmac on a private airfield, all the runs you wanted to do. Which saw Mich taking his first ever 1/4's in the GTS and knocking out a decent 12.7 (?) finishing 8th overall (I believe), and Nad making non-sc runs of around 12.4 which made her the fastest rear wheel drive, and 4th overall. Behind a couple of 11 second Skylines and Joel's paddy mate's highly modded Scooby. Joel was pressing his sorted celica pretty hard to, the return road of the drag strip was a track which seemed a lot more fun, and at one point saw the celica facing the wrong way... There was some decent cars, a array of Jap stuff, 550 modena, a new 911,
a 1998 Indy Pace Car Corvette, hi
Heather (Camaro SS) ! to name a few Some very high speed mountain climb racing around the TT course and the rest of the island then commenced
quite scary stuff espicially at the start you see a sign 118 fatalities in 3 years, rocks on one side, 300 ft drops the other. You've got to respect them bike riders when they do 37 miles in 17 minutes averaging 130mph. Some of the TT roads were very narrow, houses and concrete all around across some bumpy surfaces. We got some decent pics and on-board 'wingcam' vid footage (to follow) took in the pits, sampled the coastal roads and had a few beers.
Hi guys!! Who got the prize for the biggest hangover then? Good to meet you all, enjoyed the event and hope it gets a bit more support next time. Not a brilliant surface for traction but I think the vette might have won the prize for the 1/8th mile 'rolling burnout' if there was one! Hope to meet you all again somewhere.
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