DCLUCIE Wrote:I was wondering if someone can confirm the following

1) Ollie isn't riding the electrics as AIM have refused permission for him to enter
2) The riders who would have come in from the Manx can no longer do this as it is now a full TT race and so would ban them from the Manx after racing in it. I did think this was OK'd by the manx GP lot but not the TT organisers, so don't really know where it stands.
3) There is not enough riders and so the event may fall flat on its face

just wondering if anyone can answer these questions .....?

Won't hold my breath though.

On the assumption that TTXGP will either not bother to answer or if they do, answer it with 'spin', let me try...

1) Had a quick Google and I can't find anything to substantiate that but it doesn't actually say on Olie's own website that he IS doing it...

2) There's a post on the TTXGP forum with Caroline Etherington's name on the bottom confirming that anyone riding in TTXGP will be bound by the same constraints as any other TT rider, meaning that they could only enter the Classic or Lightweight races until 2 or 4 years have elapsed, depending on results. This realistically means that only TT riders will be doing it.

It was confirmed recently that 13 () teams had confirmed. To date I have only heard 3 names mentioned in connection with it, one of whom is Maria Costello, so does this mean she's abandoning the Manx? I doubt she's quick enough to forge a career at the TT.

3) Probably already answered in the above but worryingly, there's a quote attributed to Azhar Hussain:

"Mr Hussain explained: 'There is no way we are going to fail at this because we are the first. Even if no one finishes, that's still a start - not a failure."

This basically says that even if the whole thing falls on it's backside, we still have to consider it a success. What a load of

full article here:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/tt/Our-man-tak...4942343.jp