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    Thread: MGP 2012 entry fees up now £333 per race
Post: RE: MGP 2012 entry fees up now £333 per race

I help to sponsor (in a small way) Team Oscar and the knowledge that even a little money goes to help them live their dream is a great feeling. Even £25 can be used by any of the privateers and the m...
pppdrive Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 13 26,761 21-03-2012, 11:24 PM
    Thread: Debbie and Rob get entry for Sidecar TT
Post: RE: Debbie and Rob get entry for Sidecar TT

Watch out Moly, there's an "Oscar" zooming up behind you. Congratulations Debbie and Rob, your dream is happening.
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 1 3,932 21-03-2012, 11:15 PM
    Thread: MICK WALKER 1942 - 2012
Post: RE: MICK WALKER 1942 - 2012

Having read many of his books and then meeting him and becoming a friend, I can only say he'll be missed. I know Mick was working on his biography and I hope that somehow this will be published. Con...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 5 8,616 13-03-2012, 08:45 AM
    Thread: Advice about Marshaling
Post: RE: Advice about Marshaling

Welcome John, I'm sure you'd enjoy the experience. I went to watch the MGP one year, heard they were short of Marshals, so joined up and now do both TT and MGP each year. Just wish I'd done it a lot...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 4 7,200 13-11-2011, 06:40 PM
    Thread: Newbie
Post: RE: Newbie

Welcome John, I started following the TT (and bike racing in general) in 1955 although my first visit to the IOM was 2010. Now I Marshal at both TT and MGP each year and couldn't believe it had take...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 3 6,026 05-11-2011, 04:51 PM
    Thread: MGP too many classes
Post: RE: MGP too many classes

(15-09-2011, 07:47 PM)sticky Wrote: Sorry George, I don't want to gang up on you as such, but I'm absolutely certain that a drip tray is a necessity for classic bikes, far more so than modern ones f...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 22 34,832 15-09-2011, 10:17 PM
    Thread: TT World Series
Post: RE: TT World Series

(27-07-2011, 10:26 AM)ian huntly Wrote: The TT is unique to the Isle of Man (Ok, there is a Dutch TT) because it is a Time Trial, for the Tourist Trophy. We get entries mainly from Ireland and the ...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 6 10,376 27-07-2011, 10:34 AM
    Thread: Seattle to IOM. In for three races.
Post: RE: Seattle to IOM. In for three races.

(10-07-2011, 10:01 PM)MadManxUSA Wrote: (10-07-2011, 08:27 PM)pppdrive Wrote: (10-07-2011, 07:49 PM)MadManxUSA Wrote: Coming in from Seattle, Washington for my first MGP. Looking forward to get...
pppdrive Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 4 10,034 10-07-2011, 10:23 PM
    Thread: Seattle to IOM. In for three races.
Post: RE: Seattle to IOM. In for three races.

(10-07-2011, 07:49 PM)MadManxUSA Wrote: Coming in from Seattle, Washington for my first MGP. Looking forward to getting to IOM. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/arti...icle=44864 http://www.kak...
pppdrive Manx Grand Prix & Former Classic TT 4 10,034 10-07-2011, 08:27 PM
    Thread: TT Sidecar passenger unlikely to walk again
Post: RE: TT Sidecar passenger unlikely to walk again

(08-07-2011, 08:31 PM)ammo Wrote: He was riding on a Belgian licence, BUT, he was also, probably against his own wishes, an ACU licence holder, the ACU TT Mountain Course Licence which he would have...
pppdrive TT Related Posts (Only) 2 5,908 08-07-2011, 08:57 PM