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Rider ability is only one of the factors in the safety of racing, but it has worried me for some time that 30 years ago you could only take part in the TT with a full Grand Prix Licence, which involved a vast amount more racing, and with a degree of success at a high level, not just taking part in a few Mickey Mouse events. The Manx GP was also very fussy about the experiaence of those allowed to start. Couple this, as Tom has said, with the complete lack of a suitable class for newcomers to learn the course at a manageable speed and there is the very real potential for disasters.
I also think that the very existence of a Newcomers award is asking for trouble. There will always be some tempted to ride beyond their experience and ability to try and achieve some sort of fame. In my first MGP in 1968, a young first-timer on a 250 Aermacchi was warned by the stewards more than once for riding beyond his limits, scraping walls and nearly going down escape roads, but he was determined to go for the Newcomers. He was killed in the race, leaving his new wife and their baby that had just been born, back home to grieve. A senseless and wasteful death.
And just a comment to those that have their heads firmly in the sand - if a sport allows spectators to be killed there are very very serious questions to be answered.
MGP '68 & '69; TT 1970-74
02-08-2007, 11:36 AM
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Whos been arrested - by FC - 01-08-2007, 11:43 AM
[No subject] - by crazy blanket - 01-08-2007, 12:20 PM
[No subject] - by David Griffiths - 01-08-2007, 01:07 PM
[No subject] - by thewitch - 01-08-2007, 01:25 PM
[No subject] - by thewitch - 01-08-2007, 02:12 PM
[No subject] - by FC - 01-08-2007, 06:24 PM
[No subject] - by David Griffiths - 01-08-2007, 08:18 PM
[No subject] - by ade! - 01-08-2007, 09:49 PM
[No subject] - by Tom Loughridge - 01-08-2007, 09:51 PM
[No subject] - by larryd - 01-08-2007, 10:22 PM
[No subject] - by Stella - 01-08-2007, 11:25 PM
[No subject] - by FC - 02-08-2007, 07:39 AM
[No subject] - by shipleymanx - 02-08-2007, 07:46 AM
[No subject] - by PeterCourtney - 02-08-2007, 11:36 AM
My own personal View... - by irishago - 02-08-2007, 12:16 PM
[No subject] - by FC - 02-08-2007, 01:46 PM
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[No subject] - by Fitz - 02-08-2007, 03:57 PM
[No subject] - by thewitch - 02-08-2007, 04:00 PM
[No subject] - by PeterCourtney - 02-08-2007, 04:09 PM
[No subject] - by cargo - 02-08-2007, 04:32 PM
[No subject] - by DCLUCIE - 06-08-2007, 01:54 PM
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