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Ok who decides the start numbers? as much as i admire Guy why does he set start 1st? every race there are TT winners behind him i would love to know who's decision is this .
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11-06-2008, 08:45 PM
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pykey Wrote:Ok who decides the start numbers? as much as i admire Guy why does he set start 1st? every race there are TT winners behind him i would love to know who's decision is this .

Pretty sure last year Guy`s start number was 8......year before that it was 1.....
11-06-2008, 09:00 PM
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Chris Thackeray Wrote:
pykey Wrote:Ok who decides the start numbers? as much as i admire Guy why does he set start 1st? every race there are TT winners behind him i would love to know who's decision is this .

Pretty sure last year Guy`s start number was 8......year before that it was 1.....

ok chris that doesnt the answer the quetion Guy to start at no1 WHO DECIDES? as i thought previous winners take prioirty no1 means you are NUNBER 1 WHAT ABOUT JOHN MCGUINNES
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11-06-2008, 09:22 PM
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The race organisers decide the start numbers. Guy Martin asked for number 1 and John McGuinness asked for number 3. As second and first fastest riders ever going into the event, the race organisers had no reason not to give each rider the number they requested.

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11-06-2008, 10:00 PM
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Paul Phillips Wrote:The race organisers decide the start numbers. Guy Martin asked for number 1 and John McGuinness asked for number 3. As second and first fastest riders ever going into the event, the race organisers had no reason not to give each rider the number they requested.

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Thanks for the reply.
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12-06-2008, 10:10 AM
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What was wrong with the old system, where the top 20 'seeds' went into a hat for start number? If this was done for every race, it would even out the advantages/disadvantages for each rider.
Personally, I would have hated to be number one, knowing everyone was going to scream along trying to get me in sight, thus being ahead!
Of course it would mean that the programme compilers would have the immense difficulty of checking that they had put the right number against the right competitor for each race......
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12-06-2008, 02:50 PM
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I know this was always the talked about method but when was this ever actually done? Joey was always number 3 so it throws that argument out for most of the last 30 years!

Personally I like not knowing what my number will be until we get there. Preference is 14 as I should start on my own and won't normally have anybody catching me but ultimately it makes no difference to my race. I think it does you good starting from different places makes you think about your riding more.

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12-06-2008, 05:06 PM
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Er,doesn't everyone start on their own ?
12-06-2008, 06:36 PM
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beepee Wrote:Er,doesn't everyone start on their own ?

Not at the Manx they don't.

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12-06-2008, 10:17 PM
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beepee Wrote:Er,doesn't everyone start on their own ?
Sorry I should have made it clear that I was referring to the Manx when I was talking about my start number.

However the idea that the top 20 seeded rides start position was/is drawn out of the hat applied to both events. As far as I’m aware.

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13-06-2008, 03:18 PM
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Back in TGOD all races at the TT were "in pairs, at ten-second intervals" - except for TT production races which were Le Mans start, scampering across the Glenclutchery Road, a great sight and sound!
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13-06-2008, 03:22 PM
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PeterCourtney Wrote:Back in TGOD all races at the TT were "in pairs, at ten-second intervals" - except for TT production races which were Le Mans start, scampering across the Glenclutchery Road, a great sight and sound!

Were some (50 and 125) from the 60's not mass starts from a conventional grid?

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13-06-2008, 03:31 PM
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Think that was before TGOD - after that came IAWD!
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13-06-2008, 04:03 PM
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I give in ,what is IAWD
16-06-2008, 09:14 PM
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