Tt 2023

Micky D back with Hawk Racing and on a Honda, I really hope he gets on the top step again. Stuart and Steve Hicken have always found machinery for Michael, even at the very last moment.

Isle of Man TT Races© - Michael Dunlop Unveils TT Plans with Hawk Racing and Honda (iomttraces.com)

 

Ah but he has to beat John's tally first before his Uncle Joey, it's harder these days as there are no 125 or 250 races, not to mention the 50s, when you think of Molly's sidecar record it could be argued that he is the most successful TT rider, due to a maximum of 2 races during the fortnight some years only 1 race ran, if only the organisers had ran one race with 600s and one for the 1000s, how many TT wins could have been achieved, gosh it takes me back to the 700, 750 etc 2 stroke engine powered sidecars, I remember rebuilding a few Imp engines way back when. Will we ever see Hutchies 5 in a week equalled, who knows. I took the photo some years back at the NEC bike show. Ride safe all from an ageing Rocker.

 

Personally yes I do, at the 2019 TT John McGuinness set the fastest time through one of the various speed traps, a remarkable 176mph, it was Michael Rutter however that set a new lap record of just shy of 122mph as they both raced to the finish line, with Michael taking the win. Can you imagine manhandling a 250kg machine around 37.75 miles of a demanding road race at those speeds, it is not possible to complete 6 laps of the TT on a zero machine, even if the battery would hold a charge that long, the sheer physical effort required to race that amount of laps would see most if not all competitors carried off on stretchers to hospital due to sheer exhaustion.