Isle of Man TT Races 26th May - 7th June 2025 https://www.iomttraces.com/ The IOM TT officially started its two weeks of practice and competition yesterday. It is one of the fastest and the most challenging motorcycle race in the world.
The prize money has increased but is a matter of pennies compared to the insane amount U.S. races pay, and Money, was , NEVER the reason racers put their life on the line to compete there. It was many men acting like manly men; they did it to overcome the huge challenge the course was.
37.73 miles long
It goes from Sea Level to 1,300 ft. at the highest point.
Peter HIckman holds the lap record of 16 minute 36.115 seconds -136.358mph- on BMW M 1000 RR
In August, they hold a classic (vintage) race (no prize money) for old bikes and the Lap record is:
Bruce Anstey – 17m45.348s – 127.348mph (2017) YZR500 Yamaha
For decades motorsports from the Daytona 500 till the end of the season, often driving over a thousand miles, often with my Dad, to see races, was what I waited for, and read articles about all winter, but now it is mostly just memories, (which the Internet helps keep alive) as after this race the part of summer ends to me.
In the past twenty years I have gone to 5 races, two of those were vintage races.
As Dad said to me, "Not one damn thing Golden about the Golden Years." 
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