This must be what it’s like going to war, knowing in your heart of hearts there’s a possibility one of you or more won’t make it back alive. At 10-second intervals, you’re constantly shuffled by your team to the starting area that’s signaled by the board reading “Rider and Machine Only.” That means it’s now just you, four of your comrades ahead of you in the queue, and the greatest challenge in racing ahead: the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. I’ve hardly had time to process what I’m about to do as the pace of the start procedure is rapid fire. Like parachutists leaping into the airborne battlefield via a tap on the left shoulder, each rider releases the clutch and roars down the ever-increasing steepness of Bray Hill, which, at its precipice, is like riding off the edge of the world at 160 mph. The ambient noise of cheering spectators and frantic mechanics slowly drowns out, replaced in equal measure by the scream of four-cylinder engines ready for takeoff. The commotion of the most famous start line in racing filters down like the tip of an arrow as we line up single file. Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, Isle of Man. Photos by Double Red Photography, Steve English, Peter Faragher, Barry Clay, Rennie is captured here beautifully by Steve English. On a perfect summer’s night, ripping across the most famous mountain in motorcycle racing. Rennie finally realizes his greatest racing goal of racing the Isle of Man TT, but it was far more than just a few quick laps of the TT Mountain Course.Ĭlick here to read 2022 Isle of Man TT | Part 1 online or in the Cycle News Digital Edition Magazine.
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