On 2008-02-28, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Don't forget the Isle of Man TT. My Dad still races sidecars in that.
A 37 3/4 mile long race circuit, with races from 3 to 6 laps. Also,
the Isle of Man Grand Prix (same circuit), the Southern 100 (on the
Billown circuit in the south, 4 and a bit miles per lap) and the Jurby
Road Race in the north.

Cool. He must be mad, though! The walls...

He crashed into one, once - broke his right hand and wrist and arm very
badly (lots of steel pins sticking out, that kind of thing), destroyed
his helmet and got the free helicopter ride.

Didn't stop him though. He had a new outfit the next year, and crashed
again - no injury that time, straighened the outfit, and raced.

He's not crashed since.

I don't have video of the TT (it's too long for my video equipment) but
I do have some video of the Southern 100 which is also a road race (and
personally, I much prefer the Southern to the TT - it's a much
friendlier meeting, even if the course is more dangerous). Here's the
video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVdXdGSxnwY

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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