This thrilling Senior Race saw the lucky victor rise from fourth position and a seven second arrears in the opening lap, to first place and a winning 7.2 second margin by the finale!
The race kicked off with Guy Martin making an early running, closely followed by hot contenders, Bruce Anstey, Gary Johnson, and John McGuinness.
Making for a high-adrenaline race, the top three riders were flashing through the circuit with speeds in excess of 131mph. Things began to hot up on the second lap, when McGuinness began to get into his stride, completing a third lap over seven seconds quicker than his two main rivals. He continued to put the hammer down in lap four, smashing out the fastest lap of the race at 131.248mph.
This race was the winner’s 17th TT victory and saw him set a new race record time of 1:45.45.80, beating Steve Plater’s 2009 former record.
The battle for fourth between Keith Amor and Cameron Donald was also a spectacle to behold, and went all the way to the flag, ending in a tiny margin of just one second, with Amor posting his first ever 130mph+ lap on his final circuit.
Up Next in 2011
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2011 TT Zero
2010 TT Zero winner, Mark Miller, set off in the number one position at this 2011 electric bike race, closely followed by his MotoCzysz teammate Michael Rutter – both riders running together on the road for much of the 37¾ mile circuit. However, John Burrows, riding for Lightning Motorcycles, was...
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2011 Superstock TT
Michael Dunlop, John McGuinness, and Guy Martin rocketed through this four-lap Superstock Race to compete for the number one spot.
McGuinness kicked off proceedings, putting in his trademark rapid first nine miles, as he led Martin by just 0.2 seconds, with Dunlop another half a second behind. I...
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2011 Sidecar TT Race 2
It was John Holden and Andy Winkle versus Klaus Klaffenbock and Daniel Sayle in this battle of the titans, following Klaffenbock’s earlier win that week.
As with the earlier Sidecar Race, it was Klaffenbock and Sayle that set off quickest with Holden and Winkle 3.5 seconds behind, closely follow...
