The superb sound and sight of the two strokes will grace the Mountain Course
once more on Saturday August 26th with the newly introduced Sure Lightweight
Race one of the feature events at this year’s Classic TT presented by
Bennetts.
The move to introduce the race to the schedule has seen a huge level of
interest and no less than 55 entries have been received with the majority
mounted on either the iconic TZ250 Yamaha or RS250 Honda.
Fittingly Bruce Anstey, the man who won the last Lightweight TT race around
the Mountain Course in 2002, heads the entry. The Kiwi lapped at 118.03mph that
day, just outside John McGuinness’ 1999 lap record of 118.29mph, and the 11-time
TT race winner was one of the first entries received for this year’s race. The
47-year old will ride a Valvoline Racing by Padgetts Motorcycles Honda. Clive
Padgett’s expertise combined with Anstey’s supreme talent makes the combination
the pre-race favourites for the four-lap race.
The grid is full of quality riders, none more so than the winners of the last
two F2 races, Ian Lougher and Ryan Kneen, so an Anstey win isn’t a foregone
conclusion. Lougher will again ride for the Laylaw Racing team on a new TZ250
Yamaha while Kneen will also be Yamaha-mounted riding for CBG Contractors. The
Manxman lapped in excess of 113mph twelve months ago to edge out James Cowton
and will be keen to add another win to his CV.
Cowton will again line up this year although his machine is yet to be
confirmed while former British champion Dan Cooper is another potential race
winner. The Stroud rider, who recently took his maiden International road race
victory at the Ulster Grand Prix, will ride a TZ Yamaha for Turner Racing.
Kneen’s elder brother Dan has his first taste of two-stroke action around the
37 and ¾-mile course, riding John Chapman’s immaculate RS250 Honda with Irishman
Michael Sweeney joining Lougher at Laylaw Racing. Class veterans Davy Morgan
(Strangford Holiday Park Honda), Paul Owen (Team #98 Honda) and Phil Harvey (CSC
Racing Honda) should also be towards the front of the field.
Charles Rhys Hardisty, third in last year’s F2 race, returns on the REPS
Motorcycles/KayMac Yamaha as does fourth placed Chris Moore on a similar machine
entered by the JL Exhausts Racing/AMCS team with Olie Linsdell another rider
expected to lap above 110mph on the Peter Berwick/Flitwick Motorcycles
Yamaha.
Last year’s Manx GP winner Gary Vines brings his immaculate Online Lubricants
Yamaha to the grid with TT regular Dan Stewart (Wilcock Consulting Yamaha),
reigning TT Privateers Champion Dan Hegarty (Atherstone Accident and Repair
Centre Yamaha) and Rob Hodson (Declans Racing Yamaha) three more riders making
their two-stroke debuts around the Mountain Course.
Regular TT and Southern 100 competitor Anthony Redmond adds variety to the
line-up on the DMW Racing entered Aprilia with further names to keep an eye on
including Frenchman Timothee Monot (TMR Honda), Neal Champion (250 Frasers
Motorcycles Yamaha), Dave Hewson (Obsession Engineering Yamaha) and Tom Snow
(FCL Racing Yamaha).
Neil Kernohan, recent winner of the 250cc race at the Ulster Grand Prix rides
the same Logan Racing Honda whilst former British Championship runner Carl
Salvage makes his Mountain Course debut on the Keppel Outhwaite Racing
Yamaha.
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