Isle Of Man TT

The Isle Of Man TT  (Tourist Trophy) -  The race is run in a time-trial format on public roads closed for racing by the provisions of an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The first race was held on Tuesday 28 May 1907 and was called the International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy. The winner of the single-cylinder class, and overall winner of the first event in 1907, was Charlie Collier riding a Matchless motorcycle in a time of 4 hours, 8 minutes and 8 seconds at an average race speed of 38.21 mph. The winner of the twin-cylinder class was Rem Fowler riding a Peugeot engined Norton in a time of 4 hours 21 minutes and 52 seconds at an average race speed of 36.21 mph.^[2]

The trophy presented to Charlie Collier as the winner of the 1907 Isle of Man TT Race, was donated by the Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars.^[3] It featured a stylised version of Olympic God Hermes by Giovanni Da Bologna as a silver figurine astride a winged wheel. The trophy was similar in design to the 18 carat gold Montague Trophy presented to John Napier (Arrol-Johnston) as the inaugural winner of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy car race in 1905 now known as the RAC Tourist Trophy.^[4] The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars Trophy is now presented annually to the winner of the Isle of Man Senior TT Motor-Cycle Race.

Current Lap Record Holders -

Category	Rider(s)	Machine	Year	Time	Average speed
Outright	John McGuinness	Honda CBR1000RR	2009	17:12.30	131.578 miles per hour (211.754 km/h)
TT Superbike	Conor Cummins	2008 Kawasaki ZX10 1000 cc	2010	17:12.83	131.511 miles per hour (211.646 km/h)
Supersport TT	Michael Dunlop	Yamaha 600 cc	2010	17:42.52	127.836 miles per hour (205.732 km/h)
Lightweight TT (Snaefell)	John McGuinness	Honda	1999	19:18.2	118.29 miles per hour (190.37 km/h)
Lightweight TT (Billown)	Chris Palmer	Honda	2009	2:29.068	102.321 miles per hour (164.670 km/h)
Ultra-Lightweight TT (Snaefell)	Chris Palmer	Honda	2004	20:20.87	110.52 miles per hour (177.86 km/h)
Ultra-Lightweight TT (Billown)	Ian Lougher	Honda	2009	2:39.291	94.911 miles per hour (152.744 km/h)
Senior TT	John McGuinness	Honda CBR1000RR	2009	17:12.30	131.578 miles per hour (211.754 km/h)
TT Superstock	Ian Hutchinson	Honda CBR1000RR	2010	17:18.91	130.741 miles per hour (210.407 km/h)
TT Zero	Michael Rutter	MotoCzysz E1pc	2012	21:45.33	104.056 miles per hour (167.462 km/h)
Sidecar TT	Nick Crowe and Daniel Sayle	LCR Honda 600 Sidecar	2007	19:24.24	116.667 miles per hour (187.757 km/h)

- Taken from Wikipedia


I personally always watch the TT and have always thoroughly enjoyed it, although there is an extreme risk when participating and there are a lot of casualties from it, I am sure that they love it and enjoy the thrill of exceeding 100 Mph along the Islands roads.